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Date: 2008-11-06 11:39 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fimmtiu.livejournal.com
Yeah, that's why I can't stand books. When you advance linearly through the narrative, you're doing exactly what the Man (in this case, the author) wants of you. Recent innovations in so-called "sandbox" books (the celebrated "Choose Your Own Adventure" series, for one) are a step in the right direction, but even they labour under constraints. Why shouldn't players -- I mean, readers -- be allowed to randomly choose the order in which they read pages? Or even words, perhaps?

Constraints make good art.

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Date: 2008-11-07 02:58 am (UTC)
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Matter of taste, clearly. I don't like games or books like that!

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