We’re always up for a good adventure. Unfortunately, our most daring escapades these days involve trying to squeeze one more item in the freezer. But even though COVID-19 has us all locked inside, we ...

Between 1978 and 1982, entertainment went interactive, and, for myself and many others, Choose Your Own Adventurebooks were the catalyst. Unlike Dungeons & Dragons, which required friends; or computer ...

You're a nameless kid, on your way to visit your uncle or something (why does it seem like the Choose Your Own Adventure kids were always visiting their uncles?). But as you're walking along a ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ollie Barder covers Japanese pop-culture and gaming from Tokyo. While I didn’t have ready access to Nintendo Power in Britain, you ...

Earlier this month, Mark Frauenfelder’s blog Boing Boing ran a single page from a Choose Your Own Adventure Book. It featured a wizened old man warning a naïve young traveler “that all our actions and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Wendy Altschuler is a seasoned travel and adventure writer and author. You can smell it in the air and feel it on your skin: ...

Reaching the chapter-book phase of reading comprehension as a kid is an exciting thing. Suddenly, books aren’t all illustrations and happy endings: they have extended narratives, character development ...