Here's something I read today that's very relevant to what we were discussing earlier in this thread:
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Originally Posted by The infamous Chris Crawford
The difference between an interactive Romeo and Juliet and the original Romeo and Juliet is the same difference as that between Chris Crawford and a portrait of Chris Crawford. Yes, the portrait contains a single truth, powerfully made (Who knows? Perhaps Ms. Mona Lisa was just a dull Italian housewife, nowhere near as intriguing as her portrait.) But ultimately it presents a single truth, where interactivity provides many viewing angles to truth. Some of those viewing angles will not be as dramatic or as powerful as others. We should not dismiss interactivity as inferior because it fails to winnow out the less revealing angles. Interactivity shows all the viewpoints on a truth, strong and weak. Its catholicity of viewpoint is its strength; its undiscriminating nature is its weakness. Let us not condemn it for its weakness without also recognizing its concomitant strength.
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