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SUMMARY:Interactive Fiction - Nick Montfort\, University of Pennsylvania
DTSTART:20051213T123000Z
DTEND:20051213T133000Z
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CONTACT:Ryan Prescott Adams
DESCRIPTION:For several decades interactive fiction -- a form of computer 
 game and digital literature -- has been developed in interesting ways by p
 rogrammers and authors. I'll sketch the history of text-based interactive 
 fiction from 1975 to the present\, suggest some ways in which interactive 
 fiction\, despite being commercially dormant\, may nevertheless remain rel
 evant. I'll show some examples of compelling recent work in this form\, in
 cluding my own piece\, Book and Volume\, which was just released on Novemb
 er 17. If there's time\, I may discuss future directions for an IF develop
 ment system.
LOCATION:Room 911\, Cavendish Laboratory
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