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In Medium is the Massage, Fiore states that “media, by altering the environment, evoke in us unique ratios of sense perceptions,” (41). Leishman’s interactive games, “Redridinghood”, appeals to multiple sense perceptions, sight, touch, and sound. The game allows its players hear an upbeat and modern tune while playing the game using a computer. Being a classic story, one would not typically associate upbeat tunes and computer games with Red Riding Hood. Previously, Red Riding Hood had been a printed version or orally recited to people. Now, the game appeals to sight because the characters now move by themselves with interactions from the users. One would’ve not been able to previously interact with the characters, and influence their choices.
Furthermore, as Fiore describes, “the method of our time is to use not a single but multiple models for exploration” (68). This means that since the story of Red Riding Hood, is now being told through an interactive game, that the users’ point of view is no longer fixed. Using the computer, one is no able to explore Red Riding Hood’s modern world and create the discoveries and interactions. Previously, the story would be told, and there would only be one pathway to one ending for that story. The computer interaction now allows users to create their own pathways and endings that eliminate the “fixed point of view” and “fragmentary outlook” that print technology created through the public (Fiore 68). Electronic media allows users to use their senses to explore familiar stories.