Varicella (video game) and Playing Cadre's Varicella", and by Dr. Wendy Morgan in her 2003 paper "Touching (on) Character: New Engagements in New Media Narratives". Cadre himself claimed in a January 2002 interview that it was the best game he had written up to that point: Varicella (video game) Varicella is a 1999 work of interactive fiction by Adam Cadre, distributed in z-code format as freeware. It is set in an alternate history which features roughly modern technology mixed with Renaissance-style principalities and court politics. The characters of Varicella use contemporary language from their home in a Renaissance castle, continuing the contrast between
Technical diving magazine was using the term "technical diving", as an analogy with the established term "technical (rock) climbing". In the US the Occupational Safety and Health Administration categorises diving which is not occupational as "recreational diving" for purposes of exemption from regulation. This is also the case in some other countries, including South Africa. There is some professional disagreement as to what exactly technical diving encompasses. Nitrox diving and rebreather diving were originally considered technical, but this is no longer universally the case as several certification agencies now offer Recreational Nitrox and recreational rebreather training and certification. Some training agencies classify