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Article Title. Journal Name Year, Article Number, Page Range.  \nISBN 978-3-03921-231-6 (Pbk)  \nISBN 978-3-03921-232-3 (PDF)  \nCover [image courtesy of pixabay.com](image courtesy of pixabay.com).  \n􀀂c 2019 by the authors. Articles in this book are Open Access and distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications.  \nThe book as a whole is distributed by MDPI under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND.  \nContents  \nAbout the Special Issue Editor ...................................... vii  \nPreface to ”Gaming and the Arts of Storytelling” ........................... ix  \nDarshana Jayemanne  \n“Gaming and the Arts of Storytelling” Introduction Reprinted from: Arts 2018, 7, 100, doi:10.3390/arts7040100 ...................... 1  \nHartmut Koenitz  \nWhat Game Narrative Are We Talking About? An Ontological Mapping of the Foundational Canon of Interactive Narrative Forms Reprinted from: Arts 2018, 7, 51, doi:10.3390/arts7040051 ....................... 4  \nRory K. Summerley  \nApproaches to Game Fiction Derived from Musicals and Pornography Reprinted from: Arts 2018, 7, 44, doi:10.3390/arts7030044 ....................... 15  \nChristopher Goetz  \nTrellis and Vine: Weaving Function and Fiction in Videogame Play Reprinted from: Arts 2018, 7, 41, doi:10.3390/arts7030041 ....................... 29  \nFruzsina Pittner and Iain Donald  \nGaming the Heart of Darkness Reprinted from: Arts 2018, 7, 46, doi:10.3390/arts7030046 ....................... 44  \nPeter Mawhorter, Carmen Zegura, Alex Gray, Arnav Jhala, Michael Mateas and Noah Wardrip-Fruin  \nChoice Poetics by Example  \nReprinted from: Arts 2018, 7, 47, doi:10.3390/arts7030047 ....................... 57  \nJulian Novitz  \nExpansion, Excess and the Uncanny: Deadly Premonition and Twin Peaks Reprinted from: Arts 2018, 7, 49, doi:10.3390/arts7030049 ....................... 73  \nBrendan Keogh and Darshana Jayemanne  \n“Game Over, Man. Game Over”: Looking at the Alien in Film and Videogames Reprinted from: Arts 2018, 7, 43, doi:10.3390/arts7030043 ....................... 86  \nCarly A. Kocurek  \nWalter Benjamin on the Video Screen: Storytelling and Game Narratives Reprinted from: Arts 2018, 7, 69, doi:10.3390/arts7040069 ....................... 99  \nHans-Joachim Backe  \nA Redneck Head on a Nazi Body. Subversive Ludo-Narrative Strategies in Wolfenstein II: The New Colossus Reprinted from: Arts 2018, 7, 76, doi:10.3390/arts7040076 ....................... 111  \nAbout the Special Issue Editor  \nDarshana Jayemanne is Lecturer in Art, Media and Computer Games at Abertay University and the author of “Performativity in Art, Literature and Videogames” (Palgrave MacMillan 2017) . This book’s title names many of his main research interests, and develops a media studies approach to performance in digital space and time. 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