net if book Let s Tell a Story TogetherGreat guide to the world of interactive fiction Jimmy Maher Jimmy Maher s book tells a fascinating story about how interactive fiction IF came to be from its early days as Hunt the Wumpus and Adventure the release of the early commercial text adventure games the rise and fall of Infocom and other commercial IF companies and the current day status of IF. Let's tell a story together book series Various IF games are evaluated based on gameplay fairness complexity playability etc and how they helped to advance the field of interactive games The story ends at around 2004 with a look at some modern day IF games as well as IF creation systems which can be found at the IF Archives. Let's tell a story togetherk meaning As a person who used to enjoy playing Zork I and completing most of it I find it good to know that even today the field of IF isn t dead and I look forward to getting acquainted with IF again in the near future The book can be read on line on the site with images or in mobi or epub form However the epub form does not contain the images Jimmy Maher An informed detailed and fascinating journey in the history of Interactive Fiction a genre which moved its first steps with a text adventure programmed on a mainframe in the Seventies to become nowadays an ever evolving universe of stories of which we can be the protagonists it takes a computer or a smartphone and an Internet connection What is IF In a nutshell your device describes who where when your character is and why or a subset of such information and you have to type what your character has to do so to see how the story evolves this again and again till you win or lose. Let's tell a story togetherj song So much game after game story after story is documented by the author with as much passion as thoroughness in a recount that beautifully manages to find a balance amongst technological evolution and yet limits men and women with their passion for telling stories and living them virtually and giving others the chance to do the same literature philosophy the often cruel rules of market and business and the tastes of an audience which changes and evolves as well. Kindle Let's Tell a Story together A beautiful introduction to this world of wonders also including reviews of many IF works to try and savour: Epub let's tell a story together free If you ll read it you will probably want to try some of the many IF works it will be a fascinating possibly life changing experience I promise Jimmy Maher

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