The line between gamer culture and traditional storytelling is being blurred, one quest notification at a time, as readers get addicted to novels that combine sci-fi and fantasy narratives with features from video games.These “gamified novels”, which are based on video games, are “going mainstream” and selling in their millions, said The Economist.
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