The Death of Story

Brothers and sisters, we are gathered here today to mourn the death of Story. As you may have heard, it’s kaput—or, at the very least, terminally ill, wracked by videogames, wikis, recaps, talkbacks, YouTube, ADD, and the rise of a multiplatform, multipolar, mashup-media culture. That’s what Wired Magazine reported last week that “storytelling” is dying. I hope it has contracted Swine Flu. I can agree with most of their