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Literature Is Becoming More Like a Video Game
The Atlantic argues that contemporary literature is increasingly borrowing structures and techniques from video games, such as branching narratives, player-like protagonists, and interactive storytelling conventions. The essay suggests novelists are reshaping fiction to reflect how audiences now experience stories through gaming, prompting debate about what this means for the future of the novel and traditional storytelling.
Why now: The argument challenges long-held assumptions about the boundary between literary fiction and gaming culture.
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- Literature Is Becoming More Like a Video Game · theatlantic.com
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