Table of Contents
A Note from the Author-Oh, Boy, What Have I Done? viii
Once upon a Time xvi
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Uncharted 4: A Thief's End xxii
Book Report: Alan Wake 17
Storytelling Categories 22
Book Report: Silent Hill 2 28
Persona 5 32
Book Report: Grim Fandango 48
Plot-Above-the-Neck Verbs Versus Below-the-Neck Verbs 52
Book Report: NieR: Automata 58
Celeste 62
Book Report: To the Moon 76
Theme 80
Book Report: What Remains of Edith Finch 86
The Last of Us 90
Book Report: Chrono Trigger 109
God of War 112
Book Report: Horizon Zero Dawn 132
Story Structures 136
Book Report: Hades 150
Undertale 154
Book Report: Final Fantasy VII 175
POV 180
Book Report: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt 187
BioShock 192
Book Report: Psychonauts 215
The Antagonist: Portal and Portal 2 218
Book Report: Half-Life 2 224
Red Dead Redemption II 228
Book Report: Mass Effect 2 249
Get Inside the Hero's Head 252
Book Report: Firewatch 257
Journey 260
The Beginning 274
Glossary of Terms 276
