GameTruth

I am reporting in from GLS2008 in Madison, Wisconsin (It is currently downpouring outside).  This is my second year here at GLS and having presented The Winds of Orbis yesterday I truly get to relax and take in some good talks.  One of the highlights of yesterday was Drew Davidson’s talk about Portal that focused on the storytelling and analysis of the game from a more standard literary standpoint.  Drew proposed some very interesting ideas about the game design itself and did an excellent job explaining how Portal teaches the player to play.

Today there will surely be plenty of other outstanding talks.  I sat in on a fireside chat this morning that was about building virtual worlds and discussed the idea of Constant Nieuwenhuis’s New Babylon.   I think the idea is really fascinating and Iplan to read more about it andmaybe I will post more later.

Expect more updates from both Mark and me as we try to get back into the swing of this again.

-Seth