A video game insider reveals how stories power the best computer games Video games are now bigger than the global film and music industries combined – and they’re quietly transforming how stories are told. When Worlds Collide: How Video Games Reinvent Storytelling and Why It Matters is a groundbreaking video game storytelling book that shows, in clear and compelling prose, exactly how this new medium works – and why every writer, designer and curious player should care. Drawing on decades as a game writer, narrative designer and academic, Colin Harvey takes you inside the writers’ rooms, VR labs and blockbuster studios where today’s most innovative stories are made. From Sony’s VR action game Blood & Truth to epics such as The Last of Us, Ghost of Tsushima, Grand Theft Auto and cult indie titles, he reveals how video games reinvent storytelling by handing agency to the player – and what that means for plot, character and emotion. Organised in short, highly readable chapters, the book