Author Archives: Ron Newcomb

Next Meeting July 7th

Posted on June 20, 2012 by Ron Newcomb

Barring a Mayan apocalypse or other half-decent reason not to, we’ll next be meeting on July 7th. February was quite some time ago, so conversation should be extra-lively!

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The “Rewrite The Parser in Inform 7″ Project Nears Completion

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Ron Newcomb

Back in September I (Ron Newcomb) began a project to rewrite the venerable parser of the Inform text adventure authoring tool in the latest version of Inform, the English-like Inform 7. The latest, seventh revision is now available for download. … Continue reading →

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Another Interactive Fiction group is forming: New York

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Ron Newcomb

Although much interactive fiction discussion occurs online, meeting other enthusiasts in person is a wonderful way to make friends, get feedback on personal projects, and trade opinions on existing works in real time. Besides Seattle’s group, there’s a few others … Continue reading →

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Next Meeting Saturday December 10th

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Ron Newcomb

This year’s IF Comp has finally completed its run, so now is a great time to discuss and dissect the games with actual, real-live people! Seattle I-F will next meet at 3:30 at our usual location on Saturday, the 10th … Continue reading →

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Marco Innocenti’s Andromeda Awakening

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Ron Newcomb

This one has good imagery, imagination, and world-building, though the prose doesn’t flow all that well. (Did I just get stabbed in the kidney? No, no that was a metaphor.) The opening reminded me of Floatpoint and despite some initial … Continue reading →

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Games I’ll not be reviewing

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Ron Newcomb

(Hopefully not part one of an ongoing series.) Vestiges, because it doesn’t belong in a competition. Operation Extraction, because it seems more like a tech demo than story. While moving the “camera” around separately than the characters is interesting in … Continue reading →

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Blind by Andrew Metzger

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Ron Newcomb

::excited sports-announcer voice:: And with the third female redhead in the comp comes BLIND FOR THE HAT TRICK! The *crowd* is *going* *wild*! But seriously, ya know, if I were to be violently kidnapped and were to, ya know, wake … Continue reading →

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Keepsake by Savaric

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Ron Newcomb

This is a cleverly constructed little game that I nonetheless didn’t much enjoy playing. The game centers around its gimmick more than the characters or plot, which are intentionally generic, and I stuck to the walkthrough for the last half … Continue reading →

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Cana According To Micah by Rev. Dr. Stephen Dawson

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Ron Newcomb

Bible-related works tend to have three problems. One, they’re poorly crafted because the author’s enthusiasm for the subject matter outruns his abilities. Two, they assume the reader knows as much as the author does about the subject, so there’s many … Continue reading →

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Ted Paladin and the Case of the Abandoned Gargoyle

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Ron Newcomb

:: the sound of sporadic typing :: “Wow, this Alan game sure doesn’t understand much. I can’t believe the gnome wasn’t implemented. …Or the abbreviation for ‘examine’. …Or EXAMINE at all. …Or LOOK. …OK what gives, game?” “Ah, I should … Continue reading →

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