Command Lines: Aesthetics and Technique in Interactive Fiction and New Media The PDF weighs in at 418 pages. The range of the dissertation includes media other than textual IF; Figure 1 is of Shadow of the Colossus.

I’ve been playing Worlds Apart by Suzanne Britton (I’ll write a full review when I’m done) but I wanted to mention one issue now: there’s a lot of waiting. The waiting is of three types. The first is in conversation. The conversation is somewhat cutscene-based. There are things your characters will say you have no [...]

There were three specific points I got stuck playing Lost Pig. They were all essentially my fault, but I thought it might be instructive to mention them. I give complete spoilers for several puzzles, so don’t read these unless you’ve finished the game.

I’ve got two major projects in progress: Madrigals of Love and War, and another secret one. However, those still need a lot of work I’d like to push to finish something. I have three shorter works in progress hanging around. All of them are of a science fiction flavor. I’d like to have at least an alpha (playable to the end on a walkthrough) version done by the end of the [...]

Well, this review *was* up. I’m not sure what happened to erase it. Anyhow, last review!

Review after the jump.

Review after the jump.

First I give a general review, then after some spoiler space I go into specifics about a puzzle in Episode 3.

My Name is Jack Mills describes itself as “An Interactive Pulp Fiction”.

Spoiler warning: I give a clarification to one of the puzzles and give general solving advice.