Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Interactive...

So, an interactive text, huh. Well, that's an easy one. There's no text more interactive than a video game! Being a passion of mine, it's an obvious choice. You get to control the action, what you do, how you play the game. There's noone sitting on your shoulder telling you exactly how to do something and it doesn't play itself, there needs to be a person playing it. This interactivity makes video games special.

One specific type of video game that is overly interactive is the idea of the MUD. With a MUD, or multi-user dungeon, the players all must interact with the text/graphical environment to complete the game, which is no easy task, let me tell you. If you pick a MUD with some real disruptive players, there's no telling how long it could be before you finish!

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