The People's Republic of Interactive Fiction

  • July 2020 Meeting Post Mortem

    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…

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  • August meetup (online)

    The Boston IF meetup for August will be Tuesday, August 18, 6:30 pm Eastern time. We will post the Zoom link to the mailing list on the day of the meeting. Please try to join the meeting on time.

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  • June 2020 Meeting Post Mortem

    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…

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  • April 2020 Meeting Post Mortem

    Zarf, Brendan,  hilborn, nickm, kaysavetz  (Eaten By A Grue), kgagme, Mark Pilgrim, anjchang, dan, and jmac. Warning: What follows is probably not proper English, but just my log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s memories: APRIL 24-27 • 40+ GAMES, 10+ PANELS, 50 SALEShttps://www.ludonarracon.com/ Talked about Narrascope planning, twitch streaming Ken (kaysavetz) finished Beyond Zork with Carrington for Eaten By A…

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  • March 2020 Meeting Post-Mortem

    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened over Zoom. On Wednesday, March 24, 2020 Zarf, Brendan, nickm, kaysavetz and carrington (Eaten By A Grue), kgagme, Mark Pilgrim, hilborn, @48kRAM (Josh Malone), @JoshuaIGrams, and Mark Schmelzenbach were present. Warning: What follows is probably not proper English, but just my log of notes from the meeting to jog…

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  • July meetup (online)

    The Boston IF meetup for July will be Monday, July 27, 6:30 pm Eastern time. We will post the Zoom link to the mailing list on the day of the meeting. Please try to join the meeting on time.

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  • June meetup (online)

    The Boston IF meetup for June will be Wednesday, June 24, 6:30 pm Eastern time. We will post the Zoom link to the mailing list on the day of the meeting. Please try to join the meeting on time.

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  • May meetup (online)

    The Boston IF meetup for May will be Thursday, May 7, 6:30 pm Eastern time. We will post the Zoom link to the mailing list on the day of the meeting. Please try to join the meeting on time.

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  • April meetup (online)

    The Boston IF meetup for April will be Thursday, April 23, 6:30 pm. We will post the Zoom link to the mailing list on the day of the meeting. Please try to join the meeting on time — we may have to lock out new arrivals after the meeting starts to avoid harassers.

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  • Switching to online meetings

    For obvious reasons, we will no longer meet on MIT campus or anywhere else in the Boston area. Instead, our upcoming meetings will be online via Zoom Video. Anyone interested in IF is welcome, so our meetings will probably be larger than usual! (No dinner afterwards, though. Unless you order takeout.) Our next meeting is…

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