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The evolution of the video game can be seen as a development towards more individual freedom for the player and thus as a development towards more interactivity. A good example can be seen in the genre of the role-playing game. Having started out as a simplistic, almost statistical, video game, the role-playing game has developed into one of the types of video game being least dependent on a coherent narrative, thereby granting as much freedom to the player as possible.
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Strank, W. (2013). The Legacy of iMuse: Interactive Video Game Music in the 1990s. In: Moormann, P. (eds) Music and Game. Musik und Medien. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-18913-0_4
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