This really reminds me of the time when hypertext was a thing. Yes, you can argue that technically any web page with links is "hypertext", but they really meant

This really reminds me of the time when hypertext was a thing. Yes, you can argue that technically any web page with links is "hypertext", but they really meant something else in those days. Literary works with links that would let you read scenes from another character's perspective, and so on.