Comments on Kania, "Videogame players are not narrators"

Abstract

Videogames are now a familiar topic in aesthetics conferences and it is a pleasure to find another philosopher drawn to consider the real interest that exists in this new artistic medium. Andrew Kania has written an interesting and thought-provoking paper on the narrative capacity of videogames. While I agree with much in the paper, especially the productive and clear way that Kania frames the issues, I disagree with the principal thesis.