Forked Paths & Alternate Endings with Ian L.

Hello and welcome back. In this post, I wanted to discuss my thoughts on IF as a whole and where I think it might go. I believe that IF is only going to grow in size and gain popularity. I can see where it can be a confusing idea at first but after that it opens up a new world of entertainment to be enjoyed. I always liked being able to make choices in games a lot and I think that is part of the reason I love the Witcher 3 so much is that my decisions create different outcomes, therefore, I become more immersed in the story because I feel like I am now part of that story. I believe IF has a strong place in videogames, especially story-driven games. As you all probably know by now I am a pretty avid gamer and connect IF to games often. I would say Telltale Games do a good job at representing interactive fiction. I believe the two best are The Walking Dead series and The Wolf Among Us. While books are still enjoyable I think in time IF will become even more popular than those as they...

Bandersnatch is a very interesting film and if any you are bored due to the current situation this a great film to watch that is available on Netflix. In Bandersnatch as the viewer, you follow the main protagonist Stefan however you do not just follow him but make important choices and decisions for him. I f you have never interacted with a film like this it can be strange. When you are given a choice to make you have about ten seconds to make the choice otherwise it will choose the default option. I won't mention any spoilers but I believe there are 5 main endings to this film. I think my favorite thing about this film is how you the viewer interact with the protagonist at one point and results in a very strange experience. This, however, was not my first experience with this type o film. When I was young I had watched/played a film called Scourge of Worlds and it was released in 2003. This was my first experience actually with interactive fiction but at that age,...

Ready Player One is a 2011 science fiction novel having to do a lot with virtual reality. The story takes place in the year 2045 in which the city is a dystopia. The main protagonist is Wade Watts who's life is not that great however spends most of his time in the oasis like most of the world. Wade uses this virtual reality as an escape like many people trying get away from the troubles of the real world. The creator of the oasis Halliday planted a easter egg in the game after his death. Whoever would find and discover the easter egg would inherit control over the whole oasis. Wade like many other is trying to find this easter egg. He ends up making some friends along the way with the other first 4 people to aquire the keys that are needed in order to find the egg. There group became known as the High Five . I have seen the more recent motion picture adaptation and I have to say I was disappointed as the movie does not do this book justice. As most people would expect there ar...