Excerpt: Game Worlds Attract Gamers August 31, 2006
There is nothing theatrical or performance-related about playing Lara Croft, or any of the many avatars that populate game worlds. Lara is not an actor, she is a doll. It wouldn’t matter to the game if she were blonde, black, South African, Martian or whatever, she is just a doll. The Master Chief is just a doll. Mario is just a doll. It’s the world that the players are buying into when they pick up these games, not the idea of being the doll.
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