From dls at davidstreever.com Mon Jun 5 10:56:00 2017 From: dls at davidstreever.com (David Streever) Date: Mon, 05 Jun 2017 14:56:00 +0000 Subject: [Friends of IFTF] June Newsletter from the Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation Message-ID: *You didn't miss an issue: we've just changed how we title our newsletters. Previously, we'd use the previous month in the subject, but that's been confusing for our readers. Moving forward, we'll continue to summarize the past month, but will title our newsletters with the current month. Our apologies for any confusion we've caused!* Dear friends of IFTF, We're pleased to announce that we'll be maintaining an archive of the thousands of Twine works on Philome.la. Board member Chris Klemas reports on the work, conducted with Colin Marc and the rest of the Philome.la team, and notes that we'll be able to provide this service to other IF resource hosts moving forward. To learn more, see the blog entry ( http://blog.iftechfoundation.org/2017-05-06-philomela-backups-and-committee-recruitment.html) or email us (info at iftechfoundation.org). Chris is also looking for a new member for the Twine committee. Volunteers should be committed to supporting and improving Twine, and able to represent the interests of the diverse Twine community. Email info at iftechfoundation.org to learn more or volunteer. Board members Jason McIntosh and Andrew Plotkin both found themselves speaking at !!Con (pronounced "bang-bang con") in New York City last month. Of particular interest to our members, Andrew spoke about Glk, the virtual-machine technology he built for parser IF. We've linked to a video of his talk and a blog entry of additional thoughts he had. ( http://blog.iftechfoundation.org/2017-05-19-iftf-attended-con.html). Jason also notes that !!Con presents a great model for a small, inclusive, and successful conference themed around creative technology, something of special interest to our organization. Board member Flourish Klink touched on the perennial debate about games versus art, stating our view that interactive fiction can and does hold literary merit. In her entry ( http://blog.iftechfoundation.org/2017-05-27-literature.html) she's also collected a few examples of experimental card games presented as novels, and a little on the history of interactive fiction. Please let us know if you have any feedback on this newsletter or any other thoughts to share. Thank you as always for your support and interest in the Foundation and interactive fiction! -- David Streever Best Bike Rides Connecticut: http://connecticutbike.com Best Bike Rides Long Island: http://longislandbikebook.com Mountain biking for TheAdventureJunkies.com and others davidstreever.com (203) 887-9207 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: