UI as Environmental Storytelling: How Game Interfaces Shape Narrative Immersion
User interfaces are often seen as purely functional, but some games transform UI into an active storytelling device. Titles like Dead Space, Persona 5, and…
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The Cinematic World Of The Outer Worlds 2
The Outer Worlds_20200119205113 If you’ve played enough games, you know the drill: big dramatic cutscene, hero poses, villain monologues, something explodes, and then finally, you…
How Borderlands 4 Uses Gameplay Mechanics To Support Its Story
Borderlands has always been loud, messy, rebellious, and unapologetically stupid-smart. Beneath the weapons that scream at you and the NPCs who desperately need therapy, the…
How to Read Environmental Storytelling in Video Games
Video games often tell stories without a single line of dialogue. This is called environmental storytelling, and learning to read it can unlock hidden layers of…
Meet the Editorial Director for Explore Lore: Fawziah
Just the director who spends way too much time color-coding everything. Hi! My name is Fawziah, your friendly neighborhood editorial director for Explore Lore. I'm…
Meet the team: Sunny Naseem
Me ft. that fella in the back Hi, My name is Sunny Naseem and I'm a Writer/Content Director for the site Explore Lore! This page…