Hackszine.com: 2008 Interactive Fiction competition entries available

2008 Interactive Fiction competition entries available

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The 2008 Interactive Fiction competition is up and running, and you can download the games and vote:

For the last fourteen years, the readers of the Usenet newsgroup rec.arts.int-fiction have held a yearly interactive fiction competition. For fans of the old Infocom games as well as for newcomers to the genre, the competition is a chance to enjoy some of the best short adventure games available anywhere.

The 14th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition
via Grand Text Auto

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Posted by Brian Jepson | Oct 2, 2008 12:00 PM
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Posted by: Idontwanna on October 2, 2008 at 10:28 PM

Linux clients

Eh, the page mentions IF clients for Windows and Mac, but nothing for linux. So I guess I put forward my favorite client: Gargoyle. You'll find it here: http://ccxvii.net/gargoyle/

Posted by: Andrew on November 8, 2008 at 12:46 AM

Yeah go I.F.!!

Good to see people are still into Interactive Fiction games. No better games than these to stimulate the mind. Planetfall was always my favorite one. They should make a movie about it.