PLAYING WITH THE FUTURE: DEVELOPMENT AND DIRECTIONS IN COMPUTER GAMING

ABSTRACT

Play It Again: Repetitions in Computer Games

Piotr Sitarski

One of the most puzzling features of computer games is their ability to repeatedly attract attention of players. Whereas a film or a book is normally used only once, a game can be played several times, in sessions lasting many hours or even days. This is due to the "circular narrative" of computer games. The paper discusses the notion of the circular narrative; it also examines narrative devices employed in computer games to make them never-ending stories.

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