Posts From 2019

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December 2019
(2019-12-16) Invocations

zarf, narrascope, web, subq, interactive fiction, if, fridge poetry
November 2019
(2019-11-30) The Adventure of the London Waterworks

reviews, books, puzzles, sherlock holmes, david whiteland, puzzle books
(2019-11-15) John M. Ford is coming back into print

1 comment (2020-09-29)

john m ford, mike, tor, isaac butler, dragon waiting
(2019-11-10) Current crowdfunds

ifcomp, crowdfunding, aaron reed, subcutanean, colossal fund
October 2019
(2019-10-13) Kickstarter and organizing

unions, kickstarter, labor
September 2019
(2019-09-23) Apple Arcade and the future(s)

4 comments (latest 2020-04-20)

apple, apple arcade, indiepocalypse, economics, subscriptions, mobile, iphone
(2019-09-03) The Zarfian Cruelty Scale, revisited

cruelty, unlosability, forgiveness, interactive fiction, scale, if, theory
August 2019
(2019-08-29) Abusers, another shoe in the wall

1 comment (6 days later)

weather factory, abuse, sexual assault, emily short, failbetter games, alexis kennedy, olivia wood, meg jayanth
(2019-08-27) Abusers in the game-dev world

abuse, sexual assault, alec holowka, game workers unite, zoe quinn, nathalie lawhead, jeremy soule
(2019-08-06) A quick trip to Riven, and further VR thoughts

4 comments (latest 08-18)

mysterium, starry expanse, vr, cyan, riven
(2019-08-05) News from Mysterium 2019

1 comment (5 hours later)

firmament, crowbox, mysterium, starry expanse, zed, cyan, obduction, myst, riven, eric anderson, hannah gamiel, rand miller
July 2019
(2019-07-13) Early Myst Online prototypes recovered

demos, prototypes, myst online, cyan, myst, eric anderson
(2019-07-07) Apps, tools, and what I use to get through life

zarf, tools, life, apps
June 2019
(2019-06-26) Myst TV rights involved in yet another vague but probably exciting deal

1 comment (07-14)

movies, delve films, tv, cyan, myst
(2019-06-20) NarraScope 2019: complete

3 comments (latest 8 days later)

narrascope, interactive fiction, mit, if
(2019-06-11) Notes on recent games: big narrative

reviews, observation, outer wilds, narrative, zed, close to the sun
(2019-06-10) Notes on recent games: nifty little experiments

reviews, mountain, alt-frequencies, fugue in void
(2019-06-09) A more complete collection of Infocom sources and game files

1 comment (14 hours later)

zcode, zork, infocom, interactive fiction, zil, if
May 2019
(2019-05-23) Heaven's Vault: design ruminations

3 comments (latest 5 days later)

reviews, ruminations, heaven's vault, inkle, ink, narrative, archeology, interactive fiction, nonlinear, if
April 2019
(2019-04-17) What is ZIL anyway?

13 comments (latest 06-15)

zilf, zork, infocom, interactive fiction, zil, if
(2019-04-16) All of Infocom's game source code

20 comments (latest 05-11)

zork, infocom, interactive fiction, zil, if
March 2019
(2019-03-26) Firmament Kickstarter time

2 comments (latest 04-07)

firmament, adventure games, vr, cyan
January 2019
(2019-01-24) Prince of Persia (2008) -- legacy?

16 comments (latest 2021-08-14)

prince of persia, old games, design, craft, dissonance
(2019-01-15) 2019 IGF nominees: my favorites

reviews, seers isle, return of the obra dinn, wandersong, narrative, igf, thematic apperception
(2019-01-11) 2019 IGF nominees: mixed reactions

1 comment (2021-02-12)

reviews, unavowed, genital jousting, narrative, igf, hypnospace outlaw
(2019-01-07) NarraScope 2019: still seeking talk proposals

boston, narrascope, talks, interactive fiction, mit, if
(2019-01-05) 2019 IGF nominees: something notable

reviews, watch me jump, the hex, narrative, levedad, a case of distrust, igf