In Class Reading Response Blog
Mateas attempts to update Aristotle’s Poetics to work for interactive drama. This doesn’t seem to apply to Myst, as the game has no actors through which the author can convey his theme to the audience. A few of readings argue that the player becomes an author of sorts – whether or not this holds true for most interactive media, for Myst it certainly seems that the player is more of an actor than an author.
The world of the game acts as a combined script and set for the user to move through.