98-228 Interactive Fiction
Lecture 7: Intro to IF Criticism

Topics covered:

Review vs. criticism/critique vs. curation
Comparing games crit to other artform crit: cinema, theater, literature, poetry, music
"Fuck Videogames" and Liz Ryerson's response: how formats and mediums form communities, and the good and bad that comes with that
Websites with a noncommercial approach to games journalism: Free Indie Games, Forest Ambassador, Critical Distance, Auntie Pixelante, Leigh Alexander on Gamasutra, Alternate Ending, Emily Short
Jams and community organization: Big Chaos, Pulse-pounding heart-stopping dating sim jam, Naked Twine, IF comp and Spring Thing, Ludum Dare
Bubblegum Slaughter (play in class)