interactive fiction

gaming narrative

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    In electronic game: Interactive fiction

    …of games, usually called “interactive fiction,” that boasted a new narrative structure. Such games shaped the player’s experience with descriptions of rooms, characters, and items and a story that evolved in response to the player’s choices. In Adventure this meant wandering through a dungeon to collect items and defeat…

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