Andrew Plotkin — (born May 15, 1970), also known as Zarf, is an award winning interactive fiction author and an important figure in the modern interactive fiction community. Plotkin was one of the earliest writers to use Graham Nelson s Inform development system … Wikipedia
Plotkin — can refer to: People * Andrew Plotkin, interactive fiction author * Brian Plotkin, American soccer player * Chuck Plotkin, recording engineer and record producer * Eugene Plotkin, convicted of insider trading * Faith Plotkin, futurist, better… … Wikipedia
Ethereal being — Water nymph by John Collier, 1923. Ethereal beings, according to some belief systems and occult theories, are mystic entities that usually are not made of ordinary matter. Despite the fact that they are believed to be essentially incorporeal,… … Wikipedia
List of XYZZY Awards by category — This is a list of XYZZY Awards results, grouped by award rather than year. The XYZZY Awards are the annual awards given by the publication XYZZYnews to works of interactive fiction, serving a similar role to the Academy Awards for film. The… … Wikipedia
Mafia (party game) — Designer(s) Dimitry Davidoff Players 4 or more1 Age range 12 and up Skill(s) required Strategic thought Team play Social skills Roleplay 1See Basic gameplay below … Wikipedia
Inform — This article is about the programming language. For other uses, see Inform (disambiguation). Inform Original author(s) Graham Nelson Developer(s) Graham Nelson … Wikipedia
Glulx — is a 32 bit portable virtual machine intended for writing and playing interactive fiction. It was designed by Andrew Plotkin to relieve some of the restrictions in the venerable Z machine format. For example, the Z machine provides native support … Wikipedia
Spider and Web — is a piece of interactive fiction written by Andrew Plotkin. Spider and Web begins innocuously enough: the player s character, an apparent tourist, has wandered into a blind alley. Upon trying to leave the alley, however, the character is… … Wikipedia
Shade (interactive fiction) — Shade is a work of interactive fiction released in 2000 by Andrew Plotkin. The author describes it as a one room game set in your apartment . Shade won the 2000 XYZZY Award for Best Setting. [cite web url =… … Wikipedia
Looney Labs — is a small game company based in College Park, Maryland, USA. It is named after its founders, Andrew Looney and Kristin Looney. Card Games The company is probably best known for its card games, especially Fluxx , whose rules and goals change as… … Wikipedia
