From Paragons and Renegades to the Thought Cabinet and D&D alignments, these RPGs excel at deep, near-human dialogue.

Story-based games thrive or falter based on the player's experience during gameplay. Decisions, conversations, and pauses between conversations are all relevant. When these games cross borders, direct ...

Silence in open-world games can enhance the atmosphere and sense of isolation, allowing the environment to speak for itself. (99 characters) Visual storytelling through exploration and clues can be ...

Sony appears to be developing AI technology that could enable its PlayStation game characters to interact even more directly with players. As The Verge uncovered Monday, a video narrated by Sony ...

It's my latest RPG fixation, but when I first started Avowed, I had a dialogue-shaped bone to pick with it. Exploring the Living Lands as a Noble Scion, dutifully loyal to her master and country, I ...

Scott Baird is a contributor with over a decade's experience writing about video games, along with board games and tabletop RPGs. Scott has previously worked for Dexerto, Cracked, Dorkly, and Gamepur.

Seth Powell is an essayist and screenwriter with a keen interest in video game storytelling. His areas of interest include explorable science-fiction worlds, comedic character writing and engaging ...

You know that feeling. You’re deep into a gripping conversation with an NPC, hanging on every word of crucial plot exposition, when suddenly you’re forced to lumber forward at the speed of molasses ...

Experts weigh in on how generative AI is shaking up the video game industry, from development to characters' dialogue. Generative AI in video game development could transform the way people work or ...

This week I've been: Writing too many words about my personal hatred of dialogue wheels (it is Gripes Week, after all), writing news by the bushel, and getting back into World of Warcraft and Final ...

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