aristotle
The Maul of America
Liquid architect Marcos Novak on William Mitchell's City of Bits.
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).
Cyberdrama
Pat Harrigan and Noah Wardrip-Fruin introduce Cyberdrama, the first section of First Person.
Gonzalo Frasca’s response
Secret agency is at issue in Frasca's response, which denies the application of Aristotle to the open-ended interactivity of gaming.
Brenda Laurel responds (excerpt)
The importance of consequences plots Brenda Laurel's response to Michael Mateas.