People's Republic of Interactive Fiction

  • September 2019 meeting

    The Boston IF meetup for September will be Tuesday, September 17, 6:30 pm, MIT room 14N-233.

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  • July 2019 Meeting Post mortem

    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Thursday, July 25, 2019. Feneric, adri, Doug, Zarf, anjchang, Jake, and Yaron welcomed newcomer aria. Friends of Yerone Check out more photos here. Everyone’s moving to Davis Mysterium in Spokane. Tour of cyan’s office. Next adventure game filament coming out next year. 25th anniversary of Myst Adri planning for next narrascope…

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  • August meeting

    The Boston IF meetup for August will be Monday, August 26, 6:30 pm, MIT room 14N-233.

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  • Narrascope Day 1 Trip report 2019

    You find yourself outside on a sunny Friday afternoon. The notification on your phone tells you that it is Friday, June 14th, 2019. Almost 6:30 pm and you’re rushing to make sure you’re early for the first day of Narrascope. You hustle into the Stata, and are greeted by the friendly people at the registration…

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  • 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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    Andrew Plotkin
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