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Integrating Narrative into Game Design A Portal Post-Mortem
title: "Integrating Narrative into Game Design: A Portal Post-Mortem"
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description: "In this 2008 GDC talk, Valve's Kim Swift and Erik Wolpaw expound upon the topic of integrating narrative into the game design of 2007's smash hit Portal. Register for GDC: https://ubm.io/341ZiaZJo"
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In this 2008 GDC talk, Valve's Kim Swift and Erik Wolpaw expound upon the topic of integrating narrative into the game design of 2007's smash hit Portal.
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