Last week I attended the Computers & Writing conference in Fairfax, VA at George Mason University, a campus that looms large both in the history of the digital humanities and in my own introduction to ...

Twine, the browser-based tool for creating interactive fiction, is celebrated for its democratizing influence on game development. It is free and open-source, and requires no programming knowledge; if ...

Hello! All this week Eurogamer has been celebrating Pride with a series of stories examining the confluence of LGBT+ communities and play in its many different forms, from video games and tabletop ...

In the video game Howling Dogs, released in 2012, players wake up in a prison with few options: a shower, a nutrient dispenser, a garbage chute, and a recreation room with a virtual reality headset.

My favorite tool for teaching game-making, interactive storytelling, and hypertext is Twine. I’ve talked here at ProfHacker about both Twine 1.x and Twine 2, and it’s my go-to recommendation for most ...

In this workshop participants will explore the possibilities of interactive fiction by writing multi-linear stories and personal choose-your-own-adventure videogames in Twine, software for creating ...