For my final project I would like to start a new interactive fiction through Inform 7. I initially wanted to continue the interactive fiction I made for the creative project earlier in the semester, but now I realize that that is a terrible idea. My original game was cliched, poorly written, and many of the features were only there because…
Author: Benjamin Wrightson
The Minecraft Artbox
The recent explosion of Minecraft has, in many ways, been no less than an artistic revolution in gaming. The basic, unmodified, version of Minecraft creates a world generated out of cubical blocks that can be broken down and rearranged in almost any way the player so desires. It has preprogrammed monsters and NPC’s, but these can easily be turned on and off and placed…
Silent Hill 2: Literary Marvel from a Gaming Failure
For those of you who do not know, Silent Hill 2 was a survival horror game on the play station two. The game quickly became a cult hit among many gamers was very well received critically. They hailed it as one of the most fun and most terrifying works to bless the video game medium. However, many gamers also attacked…
A Fist Full of Homestuck
Recently I have been following a story called Homestuck. I guess it most closely resembles a webcomic, but it is so much more than that. The way the story is told is very unique and takes full advantage of several mediums the can only be accessed through computers. I hesitate to call it a web comic because it only has…