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<font size=3>VHS: This actually reminds me of a book I once saw where
after every few pages the reader could answer a question about where the
plot could go. The book then provided a few answers you could pick from
and you would then be directed to the another page to continue the story.
This seems like a lot of work for the writer so I'm not surprised the
idea didn't catch on.<br><br>
~Vaughn H. S.<br><br>
At 2004/06/01 15:23, you wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">On Tue, 25 May 2004 01:23:23
+0300, "Greg Craill" <grooless@yahoo.com><br>
wrote:<br><br>
>Mind you how would people rate animated games on computers/consoles
as cartoon artforms.<br>
>They have cartoon graphics and sound effects, they have story lines,
the difference being that the player/reader can alter the course of the
plot by controlling some of the characters and influencing the final
story.<br>
><br>
>How different to the old Steve Jackson fighting fantasy books ? And
how removed from actual comics, they could be construed as an interactive
comic.<br>
><br>
>MARK - Do you ever see this type of "interactive comic"
being a viable artform ? <br>
><br>
>(More of a story with possible plot directions based on limited
"reader" input, than <br>
>as a game where every action is controlled, and possibly using
mainstream characters from the marvel or DC universe ?)<br><br>
ME: To me, if you have readers inputting anything that controls the<br>
material that way, it's a game. And I do think games are viable
and<br>
that what you describe could be a viable art form.<br>
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