Comments on: Cathy meets fiction with technology http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/features/2009/05/cathy-meets-fiction-with-technology/ Music, movies, tv, video games, tech, food, drink, young, hip, and sexy! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:11:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Interactive Fiction: Cathy’s Ring « FiledBy Blog http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/features/2009/05/cathy-meets-fiction-with-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-9575 Interactive Fiction: Cathy’s Ring « FiledBy Blog Tue, 05 May 2009 12:25:51 +0000 http://blastmagazine.com/?p=13110#comment-9575 [...] whole approach is dubbed “interactive fiction,” in a recent Blast article written by Liz McClendon. As a commenter points out on the online version of the article, however, [...] [...] whole approach is dubbed “interactive fiction,” in a recent Blast article written by Liz McClendon. As a commenter points out on the online version of the article, however, [...]

]]> By: Dennis G. Jerz http://blastmagazine.com/the-magazine/features/2009/05/cathy-meets-fiction-with-technology/comment-page-1/#comment-9544 Dennis G. Jerz Mon, 04 May 2009 15:46:43 +0000 http://blastmagazine.com/?p=13110#comment-9544 I enjoyed this article, but I'd like to comment on the terminology. Computer games have been around long enough that there's quite a bit of history behind each genre. "part of a new genre dubbed 'interactive fiction'.... The idea behind interactive fiction was born in 2001" In fact, the term "interactive fiction" has been used since the 80s to refer to text-based games, also known as "text adventures." The best known of these are from the Zork series, which was created in 1977. The term alternate reality game (ARG) is a better term for what this article calls "interactive fiction," since ARG players aren't just interacting with an electronic text, they are also performing real tasks in the real world. I enjoyed this article, but I’d like to comment on the terminology. Computer games have been around long enough that there’s quite a bit of history behind each genre.

“part of a new genre dubbed ‘interactive fiction’…. The idea behind interactive fiction was born in 2001″

In fact, the term “interactive fiction” has been used since the 80s to refer to text-based games, also known as “text adventures.” The best known of these are from the Zork series, which was created in 1977.

The term alternate reality game (ARG) is a better term for what this article calls “interactive fiction,” since ARG players aren’t just interacting with an electronic text, they are also performing real tasks in the real world.

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