Marie -Laure Ryan mentions computer games in the discussion of interactive texts and ergodic literature. I had never really put computer\/video games in this light of an interactive drama before. She notes that although the player does not contribute text, but skills such as shooting, jumping, diving, problem and riddle solving require far more active participation that selecting items from a menu as would be done on a preprogramed webpage or virtual reality art display. In many games today, especially role-playing games, the plot and subsequent series of events often depends on the actions of the player(i.e. which door is opened or which items are picked up in the room). Video games are often overlooked as a form of interactivity with text. In the future, it will be interesting to see how much games will evolve depending on the decisions of the player. Thus making reality more blurred perhaps?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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