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Posts From 2016

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  • December 2016
  • (2016-12-07) Quern: Undying Thoughts: design ruminations
    reviews, ruminations, puzzles, quern undying thoughts, islands, donkey puzzle, interactive fiction, if, obduction, adventures, game design, myst
  • November 2016
  • (2016-11-23) Hadean Lands on sale this week!
    2 comments   (latest 3 hours later)
    itch, hadean lands, zarfplan, interactive fiction, steam, ios, if, humble store, sales
  • (2016-11-06) Even more very quick takes on recent games
    reviews, apartment 666, abzu, haven moon, pavilion, interactive fiction, subject 13, hue, if
  • October 2016
  • (2016-10-16) Alchemy game notes, circa 2003
    interactive fiction, hadean lands, zarfplan, historical trivia, if
  • (2016-10-03) More very quick takes on recent games
    2 comments   (latest 2021-12-29)
    reviews, ilamentia, the ball, the guest, metrico, walking simulators, interactive fiction, naissancee, rise of the tomb raider, if, the vanishing of ethan carter
  • September 2016
  • (2016-09-08) My Obduction nonreview
    1 comment   (09-28)
    reviews, nonreviews, puzzles, interactive fiction, cyan, if, obduction, adventures, myst, the witness, riven
  • (2016-09-07) Dropbox dropping support for playable HTML
    4 comments   (latest 5 days later)
    dropbox, twine, interactive fiction, mastaba snoopy, if, mime types
  • August 2016
  • (2016-08-13) Very quick takes on recent games
    1 comment   (2 days later)
    reviews, lifeless planet, submerged, eyes of ara, path to thalamus, everyone's gone to the rapture, walking simulators, interactive fiction, eidolon, if, californium
  • (2016-08-07) Mysterium news roundup
    4 comments   (latest 10 hours later)
    starry expanse, mysterium, cyan, obduction, myst
  • July 2016
  • (2016-07-27) Point-of-view in The Witness: design ruminations
    1 comment   (08-12)
    reviews, ruminations, puzzles, islands, braid, point of view, interactive fiction, super mario bros, if, adventures, myst, the witness, jon blow
  • (2016-07-21) SFWA eligibility for game writers
    1 comment   (5 days later)
    interactive fiction, sfwa, professional validation for the win, if
  • (2016-07-17) Soma: meanderings by a wuss
    2 comments   (latest 1 day later)
    reviews, ruminations, horror, puzzles, soma, identity, black goo, interactive fiction, frictional games, if
  • (2016-07-06) Hadean Lands, two weeks in
    4 comments   (latest 08-21)
    hadean lands, zarfplan, zarf, lectrote, interactive fiction, steam, if
  • June 2016
  • (2016-06-30) The Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation: a new nonprofit
    nonprofit, zarf, jmac, flourish klink, twine, interactive fiction, chris klimas, carolyn vaneseltine, if, iftf
  • (2016-06-28) So I bought a Steam Machine. How did that go?
    4 comments   (latest 1 day later)
    consoles, steam, valve, windows
  • (2016-06-20) Hadean Lands is now up on Steam
    6 comments   (latest 1 day later)
    hadean lands, zarfplan, zarf, lectrote, interactive fiction, steam, if
  • (2016-06-17) Bring Out Your Dead: Flashpaper
    itch, zarfplan, zarf, emily short, interactive fiction, flashpaper, jams, if
  • (2016-06-01) Hadean Lands: update available on Humble and Itch
    7 comments   (latest 3 days later)
    humble, itch, hadean lands, lectrote, interactive fiction, steam, if
  • April 2016
  • (2016-04-21) The irritating case of Hadean Lands pricing on Steam
    17 comments   (latest 05-03)
    humble, itch, hadean lands, interactive fiction, steam, ios, if, pricing
  • (2016-04-17) IF awards and how we think about them
    10 comments   (latest 04-30)
    ifcomp, awards, spag, interactive fiction, xyzzy, if, hugos
  • (2016-04-12) More progress towards Hadean Lands on Steam
    glulx, hadean lands, lectrote, software, interactive fiction, steam, if, interpreters
  • March 2016
  • (2016-03-24) Notes from GDC
    gdc, interactive fiction, networking, if, obduction, conferences
  • (2016-03-05) Firewatch: afterthoughts
    2 comments   (latest 3 hours later)
    reviews, changes in the weather, interactive fiction, firewatch, campo santo, if
  • February 2016
  • (2016-02-28) Meanwhile for Apple TV!
    zarfplan, apple tv, zarf, meanwhile, interactive fiction, if
  • (2016-02-28) Lectrote now autosaves; Hadean Lands is that much closer to Steam
    1 comment   (2019-04-27)
    glulx, hadean lands, lectrote, software, interactive fiction, if, interpreters
  • (2016-02-17) The Space Under the Window on sub-Q
    zarf, interactive fiction, old-school, if, sutwin, sub-q
  • (2016-02-12) Meanwhile for Apple TV coming soon
    zarfplan, apple tv, zarf, meanwhile, interactive fiction, if
  • January 2016
  • (2016-01-26) Introducing Lectrote, an interpreter
    8 comments   (latest 10-27)
    glulx, hadean lands, software, interactive fiction, if, quixe, interpreters
  • (2016-01-24) Hadean Lands sale at IndieGameStand
    4 comments   (latest 2 days later)
    interactive fiction, hadean lands, sales, critical hit, if
  • (2016-01-07) IGF nominees: my comments
    2 comments   (latest 2021-02-12)
    reviews, gdc, narrative, interactive fiction, igf, if, structure, the writer will do something, sun dogs, dr. langeskov, the tiger, the terribly cursed emerald, the beginner's guide, that dragon cancer, her story, the magic circle, emily is away, cibele, read only memories, oxenfree, sunset, undertale, davey wreden

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