story – Post Position https://nickm.com/post Nick Montfort Thu, 12 Sep 2013 15:43:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://nickm.com/post/wp-content/stuff/cropped-favicon-32x32.png story – Post Position https://nickm.com/post 32 32 Zombies, Run! Enhancement Instructions https://nickm.com/post/2013/09/zombies-run-enhancement-instructions/ https://nickm.com/post/2013/09/zombies-run-enhancement-instructions/#respond Thu, 12 Sep 2013 15:43:22 +0000 http://nickm.com/post/?p=3229 Beginner: Run up behind the participant unseen, assume the attitude of a zombie, and say “ggrgrghrhrhHHH BRAINS!” and the like.

Intermediate: Run up alongside the participant, assume the attitude of Michael Jackson in Thriller, and say “It’s only a movie!,” “What’s the problem? Come on, I’ll take you home,” and the like.

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]]> I’m in Montréal at Experiencing Stories with/in Digital Games Concordia University. I’ll be offering some remarks, entitled “Deinventing the Wheel,” about language and interaction. That will be on the next panel, which focuses on Mass Effect 2.

I won’t elaborate right now, but the current panel, which includes the Tale of Tales folks, made me think about the relationship between Passage, Tao, and The Graveyard.

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