Digital Text and Image

Description

Readings and Games for this assignment can be found here (Check the class Discord for password.)

Don’t wait until the weekend before discussion to begin engaging with the sources for our response. During the weeks between discussions, move through the sources slowly

This response is due by 5pm the day before our discussion.

For this response, do the following:

1. Read Electronic Literature: What is it? (2007) by N. Katherine Hayles
2. Play 30 min of Colossal Cave Adventure (1976-1977) Will Crowther and Don Woods
3. Engage with i feel so much shame by Jackie Liu (2024) more information
4. Engage for 30 min with My Boyfriend Came Back From the War (1996) by Olia Lialina
5. Play 2 hours of Kentucky Route Zero (2020) by Card Board Computer (If windows blocks the file press More Info > Run Anyway) (Please let me know if you have any issues launching the game).

Submit

In the Discord channel for Response 2 and Canvas, post either a 500 word or 3 min video response to the above media. Guiding questions:

• How do these works use the affordances of code, digital media, and interactivity to create a unique relation between text, image, and the viewer? How do works provide for different experiences with text and image beyond printed media?