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1. Hyperlinking in 3D Interactive, Multimedia Performances

   Dene Grigar discusses ways in which hyperlinks are utilized in three-dimensional multimedia performance works that offer a narrative or poetic focus. In the new spaces of three-dimensional performance environments, hyperlinking can be incorporated as a performative element into the work and therefore always makes a purposeful act necessary for the performance to unfold. Grigar argues that hyperlinking may denote a change of scene, the progression of a poem’s instantiation or the evocation of musical notes comprising a composition.

   (Source: Beyond the Screen, introduction by Jörgen Schäfer and Peter Gendolla)

   Scott Rettberg - 23.05.2011 - 15:36

2. Playable Media and Textual Instruments

   The statement that "this is not a game" has been employed in many ways — for example, to distinguish between high and low culture electronic texts, to market an immersive game meant to break the "magic circle" that separates games from the rest of life, to demarcate play experiences (digital or otherwise) that fall outside formal game definitions, and to distinguish between computer games and other forms of digital entertainment. This essay does not seek to praise some uses of this maneuver and condemn others. Rather, it simply points out that we are attempting to discuss a number of things that we play (and create for play) but that are arguably not games. Calling our experiences "interactive" would perhaps be accurate, but overly broad. An alternative — "playable" — is proposed, considered less as a category than as a quality that manifests in different ways. "Playable media" may be an appropriate way to discuss both games and the "not games" mentioned earlier.

   Jörgen Schäfer - 05.07.2011 - 13:35

3. Making Games That Makes Stories

   James Wallis uses genre as the fulcrum for balancing game rules and narrative structure in story-telling games, which he differentiates from RPGs through their emphasis on the creation of narrative over character development.

   The source is the essay-review on www.electronicbookreview.com written by James Wallis.

   Kristina Igliukaite - 11.05.2020 - 22:57

4. Creating a Meaning-Machine: The Deck of Stories Called Life in the Garden

   Eric Zimmerman describes his interactive paper book as "an inverted exquisite corpse," and although a digital version of the book would be easy to produce, he argues that an electronic edition would not produce as meaningful an experience as the printed volume.

   The source is the essay-review on www.electronicbookreview.com written by Eric Zimmerman

   Kristina Igliukaite - 11.05.2020 - 22:59