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I first got interested in writing because I always found it fascinating the ways in which people told stories. Regardless of the form in which the story is told, be it book, film, or game, the act of storytelling is something of an art in of itself. A strong narrative is one of the most important things in keeping a games flow and pace. However, or possibly even as a result, a lot of games fail to play well with narrative. But what kind of tricks can we make our stories do? What kinds of altered perceptions can we create? We all love a good narrative-assisted game, but what about a game-assisted narrative? Thomas Was Alone is a very simple game at its forefront. You start out controlling Thomas, a little red square moving through a series of minimalist platforming levels. Thomas can move, and Thomas can jump. Those are not a lot of things to do, but Thomas can do them well. He is confident in his abilities, and uses them to his fullest in order to explore more and more tests, in...

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Bs Angel: We are thrilled to announce that many of the talented people behind Halo 4: Forward Unto Dawn have been put into consideration for an Emmy! Check out the categories below and to celebrate, enjoy our chat with Tom Green (Thomas Lasky) and Anna Popplewell (Chyler Silva).

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Thomas Faust from TPG writes: "Steam Trading Cards an example of gamification done right? I certainly think so. They are, at the very least, one of the better implementations of gamified systems, and fully optional to boot."

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AMHNetwork have published their review for Thomas Was Alone. Agree?

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Firmware Update welcomes special guest Dave Thomas aka Next Game Dave, star of the new YouTube show of the same name. Its a good thing that hes there; as theyll need back up to cover the the latest news on the XBox 180 debacle. Talking Points: PS4s happy sales figures, do we finally know when the PS4 is coming out?, Sony is turning PS3 into bricks, Microsoft becoming a cartoon evil corporation, Xbox Ones future, the many projects of Next Game Dave, theres a Beetlejuice sequel?, and Joe argues semantics about there being too many Mario Bros games.

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The second in a series of articles analysing E3 2013. Joe Thomas picks out some of the biggest disappointments and failures from this year's expo.