The People's Republic of Interactive Fiction

Category: Post Mortem

  • February 2019 Meeting Post Mortem

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    Angela Chang
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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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    Angela Chang
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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…

  • October 2018 Meetup Post Mortem

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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Thursday, Oct 11th.  As Hurricane Michael struck the panhandle, adri, zarf, and anjchang welcomed Lucian P. Smith (author of The Edifice from IFComp 1st Place 1997) from UW and newcomer Lee Kilpatrick (@leegrandk),  Warning: what follows is probably not proper English, but just my log of notes…

  • September Meeting Post Mortem

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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Wednesday Sept 20th.  doug, zarf,nickm, matt w, adri and anjchang welcomed newcomers Judy Heflin (judyannheflin),  noah (swartzcr) from San Francisco , our long lost founding member Michael Hilborn (biggles2k)  and honored visitors from Adventure Games Studio. AGS folks sported Tricorner hats (from touring the Freedom Trail):  Francisco Gonzalez…

  • August 2018 Meeting Post Mortem

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    Angela Chang
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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Thursday Avgvst 23rd.  Doug, zarf, jmac, Jake, anjchang, R and EricB (feneric), adri, and Naomi H  welcomed newcomers Matt W and long-time friend Reed (aka skeleton_hugs) returning from Pasadena, CA! Warning: what follows is probably not proper English, but just my log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s…

  • July 2018 Meeting Post Mortem

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    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Thursday July 19th. Zarf, Jake, Dan, Eric W B (feneric) and R(age 10), and I welcomed newcomers Ben Collins-Sussman and dynamic duo Erik J B and F(age 8).  Warning: what follows is probably not proper English, but just my log of notes from the meeting to jog…

  • Spring and Summer Updates

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    It’s been a few months since we posted an update, but that doesn’t mean the People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction hasn’t been busy. Listed below is a sampling of how we finished up the spring and started up the summer… Meetings We held our monthly meetings, one on Monday, May 9, a second on Monday,…