How ‘Choose Your Own Adventure’ Changed Gaming & Reading Today

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How did “Choose Your Own Adventure” book change the way we read and enjoy stories? The original publisher of the “Choose Your Own Adventure” books, R.A. Montgomery, passed away recently, but he was key in forming the current style of interactive narrative that’s a huge part of gaming (and occasionally, literature) today! We go over a brief history of how kids and young adult literature changed how people read and affected storytelling even today! Kim Horcher, Marisha Ray ((Persona Q, Pen & Paper & Lazer Guns), and Bryan Forrest (Video Game High School, Man at Arms) discuss!

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