Listen "Episode 28 - A Conversation with Andrew Plotkin"
Episode Synopsis
Creator of games including Hadean Lands, Spider and Web, and Shade, as well as a long-time maintainer of Inform and participant in Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation (IFTF) leadership, Andrew "Zarf" Plotkin was also a teenager once. And back then he wrote Inhumane, as covered in Episode 27.
Jason and Nick welcome him to the program discuss the creation of Inhumane, the evolution of his work as a participant in the modern interactive fiction community, and the prospects for another "Infobom" title in that parody vein.
Zarfhome (personal homepage and contact info)
IFDB credits
IFTF
A Change in the Weather
Praser 5
Grimtooth's Traps
Episode image from The Book of Adventure Games II
Jason and Nick welcome him to the program discuss the creation of Inhumane, the evolution of his work as a participant in the modern interactive fiction community, and the prospects for another "Infobom" title in that parody vein.
Zarfhome (personal homepage and contact info)
IFDB credits
IFTF
A Change in the Weather
Praser 5
Grimtooth's Traps
Episode image from The Book of Adventure Games II
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