NickM,  Zarf, KaySavetz  (Eaten By A Grue), Hugh, Stephen Eric Jablonski,  Dana,  Mark Pilgrim, Kathryn Li, and anjchang (late) welcomed newcomer (William) Joe Durkin. Warning: What follows is probably not proper English, but just my log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s memories:

IFComp is underway!

Star Saga 2: The Clathran Menace (being scanned for archive.org)
https://www.blackgate.com/2019/11/04/vintage-bits-star-saga-an-innovative-hybrid-sci-fi-computer-rpg-series/

https://www.jesperjuul.net/text/gameofobjects/ — academic paper presented in playable form.

Hugh recovered Temple Of Disrondu, a 1982 BBC Micro game (ported to TRS-80)
http://bbcmicro.co.uk/game.php?id=3836
https://strandgames.com/blog/temple-of-disrondu

Hugh showed off his “spineboy” demo rendering of runtime for web!
Spine (Esoteric Software) https://stvle.s3.amazonaws.com/spineboy/index.html?story=spineboy.str

Discussion about depiction of gore for better ratings

It’s November, so Nanogenmo is on

Notable IFComp games – 4×4 archipelago procedurally generated discovery game
Kidney Kwest education and reinforcement for young kidney patients
The last night of the Alexisgrad two-player IF, you and your partner each take on the role of a leader of a great nation on the last night of a war. 

Mention of Gold machine (http://golmac.org/) a blog of playthough of infocom games, more emphasis on the
literary analysis side. A recent post covered Zork – who is the thief here? You’re doing everything the thief is but you’re despoiling things.