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They always called them interactive fiction. They used to run ads on NPR
by doubloon 3y ago
They always called them interactive fiction. They used to run ads on NPR
- Eric_WVGG 3y agoThey even ran a contest in their quarterly newspaper where they admitted the name "interactive fiction" was clunky and solicited suggestions. Nothing stuck. (8-year-old me mailed sooo many comic strips, all quietly rejected… le sigh) http://www.digitpress.com/library/newsletters/newzorktimes/nzt_v5n1_winter86.pdf http://www.digitpress.com/library/newsletters/newzorktimes/n...
- doubloon 3y agothat really brings back the memories of how things 'used to be'. i like the mail-in coupon for a Relational Database that ran on a PC, and it cost inflation-adjusted $1,400 but you could get it over half off with two games.
- dylan604 3y agoYou mean they sponsored programming on NPR?
- marcus0x62 3y agoWhat distinction are you trying to make? That’s “advertising.”
- dylan604 3y agoYou must not listen to NPR a lot. They go out of their way to not call it advertising. They are listener funded programming. It's okay if you don't get the reference.
- marcus0x62 3y agoOh, I got the reference. They can call it whatever they want, but it is still advertising, and any distinction to the contrary is pointless and misleading.