Apollo 18 + 20 Has Been Released!
March 27th, 2012 § Leave a Comment
The very first interactive fiction tribute album, curated by Kevin Jackson-Mead, and hosted by the People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction has finally been released.
Check it out here! Almost all of the Chicago Interactive Fiction Group is represented within, with a staggering five games by our own Andrew Schultz.
In other Chicago-IF news, Peter Nepstad and Ed Blair raised $300 for 826CHI’s Clandestine Quest, and came in third place out of 37 teams. Read more about that here!
We’re still having meetings at Filter at 8 pm, generally on the second Thursday of every month. We’ll do our best to keep this page more current.
August Meetup (final update)
July 26th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
The Chicago IF Group is planning to meet at the Google office in downtown Chicago on Thursday, August 11. We’re planning to play Hoist Sail for The Heliopause and Home by Andrew Plotkin. The meeting is scheduled for 7pm at the Google office at 20 West Kinzie. Please send an RSVP by commenting on this post or if you get to Google late, have the desk contact Ben Collins-Sussman for you. Ben will get you upstairs.
July Meetup
July 6th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Our next meetup is on July 14th at Filter on Milwaukee Avenue in Wicker Park, Chicago at 8pm. If you’re not familiar with Filter, it is an internet cafe that serves breakfast, coffee, and snacks with many couches and small tables. Internet access is free with a purchase. We plan to talk about IntroComp and probably IF comp works in progress. There should also be a demonstration of Zifmia in Beta form.
March Meeting
February 27th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
March meeting will be March 17th, as always, at FILTER at 7 pm.
In other news, the XYZZY awards were announced today. Our own Ben Collins-Sussman(and his writing partner Jack Welch, honorary Chi-IF group member) were up for a number of awards for their one-room IF “Hoosegow”. Did they take home the gold? I won’t spoil the surprise.
February Meeting
February 17th, 2011 § 2 Comments
Is Thursday the 17th at Filter on Milwaukee Avenue at 7pm. I (David) will be there at 7 while Ed and Ben will show up later. I assume Peter will be there.
I plan to show off the beginnings of a working Zifmia site as well as actually working on the site intended for the IF Demo Fair at PAX in Boston.
Anyone and everyone is welcome.
January Meeting
January 20th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
We will once again be braving the Chicago winter and meeting at Filter (1585 North Milwaukee Avenue, Chicago, IL 60622) on Thursday, January 27th at 7:00pm.
We’ll probably talk about PAX East, but also continue discussing ways to expand our group with more local IF fans.
Everyone and anyone is welcome to join us.
This is pretty incredible.
November 6th, 2010 § Leave a Comment
Next Meeting: Nov. 11th, 7pm
November 5th, 2010 § Leave a Comment
Thanks to everyone who came out to Get Lamp! We ended up with about 40 or so people there, which is incredible for a so-called “niche scene”. Our next meeting will be this Thursday, Nov. 11th at 7 pm at FILTER. Expected topics of discussion: Zarf’s incredible get-rich-quick scheme, Inform 7, and our sundry and various works in progress! Bring your laptop!
GET LAMP date change
October 13th, 2010 § Leave a Comment
We had previously announced the GET LAMP screening as happening on Friday, Oct 22. THIS HAS BEEN CHANGED. It’s now a day earlier: Thursday, Oct 21. We’ve updated the original blog post as well.
Please update your calendars and spread the word!
GET LAMP screening in Chicago!
October 7th, 2010 § 3 Comments
The Chicago Interactive Fiction Group will be hosting director Jason Scott (@textfiles) for an hour-long screening of his new documentary GET LAMP, which explores the fascinating history of text-based adventure games in the 1980′s. This screening is part of Jason’s country-wide Jet Lamp tour.
(Jason is also well known in the geek community for his excellent BBS documentary.)
LOCATION: Google Chicago office, 20 W. Kinzie St, 8th floor, Chicago IL
TIME: Thursday, October 21, 2010
SCHEDULE:
- 5:30pm: doors open
- 6pm: screening begins
- 7:15pm: post-show discussion with the director
- 8:15pm: wrap-up
Google will be providing not just the screening space, but also plentiful pizza and soft drinks. Spread the word! Hope to see you there.
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