The People's Republic of Interactive Fiction

Author: Angela Chang

  • March Meeting Post Mortem

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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Friday, Mar. 19, 2021 Zarf, , Stephen Eric Jablonski, nickm , Josh Grams, Hugh Steer, anjchang, welcomed Thomas Mack. Warning: What follows is probably not proper English, but just my log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s memories: Started with talking about Chess, Novels that correspond to…

  • February Meeting Post Mortem

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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021 Zarf, nickm, feneric,,  Hugh Steers, Stephen Jablonski,  Josh Grams,, Michael Verdi, and anjchang. Warning: What follows is probably not proper English, but just my log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s memories: When you’re creating an IF game, almost every game extends ontology.…

  • January Meeting Post Mortem

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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Tuesday, January 19, 2021.  Zarf, kaysavetz and Carrington (Eaten by a Grue), Stephen Jablonski, Mark Pilgrim, nickm, Hugh Steers, Dave Thompsen, and anjchang welcomed Michael Verdi,   Warning: What follows is probably not proper English, but just my log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s memories: Kay shared faxprices.comCarrington to Everyone (6:34 PM)https://www.kryogenix.org/code/browser/sorttable/ Carrington – Twitch…

  • December 2020 Meeting Post Mortem

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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Tuesday, December 22, 2020.  Zarf, kaysavetz and Carrington (Eaten by a Grue), Josh Grams, Stephen Jablonski, nickm, Hugh Steers, anjchang and Dave Thompsen attended. Warning: What follows is probably not proper English, but just my log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s memories: Talked about keyboards https://fusion.durgod.com IF comp wrapped up, Tie for…

  • November 2020 Meeting Post Mortem

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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Tuesday, November 24, 2020. Zarf, kaysavetz and kgagne (Eaten by a Grue), Richard Lamb,  Mark Savage, anjchang , and nickm welcomed newcomers Stephen Jablonski and Dennis Allen (former Editor-in-Chief of Byte Magazine, now at emax).  Briefly attending were distinguished pets: Kay’s pugs and Mark’s dog. Warning: What follows is probably not proper English,…

  • October 2020 Meeting Post Mortem

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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Tuesday, Oct 27, 2020. Zarf, kay  (Eaten by a Grue), nickm, Josh Grams, anjchang , hilborn, Hugh Steers and Dave Thompsen attended. Warning: What follows is probably not proper English, but just my log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s memories: Infocomp judging happening. Join the fun! Taper #5 is out, check it out!…

  • September 2020 Meeting Post Mortem

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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Wednesday, September 23, 2020. Zarf, kay  (Eaten by a Grue), nickm, Kyle Aulerich, joshua grams, anjchang ,Richard Lamb, David C Thompsen attended. Note: These notes were compiled by Josh Grams.  Zarf mentioned a PDP-10 emulation project that can now run Zork and the Crowther Adventure and Crowther/Woods Adventure, shared his screen for a bit…

  • August 2020 Meeting Post Mortem

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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Tuesday, August 18, 2020. Zarf, kay & carrington (Eaten by a Grue), anjchang ,Richard Lamb, Mark Pilgrim attended. Warning: What follows is probably not proper English, but just my log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s memories: Carrington finishing Lurking Horror Kay read a heartwarming letter…

  • July 2020 Meeting Post Mortem

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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Monday July 27 , 2020. Zarf, nickm, kaysavetz  (Eaten By A Grue), nickm, Mark Pilgrim, anjchang, feneric, Jason Scott, Dave Thompson, Richard Lamb (StrandGames), welcomed first-timer Mitch. Warning: What follows is probably not proper English, but just my log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s memories:Discussion of Infocom the nameKansas Fest C64…

  • June 2020 Meeting Post Mortem

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    zarf, bdesilets,  hilborn, nickm, kaysavetz  (Eaten By A Grue), kgagne, Mark Pilgrim, anjchang, JP Tuttle, feneric, dan, Bill Maya attended. Warning: What follows is probably not proper English, but just my log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s memories:Kay Savage shared Scavange – a text adventure for the Atari 8-bit https://github.com/savetz/Scavange. https://archive.org/details/Scavange Darkcode1 https://mirrors.apple2.org.za/ground.icaen.uiowa.edu/MiscInfo/Hardware/a2memory Ken asked if “Lantern” crossed this…