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ChocoboMogALT posted...

What are some stories that are unique to games?
Undertale and Outer Wilds fit the bill.
Bioshock is close.
Maybe some old-school Sierra games.

Bioshock is pretty much the opposite of close. It's basically just a Ayn Rand book given form.

And presumably any game where some of the narrative comes through gameplay is what you are talking about. So something along the lines of Metal Gear Solid, Baiten Kaitos, and Cubivore would be what you are looking for.

pegusus123456 posted...

I think that's the exact kind of video game you should be teaching in a video game literature course.

Literature is based on the prose being able to elevate a book to being art. While you can make the argument that games can be art all the same the only way for it to be literature is if the writing, the actual words that are being conveyed to the person playing/watching someone else play, is strong. Atmospheric storytelling can definitely lead to art, it cannot lead to literature. You can make the argument for Disco Elysium considering how much it relies on its writing, you really cannot with Outer Wilds as the entire point is that the important stuff is what you are experiencing and not something written down.