6 Jacob Butcher - What is Player

All horror games have real stories

All horror games focus on eliciting the effect of fright

All horror games are interactive stories

Who Died?

·         YOU DIED

·         The avatar is the one who died, but it instills a connection that the player is avatar

·         Use "you" to refer to the character in the game as the player

·         Mix referring to "you" and the character specifically - creates confusion

Verbs

·         What can the player do?

·         Authenticity

o   create the illusion of being real

·         Evolution of verbiage:

o   Select item, USE               ->            Select item, ROTATE CONTROLLER

Contextualization

·         something doesn't have to exist to seem to fit into an environment