25.02.10 girl geek dinner links

Posted under: games, geek mystique, link love

Last night I gave a talk at the Montreal Geek Girl Dinner about the future of storytelling and emotion in videogames.

Afterwards, several members of the amazing Station C audience requested references to some of the games I mentioned, so I’ll delay my post on how Jane Austen has finally made it into the modern space opera to provide these.

Games with good story elements
Mass Effect: The one with the romance.
Bioshock: The one with the Fountainhead references.
Portal: The one with the cake. Tells a fantastic story without cutscenes. Available on PC through Steam for 20$.

Top recent Xbox/PS games mentioned
Some of these are also available on PC.
Modern Warfare 2
Mass Effect 2. You can also read my take on the first one here.
Assassin’s Creed 2
Uncharted 2

Other games mentioned
Execution (free)
Wedding Dash is available for free download (for an hour, then 7$ to purchase permanently) on Big Fish Games, along with a host of fun time-management and other games.

And for other meaningful games, you may want to try
The Marriage (free)
Gravitation (free, donations encouraged)
Braid on Xbox live

Thanks to all that showed up, I had the best night in ages! (And Canada trouncing Russia was just a bonus!). Huge love to Tanya and Station C.

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  1. Comment by Rayna on 25.02.10 at 3:39 pm

    I wish I could have made it out! Sounds like a really interesting talk, if only the IGDA meeting hadn’t been the same night :( What about Passage as another meaningful game to try?

  2. Comment by Martine on 25.02.10 at 9:07 pm

    I request a replay! A rerun! A take two!

  3. Comment by zura on 26.02.10 at 3:50 pm

    Sorry I had to miss your presentation!

  4. Comment by Zeke on 28.02.10 at 9:15 pm

    Howdy!

    It occurred to me afterward, there’s got to be some connection between something like Virtue & Moir (or Torvil & Dean) 2011 and games with compelling story-lines that all can enjoy.

  5. Comment by Tanya McGinnity on 08.03.10 at 1:23 pm

    I’d love to do a take two/rerun/rewind/ replay.

    Could we do a panel discussion format with some great gal gamers? Rayna/Marie-Jo - You in?

  6. Comment by Marie-Jo on 09.03.10 at 7:25 pm

    Of course I’m in for a rerun. See you soon!

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