Carolyn Guertin Theorist Janet Murray believes that the ideal interactive fiction environment should be built on the model of children's imaginative play and game designer Brenda Laurel sees computers as theatre. I have included a broad selection of reading material on this course. It is my intention that you will use these resources for inspiration and brainstorming.
Some texts are tiny and can be read in a few minutes.
Others are much more extensive. The text and photocopied readings will give you the necessary theoretical background to participate in class discussions, to gently critique each others' work and to become a thoughtful creator of the new media. Each class we will write and workshop in-class addressing and responding to the ideas encountered in our readings. Ablex Publishing, 2000. A comic book or graphic novel of your choice.