Practice in Summarizing and Paraphrasing Group 4
4. On the computer the journey story emphasizes navigation-the transitions between different places, the arrivals and departures-and the how-to's of the hero's repeated escapes from danger. One of the consistent pleasures of the journey story in every time and every medium is the unfolding of solutions to seemingly impossible situations. (Murray, page 136-7)
Find main idea, put into your own wordsKeywords: journey story, transitions, situations, navigation
In Janet Murray's "Agency" she states that the objective of a journey story is to allow the audience to explore in an unfamiliar setting while utilizing problem solving techniques to reach an end result (Murray, pg 136-137). Depression Quest takes the player through a series of scenarios to simulate navigating life as depressed individual. The objective of the game is to determine the best course of action when given limited options...
