WRT: Writer Response Theory

Dave Miller emailed me late last year and I only just followed up by checking out his blog and thesis. He has created and researched networked narratives. You can find out about his works at his blog, where you can also get a copy of his Masters: ???When the Network Becomes An Author: […]

As most of you will be aware, the Electronic Literature Collection — Call for Works has gone out. To qualify, the work needs to be:
Literary quality will be the chief criterion for selection of works. Other aspects considered will include innovative use of electronic techniques, quality and navigability of interface, and adequate representation of the […]

What is the relationship between a link in a hypertext, a keyword in a chatbot, and an a noun/object in IF? (This isn’t a joke that ends up with talking rope). We might consider this, in light of Christy’s terminology, cross-media poetics.
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Coover’s card-story “Heart Suit” intervenes in narratology-ludology debate.

So far in this series on frustration and interactive media, I’ve been thinking different definitions, different approaches, and the way frustration is accomodated by expectation (or not). But what I wanted to think towards was chatbots and Interactive Fiction.
Frustration happens when interactions fail. Either the participant didn’t know enough to form expectations as to […]