People's Republic of Interactive Fiction

  • 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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  • Fall 2018 Interactive Fiction Final Class at MIT Trip Report

    On Dec. 11, 2018,15 projects were presented for the Fall 2018 Interactive Fiction Final Class taught by Nick Montfort. The projects were varied in aesthetic and depth, but here are some themes that were covered: Nightmares Different ways of dying Blood A dragon piece that asked the protagonist to retell their story and used metalepsis Alerts…

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  • December 2018 Meetup: Post Mortem

    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Wednesday, Dec. 5th. Zarf, doug, nickm 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: Review of IFComp results.  JJ Guest won with Alias ‘The Magpie.’…

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  • January meetup

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

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  • December meetup

    The Boston IF meetup for December will be Wednesday, December 5, 6:30 pm, MIT room 14N-233. We’ll probably look at the IFComp winner, Alias ‘The Magpie’.

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  • November 2018 Meetup: Post Mortem

    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Tuesday, Nov. 13th. Adri, daniel (from Yale), feneric, R, sebb, zarf, nickm, 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: Seeing interactive fiction feelies from Nick’s…

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  • October 2018 Meetup Post Mortem

    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Thursday, Oct 11th.  As Hurricane Michael struck the panhandle, adri, zarf, and anjchang welcomed Lucian P. Smith (author of The Edifice from IFComp 1st Place 1997) from UW and newcomer Lee Kilpatrick (@leegrandk),  Warning: what follows is probably not proper English, but just my log of notes…

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