Narrativists vs. ludologists, material vs. formal constraints: Michael Mateas replies by identifying actors' roles in each division.
The importance of consequences plots Brenda Laurel's response to Michael Mateas.
Bryan Loyall cites expertly paced penguins in this response to Janet Murray.
The builder of Façade, an "interactive story world," Michael Mateas offers both a poetics and a neo-Aristotelian project (for interactive drama and games).