# Howling Dogs Buy Porpentine's Twine game collection [here](https://porpentine.itch.io/orifice); the games also have director's notes this way! *Neon Haze* has a similar cyberpunk mental illness theme; there are some other fun ones in there too. Play *Howling Dogs* and at least one other Porpentine game. *Howling Dogs* is the 2012 selection in *50 Years of Text Games*. Find the [PDF in our course documents](https://drive.google.com/file/d/141o-n2yYRrTyJloxgSVpnIRj3AQNGQhk/view?usp=drive_link), or see the free original article that was posted online in [its online reference guide.](https://if50.textories.com/portal/games/HowlingDogs.html) It mentions [Porpentine's Twine Manifesto](https://web.archive.org/web/20130805084824/http://nightmaremode.net/2012/11/creation-under-capitalism-23422/), that Porpentine has since distanced herself from, but is still a good way to understand where she's coming from in *Howling Dogs*. This is an overview of the climate in games when Twine first came out, but it has kind of an outsider, journalist perspective: {% embed url="" %} One of the books that inspired me to start writing games was written around this time: *Rise of Videogame Zinesters* by Anna Anthropy. [This review of the book](http://www.firstpersonscholar.com/rise-of-the-videogame-zinesters/) gives an overview of it. Interview with Porpentine: {% embed url="" %} --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://rachels-organization-4.gitbook.io/study-of-interactive-fiction/videogame-book-club/narrative-types-and-choices/howling-dogs.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.