"Choose Your Own Adventure" On Your iPhone 135
If you spent a good portion of your childhood reading the classic "Choose Your Own Adventure" books, you'll be glad to know that you can soon waste countless hours at work turning to random pages on your iPhone. Edward Packard, one of the original authors of the series, has helped create an app called U-Ventures which uses special effects to create a story in the traditional Choose Your Own Adventure format. From the article: "The first U-Venture is a sort of a sequel to a classic title, The Cave of Time. In 'Return to the Cave of Time,' the U-Venture, 'you go back in the cave — you don't have a choice on that,' Packard tells NPR's Neal Conan. But from that point on, the reader chooses her own course."
Wow, iPhone SPAM on Slashdot? (Score:1, Informative)
Ten years ago who would have believed Slashdot would turn into an Apple PR/SPAM site?
Re:does it have a point in this medium? (Score:5, Informative)
Get real interactive fiction (Score:5, Informative)
Re:"Her" own course? (Score:2, Informative)
What is wrong with the word " their "?
It's a plural and indicates that there is more than one reader making the decision. 'Its' is just as valid.
Re:Oh, really (Score:3, Informative)
Try "Kingdom of Loathing".
http://www.kingdomofloathing.com./ [www.kingdo...athing.com]
Been able to for ages (Score:3, Informative)
I have the Warlock of Firetop Mountain, and the second Creature of Havoc comes out I'll be buying that one too.
Cheers,
Ian
Re:"Her" own course? (Score:3, Informative)
It's a plural and indicates that there is more than one reader making the decision.
dictionary.com disagrees with you:
their /ðr; unstressed ðr/ Show Spelled[thair; unstressed ther] Show IPA
-pronoun
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2 (used after an indefinite singular antecedent in place of the definite masculine form his or the definite feminine form her ): Someone left their book on the table.