Narrative Control

This week Justin and I are talking about timelines in games (flashbacks and flash forwards) and out (campaign length, how to end games, etc). Hosts: Sean Nittner and Justin Evans Length: 28:26 [00:27] Intro to the show. Talking about timelines in game and out.[00:49] Telling stories about our characters.[01:50] One way to tell stories in game is to use flash backs or flash forwards[2:00] Justin pains me with a discussion of Lost[03:10] Talking about timelines on two levels. Flashing back and flashing forward [03:30] We display our ignorance to games who incorporate time manipulation in their games.[03:58] A LARP that flashed back and flashed forward throughout.  They worked from the far future and past closer to the present.[06:15] This allows you to start on a very dramatic note.  Starting with tension in the present by using Flashbacks to explain how you got there.[06:52] Flashbacks are very useful for fleshing out the backstory.[07:14] Starting with a normal scene and flashing back (or forward)