The Lore's Conclusion


I can’t say that I have learned anything that I didn’t already know before starting this blog. I know that I find blogs difficult to deal with and manage, and that technology rarely seems to want to cooperate. I did enjoy researching Dark Souls lore and telling the stories of Angels of Death and Aria’s Story. The greatest challenge I faced was attempting to summarize the story best I could and limit it to only points that were relevant in the main story. I had to include small bits that I found funny or I felt was fundamental to show what the characters were like.
I hoped I was successful in showing the stories in video games and hopefully encourage others to try video games for their stories rather than game play. I hope that others will try to look more into stories of video games and see if there is a book series that the game is either based off of or that the game inspired a story. Good games can be made into books and good books can be made into games. Both are formats of entertainment, but if they become more intertwined, we could have more gamer readers, and more reader gamers.

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  1. Julie ReidApril 4, 2018 at 5:52 PM

    Well, your topic is all new to me and I learned so much reading your blog! I felt you summarized well. You choose a great topic and I really enjoyed the dark feel of the blog itself. Do you see a career choosing books to make into games? Would be very cool!

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    1. The LoreApril 5, 2018 at 10:44 AM

      I'm glad you enjoyed reading it. The summarization was definitely difficult but keeping in the important parts of the story.
      Choosing books to be made into games? That does sound fun.

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  2. Molly HutchinsonApril 4, 2018 at 7:13 PM

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  3. Molly HutchinsonApril 4, 2018 at 7:16 PM

    (Sorry, had to post this twice since it wasn't showing my name correctly!)

    You put so much effort into your posts and it shows! I've loved video games for most of my life and one of my favourite aspects of gaming is getting absorbed in a good story. While I can't say I've played any of the games you outlined, your writing has definitely piqued my interest in them.

    (As a side note: Okami is one game you might like to check out. It's based on Japanese mythology and if you haven't already played it I absolutely recommend it!)

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    1. The LoreApril 5, 2018 at 10:43 AM

      I have heard of Okami. It's a heavily artistic game based on Shindo mythology. I'm a fan of old Japanese myths are they are usually hilarious.
      Did you know Amaterasu beat her brother Susano with a "half-flayed pony"? XD

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