This site archives the course material and online class discussions for ENGL 343, a course offered in Fall 2005 at George Mason University that focused on digital writing and electronic literature.
This site is no longer active, but feel free to explore the archives. If you are interested in the topic of electronic literature, please visit the blog for the Fall 2008 version of this class.
If you need help figuring how to play "interactive fiction" games like Adventure or Zork, see this beginner’s guide, which outlines how to interact with the game.
When you play Zork, I recommend setting up an account, so you can retrieve your saved games. You can play for a bit, save your game, then come back later and pick up where you left off.
To create an account, type "login" at the prompt and follow the directions. You’ll have to submit a username and password, then type "yes" to apply as a new user. After that, you can save and restore games. The command to save is "save" (w/o quotation marks) and to restore your game, type "restore" at the prompt.
Also, here’s a PDF file of the old Zork manual, which might be useful.
New Media theorist and practicioner Randall Packer will be speaking at GMU’s Fall for the Book festival. He’ll be discussing his latest book, Multimedia: From Wagner to Virtual Reality. September 19, 7:20 PM in Student Union Building I (Rooms B and C) on Mason’s campus.
This is the class blog and website for ENGL 343, a course in the English Department at George Mason University which focuses on digital textuality, new media, and experiments with narrative and technology.
More news will follow soon, but for now, you can find the syllabus for the class here. The daily schedule is here as well.