Week 6: Interactivity in Electronic Literature

Tuesday, February 19

• In class
  • Discussion of hypertext, interactive fiction, Twine Games
    • Galatea Cheats and Walkthroughs
    • A Duck Has An Adventure
  • Interactivity in electronic literature
• Assignment
  • Read Electronic Literature pgs. 104-109.
  • Download and play The Stanley Parable Demo (requires PC & Steam. If unable to, watch this playthrough.
  • Watch/Play Black Mirror: Bandersnatch (available on Netflix)
  • Write a post in our Facebook Group in which you respond to The Stanley Parable Demo and Bandersnatch. Post your responses before class on Thursday, February 21.

Thursday, February 21

• In class
  • Discussion Bandersnatch and The Stanley Parable Demo
• Assignment
  • Read Electronic Literature pgs. 109-117.
  • Read/Play at least one work from each bullet in this list:
    • Jason Nelson: “Game, Game, Game, and Again Game,””Nothing You Have Done Deserves Such Praise” or “A Nervous System.”
    • Christine Wilks: “Fitting the Pattern,””Tailspin,” or “Inkubus.”
    • Michael Mateas and Andrew Stern: “Façade.”
  • Write a post in our Facebook Group in which you respond to “Façade,” one work by Jason Nelson, and one by Christine Wilks. Post your responses before class on Tuesday, February 26.