On the Virtues of Minimalist Narration
On the Virtues of Minimalist Narration PDF Diana Khamis Diana Khamis is first and foremost a gamer – but also a philosopher and medical student. After getting her MA in philosophy from the American University of Beirut and her PhD from the University of Bonn, where she researched Schelling’s Naturphilosophie , she decided to get as applied into natural philosophy as possible and study medicine. She does so now at the Radboud University of Nijmegen, where she hopes to eventually become a pathologist. She has gamed profusely throughout all of those times, and will likely continue to do so. Abstract: From Software’s first Soulsgame Demon’s Souls is, just like its successors, a game with a rich background lore, but this lore – along with the very narrative of the game – needs to be pieced together by the player. This essay explores the very deliberate minimalism of Demon’s Souls narration by looking at several elements the game employs to make it succeed. First, we wil...