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From: buzzard@world.std.com (Sean T Barrett)
Subject: Re: PC gender in IF
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Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2001 01:16:04 GMT
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I was fine with your post until this last bit...

Dennis G. Jerz <JerzDG@uwec.edu> wrote:
>Consider the female identity of the PC in Metamorphoses; Emily Short not
>only describes, but permits the player to *experience* the loneliness and
>quiet confidence of the PC, as she goes about doing her master's bidding.
>Short embeds character details in the mechanisms of her IF world (for
>example, note that the space inside the mirror is "cupped like the palm of
>your master's hand," [or words to that effect] and for a tiny glimpse into
>the PC's history, try to "sing").

What does any of what you've just described have to
do with the character's "female identity"? (I admit
I'm not firing it up to double-check in detail, but
at least as you have characterized it here, I don't
see the connection.)

SeanB
