Multiplayer doesn't need a narrative - VentureBeat

Multiplayer doesn't need a narrative
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I have to wonder if tying an open-ended game so closely to a closed narrative doesn't inadvertently add a time limit. At some point, you'll get tired of that story. Take Uncharted 3's online co-op modes, where you essentially play the same old chapters ...

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Black Ops II's 'Strike Force' Mode Adds a Branching Narrative With a Tactical ... - Kotaku


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Black Ops II's 'Strike Force' Mode Adds a Branching Narrative With a Tactical ...
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Treyarch is aiming to change that with Black Ops II with the inclusion of "Strike Force," a new, open-ended game-mode that's folded into the single-player campaign. In the game's story, it's 2025. There is a cold war going on between China and the ...
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"The Intouchables": Racial comedy, French style - Salon


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"The Intouchables": Racial comedy, French style
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It's probably fair to summarize this movie as being the story of a paralyzed white man who needs the help of a younger, stronger, more virile black man to reconnect with his own masculinity, and if you want to say that narrative reflects an underlying ...

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Narrative Concepts - Futurehealth

Narrative Concepts
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Philosopher Alisdair MacIntyre writes, "[W]e all live out narratives in our lives" and "we understand our own lives in terms of the narratives that we live out." (MacIntyre, 1981) . The default mode of the brain according to Washington University ...

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Max Payne 3: Making the most of multiplayer - Digitaltrends.com


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Max Payne 3: Making the most of multiplayer
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The single player-driven narrative is an exceptional effort, wrapping a solid noir story around some very tight gameplay. The game also features a compelling wild card in the form of a fully blown-out multiplayer mode. Max Payne 2: The Fall of Max ...
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Smith and Jones: Match made in 'MIB' heaven - The State Journal-Register

Smith and Jones: Match made in 'MIB' heaven
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So much so that when this Hollywood odd couple sits down together in an interview for “Men in Black 3,” the affable Smith plays it like couples counseling, launching into whiny-wife mode about Jones, his sometimes curmudgeonly cast mate.

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Why Call of Duty Still Has Single-Player Campaigns - Kotaku

Why Call of Duty Still Has Single-Player Campaigns
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predominantly play the campaign, but I figured this was a good thought experiment at least—and a good test to see if one of the masters of the franchise would bite on the suggestion that Call of Duty could thrive without its story mode.

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