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Public Speaking

Feedback taken from social media and speaker evals.

“@aaronareed‘s talk at #NarraScope is maybe one of the best talks I’ve ever seen at a conference.” (source)

“Btw @aaronareed is one of the best speakers around.” (source)

“Solid talk, probably the best of the conference. Funny and entertaining, informative, also well-designed slides. Lots to think on and explore later.”

“This was a superb talk – well delivered, well paced, well planned.”

“A deep dive… The presentation delivered on its promise to give meaningful examples and valuable lessons.”

Praise for The Ice-Bound Concordance

“[I]nteractive fiction’s gone some daring places in the last few years… [this] is one of the most ambitious projects I’ve seen.” —Rock Paper Shotgun (preview)

“An unmissable narrative game… brilliant… fascinating.” —EuroGamer (full review)

“Reed and Garbe’s extraordinary work rests comfortably among the best of its genre.”—Killscreen (full review)

“…pushes the limit of what’s interactive in interactive fiction.” —PocketGamer

“When I realised quite the extent to which the story was procedural and responsive, it felt like a dizzying pit had opened up.”—Rock Paper Shotgun (full review)

“…a magisterial game… leaves a glitchy, pixelated impression on one’s mind long after one is done playing/reading, and that’s no small triumph.”—Katherine Cross, Gamasutra (full review)

Praise for 18 Cadence

“[18 Cadence is] thrillingly innovative interactive storytelling. It makes me giddy.” —Mark Sample

“Lovely, just lovely.” — Rod Humble (former CEO, Linden Lab; former VP, EA Play)

“…an intriguing and even absorbing exploration of the power of objects across time.” —Kirkus (full review)

Praise for Prom Week

“Play this. It genuinely deserves the often-abused term ‘groundbreaking.’” – Zest For Life

“It is among the most entertaining and innovative things I’ve yet seen at E3.” – Wired (full review)

“…a notable advance in the state of the art of interactive narrative design.” – Play This Thing (full review)

Praise for blueful

Comments from readers who completed the journey:  (tag cloud of reader reactions)

“What an astonishing project. A real milestone in Web 2.0 storytelling.”

“This is the most interesting method of simply telling a story that I’ve seen online.”

“…something that will stay in my memory forever.”

“This is one of the most brilliant things I’ve ever seen on the Internet, or in print for that matter.”

Praise for Blue Lacuna

“If the creators of Zork or Witness had a copy of Blue Lacuna travel back in time and appear on their computers, they would have wept openly.” — G4 TV (full review)

“…one of those rare experiences that turn your set of assumptions about a medium on its head… something unique, as close to ‘interactive literature’ as I’ve ever seen in gaming.” — Jay Is Games (full review)

“By far, I’d have to say this is the most ambitious interactive story I’ve played this decade, perhaps tied with 2005’s Façade.” — Dietrich Squinkifer (creator of Dominique Pamplemousse)