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EnglishWhat Is erasmatazz.com and What Can Visitors Find There?
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erasmatazz.com is Chris Crawford’s long-running personal website for interactive storytelling tools and writing. Its home page presents it as a place for “Interactive Storytelling Tools for Writers,” alongside a library, personal pages, a site map, and a contact form. Visitors can read Crawford’s essays and project updates, and try his playable interactive storytelling work Le Morte D’Arthur. The site is best suited to writers, designers, and readers interested in interactive narrative and Crawford’s own commentary; it is not a general software store or a commercial tool platform.
What the site is
The home page identifies the site as Chris Crawford’s and describes it as “Interactive Storytelling Tools for Writers.” It also says the website has been in operation since 1996. The same page notes that Le Morte D’Arthur, described as Crawford’s “magnum opus,” is now available to play, while adding that it is not finished and “never will be finished.”
This is a personal publishing site with a clear focus on interactive storytelling. The navigation includes Home, Library, Personal, Site Map, and Contact Form, so visitors can move between the main page, longer-form writing, personal material, and a way to get in touch.
What visitors can find
The home page combines project news with a dated list of recent additions. The list covers a wide range of topics, from interactive storytelling and AI to astronomy, language, television, and public affairs. Examples include “Why interactive storytelling is so difficult,” “Could AI systems trigger an economic disaster?”, and notes on meteor observations.
| Area | What is available |
|---|---|
| Interactive storytelling | The playable Le Morte D’Arthur and essays on why interactive storytelling is difficult |
| Library | Longer articles and writings, reachable through the Library section |
| Personal | Personal pages linked from the main navigation |
| Site map | A structured overview of the site’s pages |
| Contact | A contact form for reaching the site owner |
| Recent additions | A dated list of new essays, reviews, and project notes |
The recent additions list also shows the site’s range: book and TV reviews, essays on language and culture, and updates on Crawford’s own projects. A visitor looking for a single focused product page should expect instead a personal site with many entry points.
Who it is for
The site is aimed at writers and others interested in interactive storytelling, especially those who want to follow Crawford’s work and thinking. It is also useful for readers who want to browse essays on a wide set of topics rather than use a structured documentation portal.
If you want to try an interactive story, start with Le Morte D’Arthur. If you want to understand the design challenges behind such work, the Library and the essay “Why interactive storytelling is so difficult” are the natural next stops. If you want site-wide orientation, use the Site Map.