{"id":637,"date":"2020-04-01T04:02:57","date_gmt":"2020-04-01T04:02:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/elit20\/?p=637"},"modified":"2020-04-01T17:50:55","modified_gmt":"2020-04-01T17:50:55","slug":"her-story-but-whose-is-it-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/elit20\/2020\/04\/01\/her-story-but-whose-is-it-really\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Her&#8221; Story, but whose is it really?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herstorygame.com\/\">Her Story<\/a><\/em> is a very interesting take on database games.\u00a0 <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herstorygame.com\/\">Her Story<\/a><\/em> is complicated to say the least.\u00a0 There are many different parts of the interface that develops a lot of player engagement.\u00a0 I think it is even fair to categorize this game as an interactive documentary\/ interactive puzzle based on the way the story is being told and the player assuming the role of an investigator whom needs to explore video clips and piece together the story.<\/p>\n<p>The game begins when the player first views a glared computer screen.\u00a0 From there, we see the word &#8220;murder&#8221; typed in the search bar.\u00a0 There are no videos that go along with that keyword.\u00a0 There are, however, icons on the home screen of the computer that, when you click on them, give insight as to how to navigate the computer to find what you are looking for.\u00a0 From there, the player must continue to search new keywords and watch the following video clips.\u00a0 Some examples of keywords I used are: &#8220;attic&#8221;, &#8220;death&#8221;, &#8220;death caps&#8221;, &#8220;mushrooms&#8221;, &#8220;sick&#8221;, &#8220;dad&#8221;, &#8220;throw up&#8221;, &#8220;STD&#8221;, and many more.\u00a0 Putting together the exact storyline is a difficult task as the videos you watch do not appear in chronological order.\u00a0 It is up to the player, as the investigator, to piece this story puzzle together.\u00a0 It is also a challenge when the woman telling the story changes so often.\u00a0 The woman shows signs of confusion (often forgetting pieces of the story and telling it in an unclear manner).\u00a0 She also appears to change personality on a day to day basis.\u00a0 Upon exploring the game further the player comes to learn that it is in fact two different women (twins in fact) telling the story.<\/p>\n<p>I found <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herstorygame.com\/\">Her Story<\/a><\/em> quite different from the other database game we explored, <a href=\"http:\/\/thewhalehunt.org\/\">The Whale Hunt<\/a>.\u00a0 The storyline of <a href=\"http:\/\/thewhalehunt.org\/\">The Whale Hunt<\/a> was no where near as evident nor intriguing as <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herstorygame.com\/\">Her Story<\/a>.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/thewhalehunt.org\/\">The Whale Hunt<\/a>\u00a0 <\/em>uses a series of photographs\u00a0tell a story whereas <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herstorygame.com\/\">Her Story<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>had words and many more interactive components to tell the story.\u00a0 Overall, I enjoyed <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.herstorygame.com\/\">Her Story<\/a><\/em>\u00a0 more because of all the ways the player was able to get involved.\u00a0 There was mystery, intrigue, and interactivity.\u00a0 The game was confusing and fun all wrapped up into one interface.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Works Cited:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sam Barlow,\u00a0<em>Her Story\u00a0<\/em>(2015)<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Harris,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/thewhalehunt.org\/\">The Whale Hunt<\/a>\u00a0(2007)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Her Story is a very interesting take on database games.\u00a0 Her Story is complicated to say the least.\u00a0 There are many different parts of the interface that develops a lot of player engagement.\u00a0 I think it is even fair to categorize this game as an interactive documentary\/ interactive puzzle based on the way the story &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":275,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-637","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-group-d"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/elit20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/elit20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/elit20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/elit20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/275"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/elit20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=637"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/elit20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":640,"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/elit20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/637\/revisions\/640"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/elit20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=637"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/elit20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=637"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.digitaldavidson.net\/elit20\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=637"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}