Interactive Fiction and what it is/is not

[Gower]

Here’s a useful link that touches on some related issues, in case this is useful in the discussion:

What do you think is the most unique thing about the medium of Interactive Fiction?

Every medium has its strengths and weaknesses, as well as tricks unique to it. Books and other written mediums have an advantage by being able to show inside the head of a character, as well as the author being able to control 100% of the information flow to the reader. Both of which fit really well for unreliable narrators and things that explore of characters in unusual states. It’s a medium that’s been explored for centuries so we don’t see much innovation there so much as resurfacing of old…