This week we spoke about the readings of Manovich and Murray. In total honesty I didn’t thoroughly enjoy the readings as I believed they kept reiterating the same points in different ways over and over. However, there was at least one major point that I truly resinated with from both.

In regards to Manovich, I really enjoyed the way that story was contrasted and compared with algorithms. In a way it was a slightly more complicated and in depth explanation of what we did last week regarding the story structure form the cards. It compares story to be structured and created from a series of actions, characters, places and time. In its foundations story is essentially a rhythmic way of telling a sequence and or an algorithm. It is essentially the cause and effect rule. When something happens there has to be something written to consequence it.

In regards to Murray, the use of the term agency is what really stood out to me. Agency is the active involvement of the consumer in the story as if their actions are determining the way the story goes. This is why the multiple use of game examples are used by Murray.  This is because in a game our actions or the path we chose to take determines the way the story goes. This is prevalent in games that follow a story line like the The Order or something like Assassins Creed.

Both writers make good and unique points in regards to story. Although at times they were complicated and hard to follow.