Striking the middle ground between narrativist and gamist

[kyoryu]

I'm still confused about why we're rehashing Edwards' triumvirate and the Forge stuff when all of the following is true:
1. The Forge no longer operates
2. Edwards himself doesn't really use it anymore
3. Game designers don't use the theory except in rare cases
4. Nobody on this thread is using it in that way
5. According to everyone in this thread, almost no one uses the term "Narrative" to mean that anymore.


It feels like I'm going on a videogames forum in 2017 and seeing people bringing up ps2 games as evidence of modern problems. It's weird.

Well, because nobody has a clear definition of "narrative".