Re: What IS Interactive Fiction? (in short?)
25 Oct 1995 20:24:06 GMT
In article <46l7vs$fra$1@mhade.production.compuserve.com>, Jim Newland <76461.2144@CompuServe.COM> writes:
> >What exactly is Int Fiction?
>
> Oh, geez. Here we go again. Well, I'll sum up what we've learned so far: it is
>fiction and it's interactive and it may be art, but then again it may not be. Or,
>more accurately, it can be art but it doesn't have to be because it can still be
>a game, although it doesn't have to be a game since there's nothing to prevent it
>having a serious purpose or even just being a book. Well, not a book really,
>since it's not on paper, but you could print it out and then it would be a
>book--but it wouldn't be interactive then, would it? On the other hand, it
>could be both a game and serious and still fall short of being art, but not
>necessarily, just as not every artful book is a game and likewise the other way
>around.
>
I'll print this out and make it into a large poster over my bed. I hope
this classic-to-be definition goes into the FAQ ;-)
By the way, the discussion on IF as art (the real discussion, I mean)
has been most interesting and intriguing, thanks all who have
contributed. And thanks to whizzard who started it all with the
Competition.
/Thomas
--
"Little languages go a long way..."
(ThoNi of ThoNi&GorFo Adventure Factories in 1985)
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