Julia Stoll
Research expert covering TV and video media
Video gaming genres: role-playing games (RPGs) - statistics & facts
"Hey, you. You're finally awake. You were trying to cross the border, right?" – addressing the player directly, this is the opening dialogue of the role-playing game Skyrim. With one sentence, the player is dropped right into the action and has become part of the narrative. Will they become part of the Dark Brotherhood of assassins, join the mages at the College of Winterhold, or retire from adventuring after taking an arrow in the knee ? With RPGs, everything is possible.
