When I was about 10 years old, my brother Mike introduced me to my favourite game, a JRPG for the PS2 called Radiata Stories. It was a fantasy love story about a young man, Jack Russell (yes, you read that right) whose dreams of becoming a knight are shattered after his teammate, Ridley, is nearly killed. Later, Jack finds himself caught in a war between fantasy creatures and humans, and he needs to pick a side. Oh, there's also a whole end-of-the-world plot going on underneath all of this. There's a lot going on in this game. As a kid, I loved this game, and, after revisiting it this week, I still do.

Many video games tell a story. But the stories we tell about games are often very, very different.