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1. 1 2021-05-31T10:19:49-07:00 Dene Grigar ae403ae38ea2a2cccdec0313e11579da14c92f28 Robert diChiara's "A Sucker in Spades" Dan Walker 9 Documentation of Robert di Chiara's "A Sucker in Spades" plain 2021-07-12T11:19:53-07:00 Dan Walker 50a6402a7254203be2d0f43c4f0491ac5067dbdc

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• 1 media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-10_thumb.JPG 2021-06-15T14:36:18-07:00 dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-10 1 The Electronic Literature Lab on Twitter contextualizes DiChiara’s “A Sucker in Spades” as having been produced when the Adventure Game genre was especially popular, created right alongside Douglas Adams’ “The Hitchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” and Disch’s “Amnesia” media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-10.JPG plain 2021-06-15T14:36:18-07:00
• 1 media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-18_thumb.JPG 2021-06-15T14:38:47-07:00 dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-18 1 The Electronic Literature Lab on Twitter posts several interesting facts regarding DiChiara’s “A Sucker in Spades,” including that it came from DiChiara’s choose-your-own-adventure story by the same name; it was the second work published on the Hypergate platform; and that it is an “asset management game” media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-18.JPG plain 2021-06-15T14:38:47-07:00
• 1 media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-02_thumb.JPG 2021-06-15T14:33:22-07:00 dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-02 1 The Electronic Literature Lab on Twitter thanks Mariusz Pisarski for reading “A Sucker in Spades” and the audience for attending the virtual event media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-02.JPG plain 2021-06-15T14:33:22-07:00
• 1 media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-11_thumb.JPG 2021-06-15T14:36:38-07:00 dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-11 1 The Electronic Literature Lab on Twitter posts that the many illustrations within “A Sucker in Spades” were produced by Jack Snyder media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-11.JPG plain 2021-06-15T14:36:38-07:00
• 1 media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-19_thumb.JPG 2021-06-15T14:39:02-07:00 dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-19 1 the Electronic Literature Lab on Twitter posts that lovers of Interactive Fiction will want to attend the virtual Live stream Traversal of DiChiara’s “A Sucker in Spades” on YouTube media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-19.JPG plain 2021-06-15T14:39:02-07:00
• 1 media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-03_thumb.JPG 2021-06-15T14:33:36-07:00 dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-03 1 The Electronic Literature Lab on Twitter announces the live Q/A session of “A Sucker in Spades” and provides a YouTube link to the virtual event media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-03.JPG plain 2021-06-15T14:33:36-07:00
• 1 media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-12_thumb.JPG 2021-06-15T14:37:00-07:00 dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-12 1 The Electronic Literature Lab on Twitter posts that “A Sucker in Spades” allows the reader to design their own character, filling in details such as name, gender, occupation, hobby, and number of pets media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-12.JPG plain 2021-06-15T14:37:00-07:00
• 1 media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-zoller-01_thumb.png 2021-06-15T14:39:17-07:00 dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-zoller-01 1 Kathleen Zoller on Twitter posts a YouTube link to the Live stream Traversal of “A Sucker in Spades” media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-zoller-01.png plain 2021-06-15T14:39:17-07:00
• 1 media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-04_thumb.JPG 2021-06-15T14:34:13-07:00 dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-04 1 The Electronic Literature Lab on Twitter posts a quote from “A Sucker in Spades” by Robert DiChiara media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-04.JPG plain 2021-06-15T14:34:13-07:00
• 1 media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-13_thumb.JPG 2021-06-15T14:37:19-07:00 dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-13 1 The Electronic Literature Lab posts on Twitter that “A Sucker in Spades” is an “asset management game” since readers must decide how much Muscle, Magnetism, and Moxie they need to “overpower, overcome, and outwit the story’s antagonists.” media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-13.JPG plain 2021-06-15T14:37:19-07:00
• 1 media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-05_thumb.JPG 2021-06-15T14:34:29-07:00 dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-05 1 The Electronic Literature Lab on Twitter explains that in “A Sucker in Spades,” the reader is given a choice to divide their 125 strength points between Muscle, Magnetism, and Moxie media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-05.JPG plain 2021-06-15T14:34:30-07:00
• 1 media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-14_thumb.JPG 2021-06-15T14:37:38-07:00 dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-14 1 The Electronic Literature Lab on Twitter posts that Mariusz Pisarski will be joining the Live stream Traversal of “A Sucker in Spades” virtually from London media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-14.JPG plain 2021-06-15T14:37:38-07:00
• 1 media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-06_thumb.JPG 2021-06-15T14:34:46-07:00 dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-06 1 The Electronic Literature Lab posts on Twitter that “A Sucker in Spades” is “essentially now inaccessible to the public” due to not being migrated to CD-ROM, nor to the PC environment when the publisher began producing works for the Windows operating system media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-06.JPG plain 2021-06-15T14:34:46-07:00
• 1 media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-15_thumb.JPG 2021-06-15T14:37:55-07:00 dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-15 1 The Electronic Literature Lab on Twitter posts that in “A Sucker in Spades,” women are “dames,” the men who fall for them are “saps,” “gumshoes” have loyal secretaries, and the police are “coppers” who must stop “private eyes” from interfering with their cases media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-15.JPG plain 2021-06-15T14:37:55-07:00
• 1 media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-07_thumb.JPG 2021-06-15T14:35:08-07:00 dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-07 1 The Electronic Literature Lab posts on Twitter that the Live stream Traversal of “A Sucker in Spades” is being read on a Macintosh Classic running system software 6.0.3 media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-07.JPG plain 2021-06-15T14:35:09-07:00
• 1 media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-08_thumb.JPG 2021-06-15T14:35:46-07:00 dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-08 1 The Electronic Literature Lab on Twitter posts an image of Mariusz Pisarski Traversing “A Sucker in Spades” and a link to the YouTube Live stream media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-08.JPG plain 2021-06-15T14:35:47-07:00
• 1 media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-16_thumb.JPG 2021-06-15T14:38:12-07:00 dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-16 1 The Electronic Literature Lab on Twitter posts that Robert DiChiara is known for detective novels such as “Hard Boiled” (published by “A Totem Book” in 1986). His curiosity in interactive games resulted in the first detective theme of its genre media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-16.JPG plain 2021-06-15T14:38:12-07:00
• 1 media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-09_thumb.JPG 2021-06-15T14:36:01-07:00 dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-09 1 The Electronic Literature Lab on Twitter posts a quote from “A Sucker in Spades” regarding a fictional murder media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-09.JPG plain 2021-06-15T14:36:01-07:00
• 1 media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-17_thumb.JPG 2021-06-15T14:38:31-07:00 dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-17 1 The Electronic Literature Lab on Twitter announces the Live stream Traversal of “A Sucker in Spades” on YouTube media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-17.JPG plain 2021-06-15T14:38:31-07:00
• 1 media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-01_thumb.JPG 2021-06-15T14:32:54-07:00 dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-01 1 The Electronic Literature Lab on Twitter posts an image by Holly June of the Live stream Traversal of “A Sucker in Spades,” in which Mariusz Pisarski performs live via Zoom from London and Dr. Dene Grigar traverses the hypertext on a Mac Classic media/dichiara-sucker-social-media-twitter-ell-01.JPG plain 2021-06-15T14:32:55-07:00