Twisty Little Passages An Approach to Interactive Fiction

Name: Twisty Little Passages An Approach to Interactive Fiction
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ISBN: 9780262633185

ISBN-10: 0262633183

ISBN-13: 9780262633185

Edition: 2005

Authors: Nick Montfort

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This book examines interactive fiction from a gaming and literary perspective. The author offers both aficionados and first-time users a way to approach interactive fiction that should lead to a more pleasurable and meaningful experience of it.

Book details

List price: $40.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 2/11/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 302
Size: 5.98" wide x 9.06" long x 0.79" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Nick Montfort is Associate Professor of Digital Media at MIT and the coauthor of Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System (MIT Press, 2009).



Preface


Acknowledgments



The Pleasure of the Text Adventure



Riddles



Adventure and Its Ancestors



Zork and Other Mainframe Works



Infocom and Commercial Beginnings



Different Visions Worldwide



The Independents



Interactive Fiction in Our Culture


Interactive Fiction Works Cited


Secondary Sources


Index