The People's Republic of Interactive Fiction

  • July 2026 Post Mortem

    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction met on Monday, July 20, 2026 over Zoom. Attending: Hugh, Josh Grams, Andrew Stephens, Michael Stage, Zarf, Vince Kotchian, Doug Orleans, Stephen Jablon, Matthew Griffin, and anjchang welcomed newcomer Shelby S. Warning: What follows is probably not proper English, but just a log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s…

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  • June 2026 Post Mortem

    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction met on Thursday, June 23, 2026 over Zoom. Attending: Zarf, Doug Orleans, Andrew Stephens, Michael Stage, Hugh, Carl Muckenhoupt, Vince Kotchian, Josh Grams, Allyson, Cidney Hamilton, Matthew Griffin, and anjchang. It was a lively reunion, with several folks returning from Narrascope and plenty of cross‑talk about talks, tools, mysteries, and…

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  • July meetings (two!)

    The Boston IF online meetup for July will be Monday, July 20, 6:30 pm Eastern time. We will post the Google Meet link to the mailing list on the day of the meeting.  The in-person meetup will be Wednesday, July 29th, 6:30 pm at MIT. We’ll gather at the MIT Open Space, which a park…

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  • May 2026 Post Mortem

    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction met on Thursday, Monday, May 18, 2026 over Zoom. Attending: Kyrill Azernyi, JP Tuttle,  Zarf, Michael Stage, Josh Grams, Doug Orleans,  Allyson, hugh, and anjchang attended.   Apologies, I accidentally lost the notes for this meeting. If you have notes and want to share them, feel free to contact me on @anjtinker… We mostly discussed…

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  • April 2026 Post Mortem

    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction met on Thursday, April 27, 2026 over Zoom. Attending: Doug Orleans, Michael Stage, Josh Grams, hugh, Carl Muckenhoupt, Allyson, Zarf, Michael Hilborn, Stephen Jablon, and anjchang attended. A special welcome to Carl, who joined us with a link to his long‑running review archive, The Stack. Warning: What follows is…

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  • June meeting (online)

    The Boston IF meetup for June will be Monday, June 22, 6:30 pm Eastern time. We will post the Google Meet link to the mailing list on the day of the meeting.   We are considering an in-person meetup at MIT later this summer. Check out the mailing list for information on that.

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  • May meeting (online)

    The Boston IF meetup for May will be Monday, May 18, 6:30 pm Eastern time. We will post the Google Meet link to the mailing list on the day of the meeting. 

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  • April meeting (online)

    The Boston IF meetup for April will be Monday, April 27, 6:30 pm Eastern time. We will post the Google Meet link to the mailing list on the day of the meeting.   

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  • March 2026 Post Mortem

    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Thursday, March 26, 2026 over Zoom. Attending: Josh Grams, Doug Orleans, Stephen Jablon, Zarf, Allyson, hugh, pinkunz. Note: Thank you to Josh Grams for taking the notes and photo (edited by Angela). Stephen is (occasionally) playing Moments Out of Time[1] with friends. Time travel game, replay a bunch of…

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  • March meeting (online)

    The Boston IF meetup for March will be Thursday, March 26, 6:30 pm Eastern time. We will post the Google Meet link to the mailing list on the day of the meeting.  

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