More Talk, Less Action: Erotic Text Adventures

[The Aberrant Gamer is a weekly, somewhat NSFW column by Leigh Alexander, dedicated to the kinks and quirks we gamers tend to keep under our hats– those predilections and peccadilloes less commonly discussed in conventional media. Hentai gaming, fantasy fanfics, twisted psychology and notes from the dark side– we’ll expose, discuss and enjoy the delicious underbelly of our beloved gaming universe.]
Just like with sex, the visual component’s a huge part of gaming. However, the text-only interactive fiction community’s still going strong, programming, sharing and entering into competition text adventures of all stripes— throwbacks to the Infocom era that are often quite sophisticated. Gamers can still enjoy over a decade’s worth of text adventures with only a simple, fuss-free interpreter for TADS or Inform, two of the most common languages for writing interactive fiction.
Interactive fiction—commonly called simply “IF”—requires a goodly helping of imagination. This is due in part to the […]

Original post by editors@gamesetwatch.com (leigha) and software by Elliott Back