We are currently in an age where interactive stories are becoming increasingly popular. Every year new mainstream media TV shows, movies, and comics are becoming part of the interactive storytelling world. A good starting point in entering this world and learning about interactive storytelling (in my opinion) is the first season of TellTale’s The Walking Dead game. The Walking Dead (which…
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Interactive Stories On The Go: Choice Of Games
Have you ever wished you could read/play some interactive fiction type games while your stuck in traffic or from the comfort of your bed? Yes? Ok, great. Cause it’s totally possible. See what I’m talking about is this awesome game company by the name of Choice of Games. Their a small Californian company with a variety of titles out. I personally came…
The Pain of Acceptance
Warning: The piece discussed in this post contains themes of transphobia, sexual assault, and suicide. Acceptance is a video game about being transgender. It’s short, it’s simple, and it’s painful. It’s the kind of game that you won’t enjoy, no matter how you play, but that you ought to play anyway. To back up a bit, in 2014 a transgender teenager…
>>Oh<< The Interactive Poem That Goes "Oh!"
Finding an example of electronic literature that I enjoyed was a little difficult because I am not a big fan of poetry. Because of this, I wanted to challenge myself to find some poem that I enjoyed for this project. Fortunately, I was able to find a work that was creative enough to peak my interest. >>oh<< is…
Finishing the Unfinished
Has helping a famous dead man, who is now a simulacrum, finish an unfinished book ever been on your bucket list? Well, my friend, here is the chance to check it off your list by playing Ice bound Compendium. The plot of the game starts off with Kristopher Holmquist, now known as KRIS, who is dead due to an unexplained…
It’s All in the Details: AlethiCorp
If you couldn’t get enough of Mark Marino and Rob Wittig’s #IWFW, AlethiCorp by Simon Christiansen should be next up on your e-lit queue. The story’s description is as follows: “Do you have what it takes to be an Associate Information Management Consultant with one of the world’s largest information management companies? Can you leverage synergies with the best to operationalize…
The Secret About “Public Secrets”
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…
Judy Malloy, Uncle Roger, and the hyper-textual narrative
Judy Malloy’s 1986 project, Uncle Roger, was first written in UNIX and BASIC and first published on the Web in 1995. It is considered the first project of its kind to rely on a reader’s unique choices to develop a narrative. Her work synthesizes computer-based information with visual art. She gives the reader access and the tools to navigate a…
Prisoner, Pirate, or Pariah? Linearity and The Treasure Seekers of Lady Luck
The galactic expanse beyond our planet is seemingly limitless, and so the human imagination considers anything beyond our solar system to be utterly fantastic and almost beyond comprehension in its expansiveness. This is where the inherent linearity of interactive fiction intersects with reality; within the scope of The Treasure Seekers of Lady Luck by Christopher Brendel (hosted on Choice of Games), the…
Into the Woods to Rescue Them
The Fairy Woods: A Game of Rescue, or Not “Someone dear to you has disappeared into the dangerous woods of the fairy realm, and you’re already on your way to save them…” The Fairy Woods by Andrea M Corbin (@rosencrantz) is an interactive hypertext fiction piece that has nine possible endings and various character combinations. You can choose your character,…