Blueful

January 30, 2009 11:06 AM

Blueful. Web-dispersed storytelling reminiscent of the some of the stuff in We Tell Stories to promote the free interactive fiction game Blue Lacuna from Aaron A. Reed, the creator of the excellent interactive fiction title Whom the Telling Changed. Caveat: the ending is only available (afaik) on a (free) postcard so if you don't feel comfortable giving up a mailing address, you won't see the ending.
posted by juv3nal (8 comments total)

I hit a stumbling block in the trail, so do keep track of the last "keyword" in the chain.
posted by juv3nal at 11:09 AM on January 30, 2009

Woah.That second sentence of my post is awful. Serves me right for posting between working and before coffee.
posted by juv3nal at 11:33 AM on January 30, 2009

Lovely and intriguing.
posted by jbickers at 12:18 PM on January 30, 2009

There seems to be a link missing; I get to the SPOILER and it's empty. If I enter the keyword at blueful.com, I'm sent to an episode that does not make sense given what I know so far. It seems that another character was introduced in the episode I missed.
posted by LogicalDash at 12:39 PM on January 30, 2009

Yeah that's the same snag I hit, LogicalDash. I think when you punch in the keyword, it also alerts him so that he can see if he needs to fix it (though who knows how long that will take).
posted by juv3nal at 12:47 PM on January 30, 2009

The "missing" link in the chain requires a forward slash at the end (/).
posted by Sibrax at 3:01 PM on January 30, 2009

Sorry, I misunderstood - you're right, that page is empty and shouldn't be. (Not affiliated with the project - I went through it a few days ago.)
posted by Sibrax at 3:05 PM on January 30, 2009

Emily Short has a review of Blue Lacuna up on Play This Thing!
posted by juv3nal at 2:26 AM on February 8, 2009