Her Story

Her Story is an interactive film video game written and directed by Sam Barlow. It was released on 24 June 2015 for iOS, OS X, and Windows, and the following year for Android. In the game, the player searches and sorts through a database of video clips from fictional police interviews, and uses the clips to solve the case of a missing man. The police interviews focus on the man’s wife, Hannah Smith, portrayed by British musician Viva Seifert. Wikipedia

Her Story
Her Story

Research exclusive to this game

Huertas-Abril, Cristina A., and Barbara Muszyńska. “Effects of playing the video game Her Story on multiple dimensions of creativity in EFL writing–An international replication study.” ReCALL 35, no. 2 (2023): 193-210.

Research that includes this game in its sample

Perreault, Mildred F., Gregory Perreault, and Andrea Suarez. “What does it mean to be a female character in “indie” game storytelling? Narrative framing and humanization in independently developed video games.” Games and Culture 17, no. 2 (2022): 244-261.

van de Ven, Inge. “It’s Not a Game! Rules of Notice and Hermeneutics of Suspicion in Contemporary FMV Games.” Games and Culture (2023): 15554120231161180.

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