In the study of computer games, this approach relies on the dominant paradigms of stories and storytelling in interpreting games poetics. According to Aarseth, it's the notion that "everything is a story, and that story-telling is our primary, perhaps only, mode of understanding our cognitive perspective on the world." Narrativism is often contrasted to and debated by the ludologists, who emphasize the rule of play. The dominant proponent of this school includes Janet Murray.