Tom Bissell – American Times

Storytelling In Dark Souls And Skyrim

March 29, 2012Erik Kain

I’m going to dip back into Tom Bissell’s excellent piece on Bethesda’s Skyrim for a moment, now that I’m up to speed on From Software’s Dark Souls. Bissell argues that the storytelling in Skyrim, and the vast amounts of dense expositional lore, serve as distractions from the immersive nature of the game itself. Far from […]

Why Skyrim Misses The Mark When It Comes To Story Telling In Video Games

March 19, 2012Erik Kain

Tom Bissell has written quite possibly the best thing about Skyrim that I’ve read. There’s so much to admire (and, as a writer, to envy) in his review, I’m tempted to just excerpt the whole thing. I won’t, naturally, but I’m going to lean heavily on his observations. Skyrim is truly a great, absorbing game, […]