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A Preliminary Poetics
The builder of Façade, an "interactive story world," Michael Mateas offers both a poetics and a neo-Aristotelian project (for interactive drama and games).
Victoria Vesna responds
In response to Perlin, Victoria Vesna reiterates the unique realism of games.
Stuart Moulthrop’s response
Stuart Moulthrop complicates the idea of self-contained games.
Victoria Vesna responds in turn
"Connect the n space to the 0 and understand that the lack of time due to information overflow is an illusion," writes Victoria Vesna.
Janet Murray’s response
Janet Murray unriddles the verbal and procedural mix of Interactive Fiction.