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An exhibition client once told me "It's a game; it's not supposed to tell you anything". I disagreed but didn't say anything at the time. This essay looks at how games can be used to tell stories in a museum setting. But let's start with a more famous figure who would also saw how games could tell stoies; Lord Kitchener. Kitchener was in charge of recruitment for the British forces during the First World War and leant his name to the Kitcheners Army game shown below.

Am Samstag Morgen nach dem Frühstück beschlossen wir, als erstes Beas letzten bekannten Aufenthaltsort anzusteuern: die Hütte in den Bergen. Mit GPS ausgestattet war es uns ein Leichtes, die Koordinaten zu finden. Nach einem Fussmarsch den Berg hinauf, erreichten wir unser Ziel und schlichen uns im unwegsamen Gelände langsam näher. Der Professor stellte sofort fest, dass die Kulisse dem ersten Bild auf Unberuehrbar.de entsprachen. Die Hütte schien augenscheinlich verlassen zu sein. Nur ein paar Pottoks auf der Weide schienen uns zu beobachten.

http://www.ddaytovictory.ca ddaytovictory.ca is an Interactive online experience that follows the journey of the Allies from the D-Day invasion of Normandy to the siege of Berlin.

"In the first part of this Better User Experience With Storytelling series, we explored some of the basic structures and story patterns found in myths and religions. We saw how these patterns continued into modern stories such as The Matrix and Star Wars. We also explored some of the basics of bringing storytelling into the user experience process and some places to get started."