Uninteractive Fiction

[DeusIrae (Mike Russo)]

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I’m a bit surprised to see that nobody has commented on the a capella choral “sad trombone” sound effect that plays when you click the “Play” link.

*ahem*

Mike Russo's IF Comp 2024 Reviews

Uninteractive Fiction, by Leah Thargic I was all set to rate this troll game a 1. Look, the question of what does and doesn’t count as interactive fiction is almost as old as I am at this point (that is to say, it’s old), and I at least find it singularly uninteresting; likewise, the questions of “what if the player’s desire to see all the game’s content is at odds with the diegetic incentives of the characters” and “does choice-based IF actually need choices” are pretty hoary. There’s room t…