Hamlet as Interactive Fiction

19 September 2005 03:15

Interactive Fiction - or old fashioned adventure games if you want - may not be particularly visible these days with the commercial interests mostly being in other genres, but it’s still thriving. Also on the web.

I have no intention of writing a lot about IF this time, but the classic Hamlet by Shakespeare caught my eyes just recently. Not the book as such, but a little reworked into an IF story. So instead of encouraging you to read the book, I propose that you try to play Hamlet.

One Response to “Hamlet as Interactive Fiction”

Random Thoughts sent a trackback on 14 October 2005

You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.

You are on a page which tells about the IF-Competition 2005.
> Read blog entry
You read the blog entry. You feel compelled to try the games.
> Click download link
You are instantly taken to the download page.
The era of text adventures, or intera…

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