Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins Review

A scary angel statue takes up the top half of the image. Below, is the Dr Who logo followed by the game title. The image is mainly dark blue, greys and blacks.

Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins is an interactive fiction video game available on most platforms. I purchased the game on the Google Play Store for $4.99 after playing the first chapter, which is available for free. Maze Theory. (2021, March 19). Doctor Who: The lonely assassins – launch trailer. [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtIOBWg_1h4 The game begins… Continue Reading Doctor Who: The Lonely Assassins Review

3D Escape Room: Frequency Review

3D Escape Room: Frequency is written on a digital surface. The text is green on a black background and appears slightly distorted.

3D Escape Room: Frequency is an audio podcast series available free on a variety of podcast streaming apps such as Spotify (Owl Field, n.d.). The producers of the podcast, Owl Field have created possibly the first instance of a new genre of interactive audio podcasts of this ilk (LockHouse Lockdown, 2020). The series features 40… Continue Reading 3D Escape Room: Frequency Review

Heaven’s Vault Review

'Heaven's Vault' title is displayed on the right hand side. On the left Aliya stares into the distance. Six is behind her. They are standing on a sand dune with a blue green sky in the background.

Heaven’s Vault is a narrative adventure game spanning the science-fiction and ancient history genres. Produced and Developed by Inkle Studios, the game was first released on 15th April 2019 (Inkle Studios, n.d.a). The game is available on PlayStation 4, Microsoft Windows and Nintendo Switch. I purchased it on sale at Steam for $17.97 AUD at… Continue Reading Heaven’s Vault Review

A Critical Reflection of Digital Literature Experiences

I’ve already briefly discussed attempts to define digital literature.  The Electronic Literature Organisation describes digital literature as, ‘works with important literary aspects that take advantage of the capabilities and contexts provided by the stand-alone or networked computer’ (Hayles, 2007, “A context”, para. 4). Lamb redefines reading a book as constructing meaning from symbols in a… Continue Reading A Critical Reflection of Digital Literature Experiences

Evaluating Digital Narratives in an Educational Context

Just as there is a great body of academic literature attempting to both define literature and determine the qualities of good print literature, there is a growing body of work attempting a similar feat in the field of digital literature. Some recent research discussed below reach similar conclusions in their efforts to evaluate digital literature.… Continue Reading Evaluating Digital Narratives in an Educational Context

A personal glossary of terms used within academic literature on ‘Digital Literature’

I thought it would be useful for myself, and possibly others, to try to explain some of the terms and concepts which are often used interchangeably within the domain of Digital Literature. In 1994 a group of ten academics, called ‘The New London Group’ met in the United States to design a new literacy pedagogy… Continue Reading A personal glossary of terms used within academic literature on ‘Digital Literature’