[Note: this is spoiler-free!] Literary heavyweight Isabel Allende published in 2014 a crime novel, Ripper. A fascinating, swirling study of… Read more The game design of Isabel Allende’s “Ripper”
Reframing the racism in “The Call of Cthulhu”
Illustration by Michael Komarck; thanks Evie for finding this! “The Call of Cthulhu” is H. P. Lovecraft’s most famous story,… Read more Reframing the racism in “The Call of Cthulhu”
The game design of Pitch Perfect
The best scene in the 2012 film Pitch Perfect is the Riff-Off. If you’ve never seen it, watch it above.… Read more The game design of Pitch Perfect
Life’s Lottery/Choose Your Own Autobiography
I recently read two interactive books that, instead of recounting an adventure, explored a person’s life. The first was Neil Patrick Harris’s… Read more Life’s Lottery/Choose Your Own Autobiography
Our Engagement Recipe
As discussed on the About page, Taleturn is home to some powerful ingredients: story, interactivity, and social psychology. Together they… Read more Our Engagement Recipe