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TextureWriter might be the best interactive fiction tool for beginners

25 Jul 2016 2 min read News

Header image by Paul Downey An announcement on Twitter last week revealed a new piece of software called TextureWriter, which supposedly makes creating interactive fiction easier than ever. Joining other IF (interactive fiction) tools like Twine and Inform, TextureWriter offers a different and more

New book lets you play your way through Romeo and Juliet

10 Jun 2016 2 min read News

Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet has been adapted to numerous genres and mediums since the 18th century and finally we might have an adaptation to rival Baz Luhrmann’s 1996 film, Romeo + Juliet. The classic story has now been adapted into a choose-your-own-adventure book by Ryan North, aptly titled Ro

Canada’s Manifest Destiny: the game

21 Jul 2015 5 min read Article

Videogames are just as powerful at distorting history as preserving it.

Clickhole’s parody newsgame simulates the gay love fest of ancient Roman battles

02 Jul 2015 3 min read News

You are a seasoned Roman general in the year 31 AD. Your biceps and eight-pack glisten in the sunlight as the gods smile down upon you and promise bloody victory. Only you and your army stand between the Germanic invaders and your beautiful Roma. So you reach for your battle axe, grab a statue of Ro

Death, dismemberment, and abstract horror comes to Twitter

13 Jan 2015 1 min read News

If your relationship with Twitter is anything like mine, you might welcome the addition of a bloodthirsty mystical beast to your timeline. That’s exactly what developer Terence Eden has done with @wnd_go, a brief and deeply abstract Choose Your Own Adventure that uses the social media service as its