online video game comicsVideo games echo the same reality as comics, they are not real, but give us a chance to experience a world that might be real. Science fiction and fantasy worlds have for a long time taken advantage of this fact, to create stories were the laws of everyday reality is broken. The question is how can you do the same thing in a video game as in a comic, already we have video games that can be used to tell stories, and they happen in a world, which break the laws of reality. What is the fun of being in a science fiction or fantasy world if it does not give you powers that you do not have in real life? This is were comics and video games step in, and offer you worlds where the impossible becomes possible, and you can take part in the action of the game. MMORPG video games offer worlds were you can become part of the story, instead of reading about, and anticipating what is going to happen next. You can make a difference in the world and affect others as you journey through the world to discover what adventures it holds. You can also follow the adventures of others who have taken the journey before to see where it led them. Online comics are a medium where you can read comics online, and a new medium that mixes online comics with video games is developing, it is called online video game comics. By mixing online comics with a world that exist in a video game to tell a story, a new possibility exists for storytellers to express their ideas of the world. In online video game comics you can use the medium of the game to create a story, this could be any video game, and even a world within a Massively Multiplayer Online Roleplaying Game(MMORPG). With a world of possibilities, anything is possible, and online you can find video game comics that follow the adventures of gamers in massively multiplayer online games like Star Wars Galaxies, Final Fantasy XI, World of Warcraft, and The Matrix Online. The promise of using online video game comics to create stories using MMORPG video games is interesting, as it offers writers an opportunity to express their message using the game world that exist within the game. The medium offers a chance to be creative by using the camera in the game, and the game world itself to tell a story, any story you can think of. The Print Screen function could be used to take pictures of the world, which could be assembled in a comic using a program like Photoshop, and also use it to add captions to each frame in the story. The Internet offers people that want to publish their own online video game comic an opportunity to reach more people than ever, without the need of going through anyone else to publish your comic. The Internet is the storyteller's dream of being able to publish stories directly to people where ever and when ever they want to read them. It is also a chance to take part in a community where you can discuss the stories, and the possibilities affecting the storyline. This is already happening at the website gamics.com where a community of people who are interested in making online video game comics, or Gamics has formed. Gamics, ("game-icks") was founded by Nathan Ciprick, and he has authored over a dozen different stories spanning hundreds of pages. Most notably is his epic tale "Path to the Force", which chronicles the adventures of his Wookiee character E'nac from the MMORPG game Star Wars Galaxies.
An episode from the gamic Path To The Force

On the site you can also find Gamic stories from games like Final Fantasy XI, World of Warcraft, the GTA series, and The Matrix online. The site updates every day and hosts reader submitted Gamics, offers tutorials to make your own Gamic, and is an inspiration for anyone interested in using games to tell their own story. You can start making your own gamic episode like "Path to the force" by trying some of the tutorials on the gamic website. A good place to start is in the gamic tips and tricks section on gamics.com. Gamics are a good way to experiment with video games to make stories. The gamics.com website also has user submitted gamics, and you can submit your gamic episode to the website. You can also get your gamic published on this website for other readers to read and rate.To get your gamic episode published in the magazine you can use form below.
Publish gamic
Gamics are a new form of making comics, and you can make a gamic using a video game and a program like Comic life, or Photoshop. You can use the form below to get your gamic episode published in the magazine.
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