Category Archives: HYPERTEXT

All sorts of breakthroughs in writing and in reading these past few days, but even more in understanding and more than that, in further questioning. Separating myself as a writer from the reading, yet that is contradictory to the very … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Well, surprisingly enough with my horrible sense of direction, I’ve managed to get to four out of five servers and rebooted them successfully–my original task.  But I have not as yet stumbled upon the final server which is somewhere in … Continue reading → Continue reading →

One of the things that is helpful in mixing media forms and exploring them simultaneously is that it focuses on the means and method and necessarily questions the purpose. What then, is the lure of the story in text only … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve mentioned this before, but after working a bit more in the IF piece, Book and Volume, it appears that we’re on the right track towards seeking drama through relationship rather than action alone if we are indeed seeking to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Well, with  a little bit of time and the recall of "go north" I found and completed my first task and refired up a computer server.  Wendy, it seems, is the computer name, so I wasted some time attempting to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

With my inborn horrid sense of direction, I will admit I cheated and have printed out a map of the setting in this IF piece.  However, I intend to go my usual route of walking into walls with "go south," … Continue reading → Continue reading →

While it is my normal manner to jump right into something, I do go back and read directions and manuals shortly after beginning.  In New Media, there are some standard things to learn: keys and mouse clicks to move characters … Continue reading → Continue reading →

I’ve lost my hard-learned knack of getting through  IF.  To give you an example, the transcript from I’ve made of my progress in getting outside from "my" apartment to the street to begin my mission (the text reponses/directions following the … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Now that I’m all cocky because I finally got past the first "event," and was presented with my first task and seem to be on the right road, some observations about both IF and this piece in particular… Just as … Continue reading → Continue reading →

First, the IF piece, Book and Volume:  Finally got the secret code word that answers the pager.  Simple, and I’d thought I’d already tried it, but I guess not in the right sequence.  Anyway, the response on my part was … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Well, it didn’t take long for me to fall right back into character with this–and I had to search the net to find the WinFrotz Interpreter to download.  I love IF, because it’s just so me.  I am in my … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Well, there’s just no way I can think about getting another job when Dennis Jerz brings even more "reading" into my life, resurrecting interactive fiction (of the text sort) with a couple of entries this morning on new writing software … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Nice rundown on the base of interactive children’s books by if.books complete with pictures to call up memories to help us understand direction of the written word. I’d never had the opportunity between generations to come across the My Adventure … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Wow.  Looks like some neat new stuff happening in IF with sound and relationships.  Check out Quoth. (Thanks to Dennis Jerz for the link) Continue reading →