Interactive Fiction

I have enjoyed interactive fiction for a long time and enjoyed learning more about it a lot. I played through Zork I and Zork II in middle school, and it was interesting to return to them thinking about them in a literary sense. Seeing them in the same vein of riddles is not something I had thought of before, but makes a lot of sense considering how these kinds of games are won. I was surprised when Portal was mentioned at the end of the chapter because I have played that game but have not thought of it or its narrative much more than when I was playing it. It also made me think about other story-rich games I have played. The first one that came to mind was Baldur's Gate 3, which is essentially a digital version of D&D. Since D&D was also a big inspiration for Zork I had it in mind while playing through Zork again. Baldur's Gate is much more sophisticated than Zork but the latter was still able to evoke some of the same emotions. The main difference is Baldur's Gate seems a lot more intentional in the story it is telling. I hope we get to create some interactive fiction in this class as it is always something I have been interested in doing.