I read Narrative Environments and Game Design as Narrative Architecture and what I believe was a common line between both of them is that creation of space inside of a video game is a romantic and rather emotional representation of what already exists in the real world. Not all games tell stories or represent reality at all, but they do strive to achieve a sense of community and action. In this way, games enable players to be apart of a group of individuals that travel through embedded narratives that exist ‘only’ in the game.
I think a quote that might be pertinent to games I create in the future is – “A story is a collection of facts in a time sequenced order that suggests a cause and effect relationship”- Chris Crawford
