tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32903774.post379829833098708870..comments2023-06-05T06:06:18.585-07:00Comments on Whistling in the Dark: Authorial insertion in text-based adventures?Rachel Helpshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01014437332813141047noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32903774.post-6826372902952307142010-06-10T12:10:16.550-07:002010-06-10T12:10:16.550-07:00Thomas More's Utopia would be a good fit.
The...Thomas More's <i>Utopia</i> would be a good fit.<br /><br />The first text-based adventure that jumps to mind is Trogdor. Whether the narrator is the voice of Strong Bad or someone else would actually be a harder question than it might appear on its surface.Charlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01390300490315841794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32903774.post-46145153121761832712010-05-09T23:02:09.711-07:002010-05-09T23:02:09.711-07:00Hmm, you've probably already thought about Tol...Hmm, you've probably already thought about Tolstoy as Levin in Anna Karenina. <br /><br />In video games, the creators are often present in an easter egg of some sort . . .<br /><br />Let's see, the Ultima games had Lord British, who was essentially the creator Richard Garriott. Not a text-based game, but definitely story-based.<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Ultima_characters#Lord_British<br /><br />Warren Spector appears in some of his games:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren_Spector#Cameo_appearances<br /><br />Creator names often appear on tombstones or other flavor text or jokes in games like Nethack, Baldur's Gate, Dragon Age, etc. Not really authorial insertion, though.<br /><br />Naturally, as video game teams have increased in size, authorial insertion has decreased.Andrea Landakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14562563611657483918noreply@blogger.com