I chose to critique the interactive fiction story by George, Kate and Jonathan. First off, I really enjoyed reading this story, it has everything. It's a zombie, werewolf and pirate story starring Steven Segal, Michael J Fox and Chuck Mangione, what more could any reader ask for. Each branch of the story was highly entertaining in a completely insane way.
I had no problems with the story itself but I thought the manner of storytelling could have been expanded upon. The black block of text on a white background with several links underneath just seemed a little too basic. Things like putting the navigation in the text or embedding a youtube video showing someone die a horrible death upon clicking one of the final links could have worked to elevate this story to another level.
All that said, there is nothing wrong with the story. It is funny and entertaining and can only really work in an online format (I know there are books like this but I've never thought those worked particularly well). Overall, I really liked this story.
Monday, April 20, 2009
Monday, April 6, 2009
Critique of the SNReview
The SNReview is an online literary journal that was founded in 1999. It specializes in prose, poetry and essays. The journal can be found in a print edition as well as the online edition. The website for the journal is fairly straightforward and the articles can be read in either html format or pdf format.
What I like about this site is the simplicity of it. There is a menu on both sides of the screen. One side has issue information and the other has other information about the journal. You simply click on an issue and then click on the article you want to read and then choose whether to read it as an html file or as a pdf.
The only problem I have with the site is that it does not expand it's content for the online medium. What you can get online is identical to what you can get in print. There is very little interactivity for the online audience, which I believe is a must when using this medium. That said, the site is as good as it can be considering what it is trying to be. The design is simple and it is easy to read the articles and for that alone I would gladly submit my stuff to this journal.
What I like about this site is the simplicity of it. There is a menu on both sides of the screen. One side has issue information and the other has other information about the journal. You simply click on an issue and then click on the article you want to read and then choose whether to read it as an html file or as a pdf.
The only problem I have with the site is that it does not expand it's content for the online medium. What you can get online is identical to what you can get in print. There is very little interactivity for the online audience, which I believe is a must when using this medium. That said, the site is as good as it can be considering what it is trying to be. The design is simple and it is easy to read the articles and for that alone I would gladly submit my stuff to this journal.
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