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The study of games (ludos = game)
Ludologists want to separate the actual game from the narrative.
games should be understood on their own terms, the focus of game studies should be on the rules of a game.
By studying videogames as something else than games (like movies/ stories) , we are denying its main potential.
the goal of ludology is to understand games and videogames.
Game play first! All the other elements follow -
Story should be in service of the gameplay.
The narratological view is that games should be understood as novel forms of narrative and can thus be studied using theories of narrative.
If a game was solely focused on Narratology the end result is an interactive movie - very little interaction and the story is spoon-fed to the player.
first, play:
http://my.ign.com/atari/missile-command
A quick review of the top ten highest grossing video games of all time shows that:
in order to be truly successful a video game must mesh the best parts of Ludology and Narratology.