Re: Gareth's competition comments
Sun, 15 Oct 1995 17:11:09 -0400
london@ERE.UMontreal.CA (London David) writes:
> What IF is *not* is highbrow art. I do not expect to gain any insights
> into the human condition through IF. It is therefore inappropriate to
> analyse IF in the same terms that one would use to analyse serious
> fiction, films, etc. This is what annoyed me about Gareth's comments.
> I felt that he was criticizing the games (Zebulon in particular) using
> criteria (i.e. the quality of the prose) which is of minor importance
> to IF.
Highbrow art is exactly what I was trying to create in _Weather_. If
it didn't work, fine; I'm not going to stop trying. But if you start
it up *expecting* to not see anything in it, you're not giving me
a chance.
--Z
"And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these were the borogoves..."