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It can be, with some games (Zork, GTA4, Bioshock) a lot more than others (Pong, Tetris, Tic-tac-toe, Chess). At the extreme end of games-as-literature is the In
by derleth 14y ago
It can be, with some games (Zork, GTA4, Bioshock) a lot more than others (Pong, Tetris, Tic-tac-toe, Chess). At the extreme end of games-as-literature is the Interactive Fiction world, which has been dealing with how the 'literature' and the 'game' aspects interact for decades now.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_fiction http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interactive_fiction
Read this essay for an introduction to the concepts:
http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/info/Craft.Of.Adventure.txt http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/info/Craft.Of.Adventure....
- xk_id 14y agoI actually mean "interactive literature" in a broader sense :P which includes all software, not only games. you have textbooks too, not just novels, right? :)