Episode 7: Computational Narrative Systems and Platform Studies with Nick Montfort

Scott Rettberg is this time joined by Center for Digital Narrative PI Nick Montfort. Together they dive into topics such as computational narrative systems, platform studies, and interactive fiction.

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References

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Custodio, Alex. 2020. Who Are You? Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance Platform. MIT Press.

Hayles, N. Katherine, Nick Montfort, Scott Rettberg and Stephanie Strickland. 2006. Electronic Literature Collection: Volume 1. https://collection.eliterature.org/1/.

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Infocom. Zork. Infocom. PDP-10. 1977.

Meehan, James. 1976. Tale-Spin. A program that writes simple stories.

Montfort, Nick. 1999. Winchester’s Nightmare: A Novel Machine. Interactive fiction. Web edition: https://nickm.com/if/parchment/index.html?story=stories/winchest.z8.js.

Montfort, Nick. 2005. Twisty Little Passages: An Approach to Interactive Fiction. MIT Press.

Montfort, Nick. 2006. Ad Verbum. Interactive fiction. Web edition: https://nickm.com/if/parchment/index.html?story=stories/adverbum.z5.js.

Montfort, Nick. 2008. ppg256. (Perl Poetry Generator in 256 characters) series. https://collection.eliterature.org/2/works/montfort_ppg256/ppg256.html.

Montfort, Nick. 2023. “Why I Am Not an Algorist.” In Poème Objkt Sbjkt, Paris: Librairie Galerie Métamorphoses, pp. 126–131.

Montfort, Nick and Ian Bogost. 2020. Racing the Beam: The Atari Video Computer System. MIT Press.

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Wardrip-Fruin, Noah and Nick Montfort. 2003. The New Media Reader. MIT Press.

This research is partially supported by the Research Council of Norway Centres of Excellence program, project number 332643, Center for Digital Narrative and project number 335129, Extending Digital Narrative.