tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post460531074848183559..comments2023-11-05T07:27:43.837-05:00Comments on Narrative and Technology: Blog 6, Prompt 1Adamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post-29740220504871606862012-03-03T21:07:46.598-05:002012-03-03T21:07:46.598-05:00Your beginning is interesting and mostly well writ...Your beginning is interesting and mostly well written, but lacks clarity at a critical moment. "Choose-your-own-adventure forms of entertainment want people to be aware of themselves in an attempt to create reality; however, that reality oftentimes does not have outcomes that likely come from starting at point A and going to point B." Is the problem here that CYOA adventures lack realism, or that they lack an appropriate range of options? I could read it either way, but they seem like very different areas of inquiry.<br /><br />What you're working around to is the difficulty of containing all of the complex options of reality inside the confines of - well, any kind of representation, it seems, although a CYOA book aimed at kids might be especially limited.<br /><br />This is an interesting approach, and it gets more interesting when you start to discuss "strategizing." But you are obviously a long way away from any sort of fixed argument.<br /><br />Here's one way I could see questioning you. Are you arguing that traditional linear (or not so linear, e.g., Wallace) narrative are less interactive? More interactive? Or are you arguing that interactivity itself is a problem, or uninteresting, or false, because interactivity means surrending realism (mimesis) for strategizing?<br /><br />I suspect, somewhat vaguely, that you're working yourself around to something like that final argument. What is absent though, before that or any other real argument can begin is a sense of your own values. It would seem (maybe wrongly) that you value realism highly. What do you mean by realism, and why do you value it? Once that becomes clear, the proper direction (in terms of reading particular texts, etc.) might fall more clearly into place.<br /><br />Very interesting and thoughtful - but also a very early draft.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16302919444091859459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8692381608294018617.post-41227928095288830192012-03-03T02:33:47.652-05:002012-03-03T02:33:47.652-05:00I enjoyed your approach in the first/opening parag...I enjoyed your approach in the first/opening paragraph of your post with using a comparison with a normal story and a more cognitive book. It really gives the reader of your post a good sense of what a choose your adventure book is all about (with the understanding that one may not know what they are all about). I also liked your comparison with Hitchhikers Guide to the galaxy, a great example. It reminded me a lot of Zork. I also used a similar strategy at times to read Cup of Death, exploring as many avenues as possible. Something maybe to add to your revision to this (if you so choose) is to maybe include some points on Marcuse, like we discussed in class, it would add some substance to your paper. But overall, I liked your analysis and agree with a good portion of your argument.Patrick Kilduffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11959246175161384132noreply@blogger.com