Open-world games are perfect for environmental storytelling, and the genre's greatest offerings use exploration to enhance their world-building, atmosphere, and immersion, rather than just as a way to ...

Environmental storytelling has long been a major part of video games, no matter the genre. Coming in various forms — through deliberate object and item placement, level layouts and props, notes, or ...

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 09: Monica Ulmanu poses for a portrait at The Washington Post on Monday April 09, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Matt McClain/The Washington Post) We are excited to announce that ...

Sam has loved video games and writing for as long as they can remember. When they aren't gaming or writing, they can be found watching motorsports and ice hockey. Environmental storytelling is a key ...

Although it hasn't been out for very long, Funcom's survival MMO Dune: Awakening has already been labeled more of an MMO that pretends to be a survival game than a survival game in the traditional ...

"Minecraft" world-building has evolved far beyond traditional base-building, turning simple seeds into living, handcrafted story worlds that feel more like handcrafted works than procedurally ...