interactive fiction
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of interactive fiction
First recorded in 1975–80
Example Sentences
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“Games can fuel fandom, but they can also create it,” said Sarah Springwater, director of story for Netflix Stories, the library of interactive fiction games based on the company’s programs.
From Los Angeles Times • May 30, 2024
Grealish is particularly fond of tools that allow cohosters to get even more creative with their posts, like ravel by artist and game designer Everest Pipkin, which enables the interactive fiction tool Twine in cohost.
From The Verge • Aug. 3, 2022
Hadean Lands rejuvenates the form’s essence for the first time in many years, and points the way to new and more mind-twisting possibilities for interactive fiction.
From Slate • Jan. 21, 2015
The reason Quinn was targeted varies, depending on whom you ask, but most explanations lead to Depression Quest, a free interactive fiction game, released in 2013.
From The New Yorker • Sep. 9, 2014
A more novel, even radical, form of digital storytelling with text arrived last month on the iPad in the form of Blood & Laurels by Emily Short, an author of interactive fiction.
From New York Times • Jul. 6, 2014
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