Aram Zucker-Scharff

Digital Baubles: The significance of plot without conflict: stilleatingoranges:

In the West, plot is commonly thought to revolve around conflict: a confrontation between two or more elements, in which one ultimately dominates the other. The standard t…

The Science of Storytelling: Why Telling a Story is the Most Powerful Way to Activate Our Brains. – From LifeHacker. 

A Mind Forever Voyaging: A History of Storytelling in Video Games: Just received my copy of this book. Can’t wait to crack it open. 

“The novel, of course, is an unequaled medium for the exploration of human social and emotional life. And there is evidence that just as the brain responds to depictions of smells and textures and movements as if they were the real thing, so it treat…