Our media archaeological journey began with a set of converging interests, sparked through class discussion in Darren Wershler’s Media Archaeology class. Beginning with a tentative conversation about the riddle structures of computer games, new ideas quickly emerged to form an amorphous constellation of media: participatory radio, role-playing gamebooks, cassette tapes, telephone role...
Text Adventure Twitter Bot
On somewhat of a lark, I decided to convert my Twitter account into a fantasy text adventure bot. I haven’t been the heaviest of user of the platform lately – at least not for crafting original tweets – so I thought I’d flex my meager programming and writing skills to bring what is essentially randomized Zork to social media. Utilizing Zach Whalen’s excellent guide...