Comments on: Shadow Monsters and Revealing Light http://grandtextauto.org/2007/09/11/shadow-monsters-and-revealing-light/ A group blog about computer narrative, games, poetry, and art. Wed, 19 May 2010 01:52:58 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: andrew http://grandtextauto.org/2007/09/11/shadow-monsters-and-revealing-light/comment-page-1/#comment-122990 andrew Thu, 13 Sep 2007 19:59:03 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/?p=1580#comment-122990 Adam got some <a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9500E4D81630F935A3575AC0A9619C8B63" rel="nofollow">NYTimes coverage</a> last week for <i>Reveal</i>. Adam got some NYTimes coverage last week for Reveal.

]]> By: andrew http://grandtextauto.org/2007/09/11/shadow-monsters-and-revealing-light/comment-page-1/#comment-122805 andrew Wed, 12 Sep 2007 02:36:41 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/?p=1580#comment-122805 Adam lives in a nice sliver of an apartment in NYC — with one window. He knows why the caged bird sings. <i>Reveal</i> should appeal to folks in his predicament; I wonder if made it for himself and his friends in the city. Sad? Perhaps. Intriguing as well. In fact, I think of <i>Reveal</i> as a form of fiction. Is it really much sadder than virtual fantasy worlds, or virtual pets? Some virtual pet owners have them because they can't have real pets (see appendix <a href="http://www.interactivestory.net/papers/stern_emotionartifacts1999.html">here</a>). Adam lives in a nice sliver of an apartment in NYC — with one window. He knows why the caged bird sings. Reveal should appeal to folks in his predicament; I wonder if made it for himself and his friends in the city.

Sad? Perhaps. Intriguing as well. In fact, I think of Reveal as a form of fiction. Is it really much sadder than virtual fantasy worlds, or virtual pets? Some virtual pet owners have them because they can’t have real pets (see appendix here).

]]> By: Malcolm Ryan http://grandtextauto.org/2007/09/11/shadow-monsters-and-revealing-light/comment-page-1/#comment-122790 Malcolm Ryan Wed, 12 Sep 2007 00:04:59 +0000 http://grandtextauto.org/?p=1580#comment-122790 It strikes me that there is something profoundly sad about _Reveal_. It strikes me that there is something profoundly sad about _Reveal_.

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