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Narration of the game’s action, then, usually begins before the player even starts the game (p. 101).”

At first glance it would seem that interactivity and the inclusion of a predetermined story would work against each other

f the character/player has control of the main character, how can the story be told if the player can make free choices? Answer: “severely limiting the amount of narrative contained in the game itself

A simulation is a serious attempt to accurately represent a real phenomenon in another, more malleable form. A game is an artistically simplified representation of a phenomenon