Betsy_Ch.1_Perlin_I

Perlin contents that " these efforts cannot move forward to merge film and games, and that we will not be able to find a way to create an intermediate agency.." I disagree. I think this is already occurring.

With the Final Fantasy games, you, the user, are controlling the main character and the slew of secondary characters, but as the game progresses there are cut scenes, or small cinemas, that show the characters with feeling and emotion and you are then "watching," as if it were a movie, and give up or agency for a few minutes to watch the advancement of the plot. Then we are thrown back into the game where we have to regain agency and control the character again to still advance the plot. Through this whole exchange we are developing a deeper plot line, we give up control as well as get to control the story, and are drawn inside the head of the main character.

I think we are already merging film and games.