The People's Republic of Interactive Fiction

Category: Meetings

  • December Meeting Post Mortem

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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Monday, December 29, 2021 over zoom. Zarf, anjchang, Stephen Eric Jablonski, Josh, Hugh, Kathryn, Kirill Azernyi, NickM, and KaySavetz  (Eaten By A Grue) attended. Warning: What follows is probably not proper English, but just my log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s memories:We opened with a Haiku.…

  • December meetup (online)

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    The Boston IF meetup for December will be Thursday, December 16, 6:30 pm Eastern time. We will post the Zoom link to the mailing list on the day of the meeting. Update on MIT: In-person meetups at MIT are now possible, but not practical or (in our opinion) advisable. We hope things ease up later…

  • November Meetup Post-Mortem

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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Monday, November 29, 2021 over zoom. Zarf, anjchang, Kathryn, Dana, Josh, NickM, Hugh, KaySavetz  (Eaten By A Grue), Joe, welcomed Kirill Azernyi. Warning: What follows is probably not proper English, but just my log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s memories: IF Comp discussion- Kidney Kwest Emily…

  • October Meeting Post-Mortem

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    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/…

  • November meetup (online)

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    The Boston IF meetup for November will be Monday, November 29, 6:30 pm Eastern time. We will post the Zoom link to the mailing list on the day of the meeting. (We didn’t skip October, by the way. I just forgot to post the announcement. Sorry.)

  • September Meeting Post-Mortem

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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Monday, September 20, 2021 over zoom.  KaySavetz  (Eaten By A Grue), Zarf,  Hugh, Stephen Eric Jablonski,  Dana, NickM, Hilborn, welcomed newcomer Steve Washington (@esaevian). Thank you Zarf for providing the chat transcript below: EctoComp 2021 has been announced: https://itch.io/jam/ectocomp-2021-english Trope Tank is still hoping to get set up…

  • August Meeting Post Mortem

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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on  Tuesday, August 31, 6:30 pm. Zarf,  Hugh (StrandGames),  Dana, Carrington (Eaten By A Grue), NickM, Stephen Eric Jablonski,  Josh Grams,  anjchang, and Dan Boris welcomed newcomer Kathryn Li. IFComp submissions open. Now you can vote on the games Real problem is voting against others. publicity for ifcomp? taper#7 submissions deadline moved…

  • September meetup (online)

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    The Boston IF meetup for September will be Monday, September 20, 6:30 pm Eastern time. We will post the Zoom link to the mailing list on the day of the meeting.

  • Update on MIT meetings

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    Nick Montfort has passed along some info on the status of returning to in-person meetups at MIT. The upshot is that it is still not possible for the fall semester. The Trope Tank has not yet been moved back out of storage. There are a couple of possible spaces where it might move to, but…

  • July Meeting Post Mortem

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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. Zarf,  Hugh,  Dana, KaySavetz and Carrington (Eaten By A Grue), anjchang. attended. Warning: What follows is probably not proper English, but just my log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s memories: We’re in summer!Zarf’s playing Blaseball https://www.blaseball.com Blernsball in Futurama (multiball) Mooksball the running joke…