PRYING INTO PRY: A REVIEW By: Rose Crelli Cybertext, ergodic, labyrinth, nonlinear, these are all words that could be used to describe the interactive novel iOS app by Tender Claws. Engagingly fusing text, audio and video into an abstract, yet cohesive whole, Pry, a Novella is an innovative force to be reckoned with.…
Pry, A Novella definitely could be considered the future of literature with respect to those of e-books and gaming. The novella is unlike any book one can pick up and turn the pages as they read. In Pry the experience is based on the user. As the two creators of the Tender Claws company,Gorman and…
The concept of a digital story isn’t a new one to me. I remember being seven years old and playing interactive storybooks on my old desktop Dell. At the time, I wasn’t able to be impressed by the creativeness behind the games and activities that went along with the story, nor was I able to…
If you are unfamiliar with digital literature, then the works of Pry, A Novella may either confuse or even intrigue you. What is Pry you may ask? Pry was created by Danny Cannizzaro and Samantha Gorman and it is an interactive multimedia story that allows the reader to, in a way, choose the path of…
Have you ever sat down and thought about how boring it is to read a book line by line, chapter by chapter? How bland is it to read a book in a linear fashion? If you’ve ever thought that, here’s some good news for you! There are these things called interactive novellas. They allow readers…
Pry is an interactive novella app made by Danny Cannizzaro and Samantha Gorman. The novella app allows the readers to pry open or pinch close to get more out of the story. It is about a man named James who was in the Gulf War stationed in I believe Dharan, and is now a veteran…
Have you ever thought of the future of books? Or even the future in general? Pry is an Interactive story that allows the reader to navigate their way through it’s chapters on their own terms. In this digital story you are able to see from three different perspectives with just a move of a finger.…
Pry has been called a “book to watch and a film to touch‘. The LA Review of Books says that “if you want to see one of the seeds of future lit, read Pry.” Based on your experience with electronic literature, what do you think? As a contributor to an emerging blog about electronic literature,…
Reflection of Water <https://media.textadventures.co.uk/games/PgG6aNft10m6TsqqFB27FA/Water.html> I wrote this story not only for the class but for myself. Everyone has their own life story and their own tragedies; my brother’s death was my tragedy and is also my family’s tragedy. I decided to put that part of my life story in because it is a part…
Link to my story: https://textadventures.co.uk/games/view/a9blzhzd_keqvzs02beffg/payment Reflection: I enjoyed writing a story with Twine. For me it was exciting to write a story that didn’t follow a traditional, linear path. As a writer I thought it was important to give my readers more control over the story they were experiencing. By doing that, I further immersed…