Comparing storytelling in games & literature

I was asked to give a talk comparing storytelling in games and literature by Access Creative College. This article is based on that talk.

It’s easy to think that interactivity is the key difference between games and literature. Video games are interactive, which makes them unique. It’s an easy statement but misses the point that all forms of storytelling are interactive.

Scene of the Narration of the Decameron (Salvatore Postiglione, 1892)