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MFA, recovering poet. Criticism of Infocom text adventure games. Inform 7 craft and tutorial writing. Author of "Repeat the Ending," an Inform 7 game. A they.
MFA, recovering poet. Criticism of Infocom text adventure games. Inform 7 craft and tutorial writing. Author of "Repeat the Ending," an Inform 7 game. A they.
I've finished up my series on Infocom's Hollywood Hijinx. I don't enjoy it mechanically, but it's a good natured game that gives a critic a lot to think about.
MFA, recovering poet. Criticism of Infocom text adventure games. Inform 7 craft and tutorial writing. Author of "Repeat the Ending," an Inform 7 game. A they.
The second part of my series on Hollywood Hijinx is up. I'm glad I took another look, as I drew some new conclusions.
MFA, recovering poet. Criticism of Infocom text adventure games. Inform 7 craft and tutorial writing. Author of "Repeat the Ending," an Inform 7 game. A they.
The Review-a-Thon is coming! Play less-exposed IF games and write some reviews about them!
https://intfiction.org/t/if-review-a-thon-2026-coming-soon/80507?u=kamineko
MFA, recovering poet. Criticism of Infocom text adventure games. Inform 7 craft and tutorial writing. Author of "Repeat the Ending," an Inform 7 game. A they.
Getting off to a slow start with Infocom's Hollywood Hijinx.
MFA, recovering poet. Criticism of Infocom text adventure games. Inform 7 craft and tutorial writing. Author of "Repeat the Ending," an Inform 7 game. A they.
I made a Cloak of Darkness port using Inform 10 and the Bisquixe interpreter. Check it out here!
MFA, recovering poet. Criticism of Infocom text adventure games. Inform 7 craft and tutorial writing. Author of "Repeat the Ending," an Inform 7 game. A they.
Did you know? The Spring Thing Festival of IF started a few days ago! Play some games here:
https://www.springthing.net/2026/
then stop by intfiction to discuss them
MFA, recovering poet. Criticism of Infocom text adventure games. Inform 7 craft and tutorial writing. Author of "Repeat the Ending," an Inform 7 game. A they.
ICYMI: I wrapped up my series on Infocom's Moonmist last week.
MFA, recovering poet. Criticism of Infocom text adventure games. Inform 7 craft and tutorial writing. Author of "Repeat the Ending," an Inform 7 game. A they.
That wraps it up for Moonmist. Only 13 more to go.
MFA, recovering poet. Criticism of Infocom text adventure games. Inform 7 craft and tutorial writing. Author of "Repeat the Ending," an Inform 7 game. A they.
Consider donating a prize to Spring Thing <3
https://intfiction.org/t/seeking-prize-donations-for-spring-thing-2026/79589
MFA, recovering poet. Criticism of Infocom text adventure games. Inform 7 craft and tutorial writing. Author of "Repeat the Ending," an Inform 7 game. A they.
I'm going to try out Cult of the Lamb in 20 min
MFA, recovering poet. Criticism of Infocom text adventure games. Inform 7 craft and tutorial writing. Author of "Repeat the Ending," an Inform 7 game. A they.
In case you missed it, part two of my series on Infocom’s Moonmist is up
MFA, recovering poet. Criticism of Infocom text adventure games. Inform 7 craft and tutorial writing. Author of "Repeat the Ending," an Inform 7 game. A they.
It's time for more Moonmist. Most contemporary players resent the paratext. Why is that?
MFA, recovering poet. Criticism of Infocom text adventure games. Inform 7 craft and tutorial writing. Author of "Repeat the Ending," an Inform 7 game. A they.
I'll be streaming some of the new Resident Evil game tonight at 830 PM CST. I try to keep these streams to 90 minutes.
I have avoided spoilers, so who knows what to expect!
MFA, recovering poet. Criticism of Infocom text adventure games. Inform 7 craft and tutorial writing. Author of "Repeat the Ending," an Inform 7 game. A they.
Did you know? Tomorrow is the last day you can submit intent for Spring Thing 2026.
Spring Thing is my favorite IF event. It's unranked and has great vibes. If you've got a cool project going, consider entering!
MFA, recovering poet. Criticism of Infocom text adventure games. Inform 7 craft and tutorial writing. Author of "Repeat the Ending," an Inform 7 game. A they.
Having checked: Temple of Apshai isn't a lot of fun to play, but the manual is still pretty interesting (not joking)
MFA, recovering poet. Criticism of Infocom text adventure games. Inform 7 craft and tutorial writing. Author of "Repeat the Ending," an Inform 7 game. A they.
as promised/threatened:
MFA, recovering poet. Criticism of Infocom text adventure games. Inform 7 craft and tutorial writing. Author of "Repeat the Ending," an Inform 7 game. A they.
Part 2 of my Moonmist series requries that I revisit Temple of Apshai---a *postitive* example of in-world text offloaded to the manual... I haven't emulated c64 in a while
MFA, recovering poet. Criticism of Infocom text adventure games. Inform 7 craft and tutorial writing. Author of "Repeat the Ending," an Inform 7 game. A they.
As fellow fans know, Resident Evil: Requiem releases Friday! I'll start a new playthrough Friday night at 830 CST over at Twitch, details to follow