The 21 Steps
Mar. 23rd, 2008 12:42 pmAt the risk of turning this journal into a link-dump, I wanted to share this story I found: The 21 Steps.
What I find interesting is that the storytelling method is genuinely unique: it's a spy story told via Google Maps. And it doesn't take the easy road, of just using screenshots of Google Maps as illustrations: it actually turns the software itself into its storytelling medium. Narratologists in the audience, there's some really interesting stuff going on here.
The story itself is fun, though definitley a bit too short to be a really satisfying espionage tale, but it's definitely worth checking out just for the execution.
What I find interesting is that the storytelling method is genuinely unique: it's a spy story told via Google Maps. And it doesn't take the easy road, of just using screenshots of Google Maps as illustrations: it actually turns the software itself into its storytelling medium. Narratologists in the audience, there's some really interesting stuff going on here.
The story itself is fun, though definitley a bit too short to be a really satisfying espionage tale, but it's definitely worth checking out just for the execution.