Remembering “Amnesia”: Rebooting the First Computerized Novel

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Time: 
Sunday, August 18, 2024 - 9:00am to Sunday, March 2, 2025 - 5:00pm
Location: 
Sterling Memorial Library
120 High Street
New Haven, CT 06511
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Description: 

“Amnesia”—a 1986 work of interactive science fiction—was an early attempt to bring video games into the realm of literary art by translating a novelist’s script into a medium that readers could only experience by interacting with a computer.

Visitors can  play the game on workstations in the Hanke Gallery in Sterling Memorial Library and in Bass Library, using Emulation-as-a-Service Infrastructure (EaaSI) software. 

Curator’s Talk and Exhibit Opening Reception is on Oct. 1, 2024, 4:30-6 p.m.