Tuesday, May 24, 2016

>TILT AT WINDMILLS: Thoughts on Innovation in IF: database fiction, self-reflection, and rediscovery

>TILT AT WINDMILLS: Thoughts on Innovation in IF: database fiction, self-reflection, and rediscovery

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A piece I wrote on the "Best Use of Innovation" nominees in the 2014 Xyzzy Awards has now been posted on the awards site.

The Xyzzymposium is a lovely and newish tradition where IF authors write up detailed thoughts on each game nominated for a specific category. Delayed a bit this year for personal reasons (as well as the perennial problem of getting IF authors to write up detailed thoughts in a timely fashion), these games are all still worth writing and thinking about and, of course, playing.

The games discussed are AlethiCorp by Simon Christiansen, With Those We Love Alive by Porpentine profile and Brenda Neotenomie, An Earth Turning Slowly by Mæja Stefánsson, and Hadean Lands by Andrew Plotkin. The essay is here and the other Xyzzymposium essays are well worth checking out, too.




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May 24, 2016 at 12:23PM

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