Reader’s Log:
Of the types of emerging media that we have discussed in this lesson, I think that the increasing blend of gaming and literature is something that intrigues me most. In the early days of video gaming (the 1970s through the 1990s), gaming was mostly a means to an end, with very little in terms of story; now, with the advent of greater gaming technology and RPG elements into the story, there is much more of a coherent, novelistic narrative being found in a variety of works.
One example I particularly like is the Mass Effect series of video games,
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