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From: mwoodwar@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mark Woodward)
Subject: Re: Interactive Fiction as Literature
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In article <1993Mar26.162906.14760@ultb.isc.rit.edu> jsvrc@rc.rit.edu (J A Stephen Viggiano) writes:
>I was interested in a discussion on Interactive Fiction as literature. Look
>at all the elements of literature in some of the games: there's a lore
>surrounding certain things, even the games themselves (but that's beside the

John, I am interested, but perhaps unable. What I know about IF, I have
learned right here on rec.. It was my first exposure, and I was
immediately drawn to it, but I have no affinity for the 'game' part of things.

I have planned out a training game, but as yet been negligent about
implementation. My first impression was that as a medium it had real
promise, but it seems hard to break the 'game' mode.

Let me know what you think,
Mark Woodward


