Category: Events

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…

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…

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…

The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Monday, February 16, 2026 over Google Meet. Kirill Azernyy,  JP Tuttle, Michael Stage, Zarf, Michael Hilborn,  Matt Griffin, Josh Grams, Doug Orleans,  Allyson, and anjchang attended. Warning: What follows is probably not proper English, but just a log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s memories. Opening: Retro-computing &…

The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Monday, Wednesday, January 21, 2026 over Zoom. Mike Stage, Matthew Griffin, Doug Orleans, Hugh, Michael Hilborn, anjchang, Stephen Eric Jablonski (with special guest Milo) , welcomed newcomers John Domenico (JD) Calvelli, Allyson and Vince Kotchian. Warning: What follows is probably not proper English, but just a log of…

The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Monday, Oct. 27, 2025 over Zoom.  JP Tuttle, Hugh,  Matt Griffin, zarf, Josh Grams, Michael Stage attended. Note: Thank you to Michael Stage for taking the notes and photo (edited by Angela). A somewhat impromptu October meeting was held on the 27th, with several members able to attend: JP Tuttle, Andrew Plotkin, Matthew Griffin,…

The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Thursday, November 20, 2025 over Zoom. Stephen Eric Jablonski, Hugh,, Josh Grams, Michael Stage,   Matt Griffin, zarf,, Cidney Hamilton, Doug Orleans, David J Hall, and anjchang, welcomed newcomers and Monica Storss. Warning: What follows is probably not proper English, but just a log of notes from the meeting to…

The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Monday, September 29, 2025 over Zoom. Doug Orleans, zarf,  David J Hall, Hugh, JP Tuttle,  Josh Grams, anjchang, and Stephen Eric Jablonski welcomed special canine guest Milo (not pictured) Warning: What follows is probably not proper English, but just a log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s memories. …

The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Wednesday, August 28, 2025 over Zoom. JP Tuttle,  Stephen Eric Jablonski, Mike Stage, zarf,  anjchang, Josh, and Hugh, welcomed newcomer but long time IF player David J Hall. Warning: What follows is probably not proper English, but just a log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s memories.  We started off talking about exploring…

July 2025 PR-IF Meeting Attendees The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Monday, July 21, 2025 over Zoom. JP Tuttle, Doug Orleans, Mike Stage, zarf,  anjchang, Josh,  Matt Griffin (with special guest Gussie), and Hugh,  welcomed newcomer. Brad. Note: Thank you to these meeting notes written from notes by both Josh and Mike Stage. NarraScope Impressions Discussion Topics Videotome and Visual NovelsJosh referenced…