Brenda Braithwaite recently made some comments that I consider controversial, and I responded. If you're interested in interactive fiction, you might be interested in this.
Brenda Braithwaite posted a very eloquent eulogy for the text parser as a method by which players can interact with games.I can't help but wonder what brought on this sudden funereal outburst. Did something happen that causes you to suddenly toll the death knell for text-based games? I'm especially curious because it seems a bit premature - or, at least, somewhat misleading.