Story-telling and gameplay have for the longest time time been seen as two separate entities. The narrative has been viewed as a superfluous part of little, or even no, importance to the actual play experience. However, in more recent years the idea that narrative emerge through play has taken hold and transformed how we craft and experience storytelling in games. This talk will go through the basics of what a video game narrative is and then discuss where the future lies and how we will get there.