Re: Intraactive fiction?


15 Sep 1995 05:10:37 GMT

Gee. This raises an interesting issue. What does "interactive fiction" mean
anyway? I had always assumed the "interactive" referred to the fact that you
can interact with the fiction itself -- ie, you can particpate in the story.
By that defintion, what we are creation is *definitely* inter-active rather
than intra-active. And, while there is much to be said for collective story-
telling, there is also IMO much in a one-to-one storytelling experience, just
the author and a player. The message will not be obscured by differing
interpretations, and the story becomes more personal to the player.

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