Weekly Links #36
I was tempted to just skip this newsletter. Few links last week, little to say about them, and having full time work these days is not a combination conducive to creativity. (Well, and having my...
View ArticleWeekly Links #48
I was going to write a big rant about programming languages for this week, but I tried and it’s just not coming together. Suffice to say, people keep inventing new ones to fix what they perceive as...
View ArticleWeekly Links #109: Skip Week
It had to happen sooner or later. For the first time since I’m keeping this newsletter, not a single tweet or blog post caught my attention enough to be worth sharing here. So this has to be a skip...
View ArticleOn cross-pollination in text-based games
Having recently played a very nice text-based RPG made in Twine of all things, and tested a new (to me) authoring system in addition to resuming work on a text adventure, I was once more prompted to...
View ArticleWeekly Links #3
It was a week with few gaming news that caught my eyes, and I was busy with other creative work, but what’s there is pretty awesome. Let’s start with a game that’s just too unique not to mention:...
View ArticleWeekly Links #160
Hello, everyone! With the recently concluded Game Developers Conference keeping everyone busy, I don’t have as many links today as for the last two weeks. But hey, as Michael Cook points out, not...
View ArticleEamon: between CRPGs and interactive fiction
It’s safe to say that I like interactive fiction a lot better than computer role-playing games. Just about the only CRPG that ever piqued my interest was Planescape: Torment. Which, sure enough, may...
View ArticleWeekly Links #166
Happy Easter, everyone! I’ll start by reminding you that we’re one week into the Spring Thing interactive fiction festival, and it’s the largest edition ever. Still three weeks to go, too, if you want...
View ArticleWeekly Links #190: retrospective edition
Hello, everyone! As announced a few days ago on the other blog, our new website is coming along nicely, including a redesigned game showcase. The migration is about halfway done, or almost (not...
View ArticleWeekly Links #191
Oh my. As of this week, the IFComp 2017 is on, and it’s the biggest edition ever for the second year in a row, at no less than 79 entries! Judges seem undaunted, but if you want to help them it will be...
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