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gamasutra.com - 9/3/2009

Opinion: The First-Person Immersion Myth

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[In this opinion piece, Game Developer magazine editor-in-chief Brandon Sheffield considers the barriers to immersion of the increasingly ubiquitous first-person perspective in video games.] Talking with our previous art director recently, I recalled something I'd forgotten: First-person games ...

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