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Sympathetic Characters Part 6: Unfairness

Sympathetic Characters Part 6: Unfairness | Scriveners' Trappings | Scoop.it

Unfairness can come from a person, an institution or the universe. There’s no real logic behind why we expect good things to happen to good people and bad people to be punished (experience certainly doesn’t suggest either will happen very often), but we do. And this means a character who is treated unfairly is one who is probably going to win the sympathy of the reader.


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IF only » Interactive Fiction and Digital game-based learning

IF only » Interactive Fiction and Digital game-based learning | Scriveners' Trappings | Scoop.it

So, I’ve discussed what IF is and suggested how to choose a game for use with students. I think it’s a good idea now to look at why we should be using IF for learning in the first place:


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