The People's Republic of Interactive Fiction

Category: Post Mortem

  • July 2019 Meeting Post mortem

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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Thursday, July 25, 2019. Feneric, adri, Doug, Zarf, anjchang, Jake, and Yaron welcomed newcomer aria. Friends of Yerone Check out more photos here. Everyone’s moving to Davis Mysterium in Spokane. Tour of cyan’s office. Next adventure game filament coming out next year. 25th anniversary of Myst Adri planning for next narrascope…

  • Narrascope Day 1 Trip report 2019

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    You find yourself outside on a sunny Friday afternoon. The notification on your phone tells you that it is Friday, June 14th, 2019. Almost 6:30 pm and you’re rushing to make sure you’re early for the first day of Narrascope. You hustle into the Stata, and are greeted by the friendly people at the registration…

  • May 2019 Meeting Post Mortem

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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Tuesday, May 14, 2019. Judy, Zarf,, nickm, anjchang,, Kevin Gold welcomed Yaron (from Brandeis). Check out more photos here Attendees at narrascope over 200+Registration ended on Friday May Zarf recommends Heaven’s vault. the choice based narrative plays well. Recap is smooth and based on what you know. Can you…

  • April 2019 Meeting Post Mortem

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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Tuesday, April 16, 2019. Zarf, dougorleans, nickm, anjchang welcomed Kevin Gold, a familiar face resurfacing to talk about volunteering at Narrascope. Yay Kevin! Check out more photos here. The big topic: Jason Scott does infocom games on GitHub tweet Activision and Infocom walk down memory lane, the…

  • March 2019 Meeting Post Mortem

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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Thursday, March 20, 2019. Dan, doug,zarf, nickm, mike, and anjchang (not pictured) welcomed Kevin (@KevinSavetz from Eaten By A Grue Podcast of Portland, Oregon), Jaroslav Å velch (@raguklemenso, from Prague) , Martin Roberts (@martin_vm303, Emerson College) and Paul Hagstrom (@yesterbits).  Warning: what follows is probably not proper English, but just my…

  • February 2019 Meeting Post Mortem

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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Thursday, February. 21st. Nickm, adri, jmac, zarf, dan, and anjchang (not pictured) interacted with various feelies and viewed a translated demoscene piece.  Warning: what follows is probably not proper English, but just my log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s memories: Check out the photos Narrascope will…

  • January2019 Meetup: Post Mortem

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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Wednesday, January. 16th. Zarf, adri, heflin, nickm, dan, noah, jake, and anjchang interacted with various feelies and viewed a C64 piece.  Warning: what follows is probably not proper English, but just my log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s memories: See more pictures here. Reality of interactive…

  • Fall 2018 Interactive Fiction Final Class at MIT Trip Report

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    On Dec. 11, 2018,15 projects were presented for the Fall 2018 Interactive Fiction Final Class taught by Nick Montfort. The projects were varied in aesthetic and depth, but here are some themes that were covered: Nightmares Different ways of dying Blood A dragon piece that asked the protagonist to retell their story and used metalepsis Alerts…

  • December 2018 Meetup: Post Mortem

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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Wednesday, Dec. 5th. Zarf, doug, nickm and anjchang interacted with various feelies and viewed a C64 piece.  Warning: what follows is probably not proper English, but just my log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s memories: Review of IFComp results.  JJ Guest won with Alias ‘The Magpie.’…

  • November 2018 Meetup: Post Mortem

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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Tuesday, Nov. 13th. Adri, daniel (from Yale), feneric, R, sebb, zarf, nickm, and anjchang interacted with various feelies and viewed a C64 piece.  Warning: what follows is probably not proper English, but just my log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s memories: Seeing interactive fiction feelies from Nick’s…