Emily Short: Recent IF for iOS

Monstr (Laura Michet, Kent Sutherland, Meagan Trott, Emily So, Travis Ford DeCastro, Rachel Sala, and Rosstin Murphy) is a game in which you’re searching for the dating profile of a monster you saw at a bus stop. It’s made up primarily … Continue reading →

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低身長症とは？／ただ背が低いのは病気じゃない

「ただ背が低いだけじゃ低身長症とはいいません」低身長症とは、簡単に言うと「規定値以下しか身長が伸びない病気」をいいます。規定値はこちらのページで紹介しているように△2SD以下の身長をいい、多くは成長ホルモンの分泌不全が原因です。低身長症は、「小人症」ともいいますが、差別的な用語ということで今は使っている方は多くありません。その低身長症ですが、大きく分けて５つの病名に分かれます。SGA性低身長症（胎内発育不全性低身長）成長ホルモン分泌不全性低身長症染色体異常による低身長ラロン型低身長症特発性低身長多くの場合、５番目の「特発性低身長」と診断されます。それぞれの病名について簡単に解説してきます。SGA性低身長症（胎内発育不全性低身長）母親の胎内にいる段階で、何らかの要因から身長が伸び悩んでしまったことによる低身長症です。2才～3才の段階での身長が△2SD以下が基準です。こちらは多くの場合5才になるまでに基準値まで背が伸びることがほとんどのため、それほど心配はありません。成長ホルモン分泌不全性低身長症腫瘍などの病気や、交通事故などの外的衝撃によって成長ホルモンの分泌が少ない、もしくはまったくされなくなってしまったことによる低身長症のことをいいます。染色体異常による低身長遺伝子異常による低身長症です。父親の精子のDNA染色体異常が原因となり、年齢を追うごとに2％づつ発症率が高まるといわれています。ラロン型低身長症こちらは他の低身長症とは違い、成長ホルモン自体は分泌されますが、肝臓の働きが悪く成長ホルモンが身長が伸びるまで及ばない症状です。特発性低身長この突発性低身長がもっとも多く診断されますが、「原因不明の低身長」を総じて突発性低身長と診断されます。現代医学では解明できない「その他」の病気です。以上のように、低身長症は５つの病名に分類されます。ただ単純に背が低めというだけでは「低身長症」と言わないことに注意しましょう。.

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Cold-Hearted Rake by Lisa Kleypas

He's a cold-hearted rake! Look into his eyes! Ooh... those eyes... I'm feeling sleepy...

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Happy St Nicholas Day

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Emily Short: Imaginary Cities (Darran Anderson)

So this year I’ve been trying (with only partial success) to publish a review of a CYOA book on the 5th of each month. “CYOA book” here may be a paper book or a Kindle ebook with links. This month, … Continue reading →

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The Digital Antiquarian: Cliff Johnson’s Fool’s Errand

One sunny day, a light-hearted fool strolled along a hilly path, whistling a merry tune. A long wooden pole was slung over his shoulder and attached to it was a cloth bundle which carried his life’s possessions. “What a marvelous afternoon!” he exclaimed to no one in particular, pausing to appreciate the lovely countryside. Soon […]

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Renga in Blue: IFComp 2015: Brain Guzzlers from Beyond!

By Steph Cherrywell. Finished using Gargoyle with two hints. You are a girl (Bonnie) in a generic 50s town (Canyonville) and your boyfriend was just eaten by a monster. The game is oriented as if the characters are in an actual 50s B-movie, with occasional references in the parser itself. > (We’re still rolling here!) […]

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Emily Short: IF Comp 2015 Guest Post: Harry Giles on Cape

This post is part of an ongoing project to bring more voices to the IF Comp conversation. I have been reaching out to players and authors who aren’t part of the intfiction community, and also to some veteran intfiction denizens … Continue reading →

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November Status Report

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Emily Short: Sun Dogs (Royal Polygon)

Sun Dogs is a map-and-text game, with various events tied to each location, and various routes between locations. Much of the pleasure comes from exploring and finding out how different this universe is from our own. So far it’s formally … Continue reading →

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Emily Short: IF Comp 2015 Guest Post: Lucian Smith on Switcheroo

This post is part of an ongoing project to bring more voices to the IF Comp conversation. I have been reaching out to players and authors who aren’t part of the intfiction community, and also to some veteran intfiction denizens … Continue reading →

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Undo Restart Restore: IFComp 2015 review: Seeking Ataraxia

Seeking Ataraxia is a choice-based game that describes a couple of ordinary days in the life of a university student who suffers from OCD and anxiety. The game is a bit buggy and inconsistent in some details, for example the protagonist's apartment keeps reverting overnight from cleaner than it has ever been to total mess, Continue reading IFComp 2015 review: Seeking Ataraxia →

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Emily Short: IF Comp 2015: Ether (Mathbrush)

The 21st annual Interactive Fiction Competition is currently on, through mid-November. Voting is open to the general public; the only prerequisite is that you not be an author, not vote on games that you tested, and submit votes on at … Continue reading →

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Emily Short: IF Comp 2015: Switcheroo (The Marino Family)

The 21st annual Interactive Fiction Competition is currently on, through mid-November. Voting is open to the general public; the only prerequisite is that you not be an author, not vote on games that you tested, and submit votes on at … Continue reading →

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Emily Short: IF Comp 2015: Capsule II – The Eleventh Sandman (PaperBlurt)

The 21st annual Interactive Fiction Competition is currently on, through mid-November. Voting is open to the general public; the only prerequisite is that you not be an author, not vote on games that you tested, and submit votes on at … Continue reading →

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Emily Short: Regency Games: Regency Love, Marrying Mr Darcy, Regency Solitaire, Fitzwilliam Darcy’s Dance Challenge

Regency Love is an iOS game set in a pseudo-Austen town; it is in the same general territory as a dating sim or visual novel, but with a structure that also owes something to roleplaying games. The core interaction loop … Continue reading →

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Emily Short: Headstart Institute, Now Play This, and other appearances

Aug 31-Sept 3, Antwerp: I’m going to be presenting a workshop and mentoring at the Headstart Institute. This is a week-long summer school for indie game developers, with workshops in a whole range of topics from interactive narrative (me) to … Continue reading →

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The Digital Antiquarian: A New Force in Games, Part 2: A Habitat in Cyberspace

Shortly before the departure of Peter Langston from the Lucasfilm Games Group, he and Steve Arnold hired one Chip Morningstar as a tools programmer. The latter was coming off a stint spent working for Ted Nelson, a sort of philosopher of information management who had coined the terms “hypertext” and “hypermedia” back in the 1960s. […]

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Warhammer Wednesday: Mission Games Workshop - Derby and Warhammer World

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Not on the nose!

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