ABSTRACT
AN EXTREMELY RECENT BEGINNING The development of the modern computer gave birth to a brand new form of narrative: digital storytelling. Sometimes it is diffi cult to keep in mind that even the oldest types of digital storytelling are quite recent innovations, especially when compared to traditional entertainment media, like the theatre, movies, or even television. For instance, the fi rst rudimentary video game wasn’t even created until the late 1950s, and two more decades passed before the fi rst form of interactive storytelling for the Internet was developed. Most other types of digital storytelling are much more recent innovations. Thus, we are talking about a major new form of narrative that is barely half a century old.
