Posts From 2021

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December 2021
(2021-12-18) That Kickstarter news

bite me, blockchain, kickstarter
November 2021
(2021-11-19) Slice of Sea

reviews, ruminations, slice of sea, thumpmonks, mateusz skutnik, adventures, submachine, cat jahnke
October 2021
(2021-10-19) The apprehension of the Outer Wilds

4 comments (latest 1 day later)

ruminations, outer wilds, echoes of the eye, hauntology
(2021-10-12) Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye

2 comments (latest 2022-01-11)

reviews, outer wilds, echoes of the eye
September 2021
(2021-09-27) Recent narrative games: summer 2021 edition

2 comments (latest 15 hours later)

reviews, psychonauts 2, opus echo of starsong, the artful escape, lake, francis vendetti
(2021-09-19) A plenitude of alchemical domains

recipes, hadean lands, the dreamhold, caramel, mutuai minor, design, interactive fiction, alchemy, cooking, seltani, if
August 2021
(2021-08-29) Myst (2020)

1 comment (22 hours later)

reviews, ruminations, cyan, myst
(2021-08-22) Seltani Jam, Sept 19

london, seltani, jams
(2021-08-08) Design ruminations: Subverting the ending

5 comments (latest 2022-06-03)

reviews, ruminations, endings, minute of islands, tragedy, prince of persia, omno, game design, structure
(2021-08-02) ZIL tidbits and Inform 6 dev news

6 comments (latest 08-17)

glulx, zork, infocom, inform 6, z-machine, zil, compiler, tools
July 2021
(2021-07-25) Kickstarter boost: of pawns & kings, Blue June

blue june, tiny dodo, crowdfunding, monkey mac jones, of pawns and kings, kickstarter
(2021-07-19) Mysterium 2021 report

mudpie, firmament, philip shane, chuck carter, vince weaver, mysterium, selenitic, dirt, myst online, cyan, myst, documentary, eric anderson, hannah gamiel, rand miller
(2021-07-15) I see they called it Steam Deck

steampal, neptune, consoles, steam, valve, steam deck
June 2021
(2021-06-30) Daedalian Depths

4 comments (latest 08-17)

reviews, ruminations, christopher manson, books, praser 12, puzzles, puzzle books, rami hansenne, daedalian depths, maze, mazes
(2021-06-25) Narrative structure for dogs

4 comments (latest 22 hours later)

reviews, ruminations, chicory, cloudpunk, dogs, city of ghosts, an airport for aliens currently run by dogs
(2021-06-05) Hyperbolic text

7 comments (latest 2022-01-18)

operation chaos, hyperrogue, the inverted world, christopher priest, poul anderson, non-euclidean, rats and gargoyles, mary gentle, hypernom, hal duncan, hyperbolic geometry, vellum, pseudosphere
(2021-06-04) New Myst Online dev material

intangibles, chuck carter, selenitic, myst online, guild of archivists, cyan, myst, ryan warzecha, greydragon
May 2021
(2021-05-26) I am a person who will buy a SteamPal, sure, why not

1 comment (06-22)

steampal, neptune, consoles, steam, valve
(2021-05-13) 2021 IGF nominees: exploding with delight

1 comment (3 days later)

reviews, blaseball, umurangi generation, lost words beyond the page, igf, genesis noir
(2021-05-12) 2021 IGF nominees: tiny adventures

2 comments (latest 1 day later)

reviews, in other waters, when the past was around, rusty lake, the white door, igf, holovista, the flower collectors, mirages of winter
(2021-05-11) 2021 IGF nominees: puzzle time

reviews, creaks, igf, lightmatter, a monster's expedition, a fold apart, shady part of me, carto, thematic apperception
(2021-05-10) 2021 IGF nominees: story devices

reviews, unmemory, arrog, stilstand, igf, utility for the soul, love a puzzle box
(2021-05-09) 2021 IGF nominees: visual-novel-like-likes

reviews, across the grooves, haven, pendragon, igf, neo cab
(2021-05-08) 2021 IGF nominees: cosmic horror and not-horror

reviews, transient, paradise killer, call of the sea, igf
(2021-05-07) 2021 IGF nominees: stunning environments

2 comments (latest 2 days later)

reviews, cloudpunk, nuts, mundaun, igf, south of the circle, beyond blue
April 2021
(2021-04-08) IF talks at Flights of Foundry

flights of foundry, interactive fiction, if, conferences
February 2021
(2021-02-14) Unwinnability and Wishbringer

23 comments (latest 04-21)

cruelty scale, wishbringer, infocom, zork, design, interactive fiction, unwinnable states, if, unlosable games
(2021-02-12) A couple of Myst fandom notes

dnipedia, preserving worlds, myst online, guild of archivists, means tv, cyan, myst
January 2021
(2021-01-08) Four (or five) recent Lovecraftians

3 comments (latest 14 hours later)

reviews, moons of madness, racism, horror, transient, old gods rising, paradise killer, call of the sea, cosmic wonder, lovecraft