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Welcome to Kithe E-Mag issue number 14, included as part of the Mistigris
3 year anniversary extravaganza. If you're not familiar with the concept of
an E-Mag, let us orient you a bit.
E-Mag is shortened form for Electronic Magazine, or any program containing
tracts of text meant to be read in the spirit of articles. These don't
neccessarily have to contain much journalistic merit - they can be stories,
rants, poems, or whatever. The term is a bit of a generalization.
A distinction between an E-Mag and a 'Zine is that while the latter can be
distributed in any form, on a web page or in raw text or printed out and
mailed out in the real world, the E-Mag experience is more than the sum of
the text it contains - also including music sometimes, and various intricacies
of programming to deliver the most conductive reading virtual environment
possible.
This issue is a little less than straightforward. This will become apparent
to you as you wander around the structure of the interface, stumbling upon
articles. While issues of Kithe are typically fairly typical affairs, this
juxtaposition of E-Mag and Interactive fiction is one which hasn't been
approached before. It's highly experimental, so keep in mind that it will
excel in some areas and pale in others compared to the benchmark of E-Mags.
Kithe is the official E-Mag of Mistigris, a digital art collective based out
of (but not limited to) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Area code: 604.
The content here will include contributions from members of Mistigris and
other inhabitants of the 604.
Wander around, and don't worry if things don't behave the way you expect them
to - we like to think of ourselves as unpredicatble.
One last word - if you truly get stuck at a particularly counter-intuitive
spot (like the issue of Kithe on the computer inside this issue of Kithe -
confusing you yet?) use the command HELP and it should be explained to you
sufficiently. LOOK around and don't forget to READ things that have writing
on them - that's where most of the content is. Most of all, have fun.
- Cthulu
Mistigris founder