Interactive Narrative
Read the chapter "Interactive Storytelling" by Chris Crawford from The Video Game Theory Reader, 2003. Visit the website for his interactive storytelling software at http://www.storytron.com/.
Write a blog entry that briefly describes how the storytron (formerly the erasmatron) creates an interactive narrative and how this might be more effective than methods currently used to create narrative in computer games.
Bonus points if you download and install the Swat software and get it working!