I was looking for a good e-literature work that I haven’t done a blog about before, so I went onto the e-lit (ELO) collection volume 2 and chose a random work. I thought “ooh, this one is about secrets, so it should be interesting!” Turns out, it really was. Public Secrets is an E-lit work created by Sharon Daniel and…
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“Unmanned.” Your War Machine or Yourself?
Unmanned is a piece of playable fiction created by Jim Munroe and Mollenindustria (the company that produced Everyday the Same Dream) in 2012. It fits the trend of Choose Your Own Adventure style games, but adds elements that make it so much more. The player takes control of an unnamed drone pilot in the military system. Even though the setting of the game…
Supergaming- The Renaissance of Superhero and Comic Book Games, by Jake Black
One of the most personal and enjoyable parts of being a superhero fan, of being someone who crouches over glossy pages of cheesy dialogue, action, and capes, is imagining oneself as the hero. It’s the beauty of comic books, to be invested in these characters and live vicariously through their adventures, heartbreaks, and triumphs. I think this fantasy is what…