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To: Kevin Shea who wrote (6424)	5/7/1999 5:37:00 PM
From: ~digs	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 57584

<<<I presume that there is an internet Monopoly game??>>> Kevin, if it's popular outside of cyberspace... it's most assuredly on the web. One quick search on this subject has even turned up an online interactive Star Wars edition of Monopoly. Here's the standard online edition available for sale on the web (just like an online chess game, you can play with people from anywhere in the world. You need to have the software, and from there it's just a matter of waiting your turn): usa.softonline.com Ohhh, and guess who manufactures it??? Why, Hasboro of course :-) Regarding Douglas' movie "The Game," here's just one review to refresh your memory (notice the irony in the last sentence of the review): chl.ca (More reviews at chl.ca I just went downstairs to the basement and dug up my families old 'Choose your own adventure' books. Was not surprised at how tattered they are. We've got about six of the 17 total books in the series. I found out the author of about 3/4 of them is Edward Packard. I am considering writing him at Edward.Packard@gsfc.nasa.gov but I am not sure this is the correct address (I know the address is that of an author with the same name as the person who wrote some of these Bantam books). Would be interesting to hear what Ed Packard has to say about these multipath movies. R. A. Montgomery is the author who wrote the remaining books in the series in case anyone is interested in tracking him/her down. For those of you whom have never read or heard of an interactive storyline... check this out: (If you have, you may want to check it out anyway) ccc.unisinos.tche.br More stuff (not to be missed) that has spawned from the 'Choose your own adventure' series: clarku.edu A contrarian philosophical view of the impact of the CYOA series (worth reading): gibberish.com Anyway, in my quest to come up with more on this subject, I am noticing that this interactive fiction has a larger following than I had anticipated. Which is essentially my point... there are many, many people who are aware of, and are readers of interactive stories. Having such entertainment in a movie format is just one step further... albeit a big one. In conclusion, I think it's necessary to quote a sentence from one of BDE's press releases: <<<Brilliant Digital has formed alliances with Packard Bell NEC, CompuServe, British Telecom, DVD EXPRESS, Kesmai's GameStorm, @Home and SlingShot to distribute its Multipath Movies in varying venues including the Internet's World Wide Web, CD-ROM and DVD and has acquired the exclusive worldwide interactive rights to Bantam Doubleday Dell Books for Young Readers for the Choose Your Own Adventure series of interactive books. >>>