On the Fringe


Occasionally talk on rec.arts.int-fiction turns to more speculative topics of interactive fiction. These discussions, while not of immediate use to the game designer, are often of interest in and of themselves.

Talk about simulations
A discussion of simulations and how they apply to interactive fiction.
Simulations versus pre-planned plots
A reply to those who say simulations can't make good IF.
Fun versus simulation
At what point do elements of simulation make IF cease to be fun?
Attitudes to playing
Musings on everything from how people play IF to whether a storyline is required in IF.
Attitudes to playing
A continuation of the above thread.
Counting story-plots
A preliminary method for counting the number of possible plots.
IF as literature
Comparing IF to literature.


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