Annotated Interactive Fiction
Recommendations by Pinstripe (Chicago, Illinois)Interactive Fiction that is in some way "annotated": a persistent running commentary from a perspective outside the narrative accompanies the "base" narration.
Sometimes the annotation may be authorial, at other times it may be meta-textual, a sidelong narrative or perspective covering an underlying narrative foundation.
For purposes of specificity I am not including games featuring extensive forewords or afterwords; the key distinguishing feature of "annotation" is that the commentary runs alongside the narrative.
1. Mystery Science Theater 3000 Presents "Detective", by C. E. Forman, Matt Barringer, Graeme Cree, and Stuart Moore (1995)
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2. LAKE Adventure
by B.J. Best
(2023)
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3. Visit Skuga Lake - Masterpiece Edition
by Ryan Veeder
(2023)
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4. IFDB Spelunking
by Joey Jones
(2012)
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5. IFDB Spelunking 2
by sam Kabo Ashwell
(2016)
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6. Mystery Science Theater 3000 Presents "A Fable", by Graeme Cree (1996)
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7. Acid Whiplash, by Ryan Stevens and Cody Sandifer (1998)
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8. Repeat the Ending
by Drew Cook
(2023)
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