Which alias best fits interactive fiction? The nominees are: "Story," "Game," "Storygame," "Novel," "World," "Literature," "Puzzle," "Problem," "Riddle," and "Machine." Read, and decide.
Chris Crawford considers Zimmerman's definitions.
Jesper Juul suspects that things will remain unruly: big-budget, "cinematic" games will nose out experimental ones.
"Critical videogames": moving beyond the non sequiter of now, Gonzalo Frasca projects a future in which the phrase would make sense.
