# How video games turn players into storytellers

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED2018
- Speaker: David Cage
- Year: 2018
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Art, architecture and design
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/david_cage_how_video_games_turn_players_into_storytellers)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Have you ever watched a film or read a novel, wishing that you could change the narrative to save your favorite character? Game designer David Cage allows you do just that in his video games, where players make decisions that shape an ever-changing plot. In a talk and live demo, Cage presents a scene from his new project, letting the audience control a character's decisions. "Interactive storytelling can be what cinema was in the 20th century: an art that deeply changes its time," Cage says.

## Lectures

1. [How video games turn players into storytellers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/david_cage_how_video_games_turn_players_into_storytellers/a0ac082f7a03), 9 min (TED's player)