The People's Republic of Interactive Fiction

  • May 2019 Meeting Post Mortem

    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…

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  • April 2019 Meeting Post Mortem

    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…

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  • Our June meeting will be NarraScope

    We will not be meeting in the Trope Tank in June. Instead, join us at NarraScope 2019, June 14-16, in MIT building 32! Registration closes on Friday, so decide soon… Note that if you’re local and you want to experience NarraScope for free, you can volunteer at the conference. Volunteers can help out for part…

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  • May meeting

    The Boston IF meetup for May will be Tuesday, May 14, 6:30 pm, MIT room 14N-233. Also note: if you still haven’t registered for NarraScope 2019, the deadline for registration is May 17! (The conference itself is June 14-16 on MIT campus.)

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  • March 2019 Meeting Post Mortem

    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…

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  • April meetup

    The Boston IF meetup for April will be Tuesday, April 16, 6:30 pm, MIT room 14N-233.

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  • March meetup

    The Boston IF meetup for March will be Wednesday, March 20, 6:30 pm, MIT room 14N-233. That’s in the middle of GDC, but nobody says you have to go to GDC every year. There are other events! Like PR-IF meetings! And also (smooth segue…) NarraScope 2019 in June. Just to name one.

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  • February 2019 Meeting Post Mortem

    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…

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  • January2019 Meetup: Post Mortem

    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…

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  • February meetup

    The Boston IF meetup for February will be Thursday, February 21, 6:30 pm, MIT room 14N-233.

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