Ad Verbum is a piece of text-based interactive fiction for which wordplay is the primary game mechanic. Inspired particularly by the Oulipo’s explorations of writing under constraint, Ad Verbum adds another layer — readers must respond with examples of constrained writing in order to move forward, and also determine the nature of each scene’s constraint via careful reading and experimentation. See the Directory entry for more information about this piece.
Guest-editors Simon Mills, Gavin Stewart and Sue Thomas invite submissions to a special issue of Convergence: The International Journal of New Media Technologies, commemorating trAce’s 10th anniversary. The theme of the Winter 2006 issue will be “An End to the New? Re-Assessing the Claims for New Media Writing”. The editors seek essays that re-assess claims made for new media writing over the last decade; challenge the dominant ideologies and terminologies of the field; and provide a critical re-evaluation of new media writing in all its forms. The deadline for receipt of final drafts of papers is January 30, 2006. For the full call, contact Gavin Stewart.
