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After watching this video it became clear that there was definitely an interactive element involved with it, sometimes you had to guess what the interactive was and others it was pointed out to you. With interaction there is a similar element of game play to it unlike just reading a blog post or reading any other electronic literature for the most part, you are guided by the writer or creator on the journey they have set forth for you.
“Alternating game play with novelistic components, interactive fictions expand the repertoire of the literary through a variety of techniques, including visual displays, graphics, animations, and clever modifications of traditional literary devices.” (6th paragraph of ch. 2, Katherine Hayles, Electronic Literature: What is it?) I agree with this as it does add a whole new element for the person to interact with the story almost like the choose your own adventure books which had different endings depending on what you chose to do next.
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“Electric circuitry has overthrown the regime of “time” and “space” and pours upon us instantly and continuously the concerns of all other men.”(Marshall Mcluhan the medium is the MASSAGE, approximately p.15)
This was just part of this poem or statement but is very strong as with the growth of the personal computer and constant WIFI and Internet available in every house now. We are constantly bombarded by people’s thoughts and rantings of there personal and even sometimes personal lives. Not like before when you had to physically call or write someone to know how they were doing. This can be very overwhelming.