https://www.ifwiki.org/api.php?action=feedcontributions&user=MikeS&feedformat=atomIFWiki - User contributions [en]2024-03-28T23:29:25ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.39.5https://www.ifwiki.org/index.php?title=PAX_East_2010&diff=44711PAX East 20102010-01-29T20:19:45Z<p>MikeS: /* IF Fans Attending */</p>
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<div>[[http://www.paxsite.com/paxeast/ Penny Arcade Expo East]]<br />
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== IF-Related Events ==<br />
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; Storytelling in the world of interactive fiction<br />
: (Friday, March 26th, 5:30pm-6:30pm, Wyvern Theatre)<br />
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Text adventures have been quietly experimenting with narrative gaming for thirty years. Five authors from the amateur interactive fiction community discuss the design ideas in their games -- reordered storylines, unreliable narrators, deeply responsive NPCs -- and how they apply to other kinds of games. (Rob Wheeler (mod.), Robb Sherwin, Aaron Reed, Emily Short, Andrew Plotkin)<br />
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; GET LAMP Panel/Screening<br />
: (Friday, March 26th, 9:30pm, Naga Theatre)<br />
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Premiere of [[Get Lamp]]!<br />
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The current plan as approved by the PAX organizers is the showing of the main GET LAMP episode at 9:30, followed by a panel on stage of people interviewed for the film, and then some showings of a few more features of the DVD after that, including the Infocom and Bedquilt episodes.<br />
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; Purple Blurb<br />
: (Monday, March 29th, 5:30 pm? Nick Montfort's office or 14-314)<br />
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Emily Short and Jeremy Freese present IF at MIT.<br />
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== IF Fans Attending ==<br />
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(People who have said they're attending at least some of the con)<br />
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* [[Andrew Plotkin]]<br />
* [[Emily Short]]<br />
* [[Aaron Reed]]<br />
* [[J. Robinson Wheeler]]<br />
* [[Robb Sherwin]]<br />
* [[David A. Cornelson]]<br />
* [[Jason Scott]]<br />
* [[Jacqueline A. Lott]] <br />
* [[Sam Kabo Ashwell]]<br />
* [[Christopher Armstrong]] -- "hopefully"<br />
* [[Jeremy Freese]]<br />
* [[John Cater]] <br />
* [[Duchess]]<br />
* [[Jesse McGrew]]<br />
* [[Iain Merrick]]<br />
* [[Jon Blask]]<br />
* [[Nick Montfort]]<br />
* [[Dan Schmidt]] <br />
* [[Liza Daly]]<br />
* [[Carl Muckenhoupt]]<br />
* [[Juhana Leinonen]]<br />
* [[Jason McIntosh]]<br />
* [[Kevin Jackson-Mead]]<br />
* [[Ben Collins-Sussman]]<br />
* [[Jack Welch]]<br />
* [[Duncan Bowsman]]<br />
* [[Harry Kaplan]]<br />
* [[Mary Kaplan]]<br />
* [[Mark Musante]]<br />
* [[Paul O'Brian]]<br />
* [[Kazuki Mishima]] -- on the 29th, I hope<br />
* [[Mike Sousa]]<br />
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== The IF Suite ==<br />
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I (zarf) have reserved a large suite on the top floor of the Back Bay Hilton. (Room number TBA.) We have the room from Thursday afternoon until Monday morning, although I currently plan to clear out on Sunday evening.<br />
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This shall be called the "[[People's Republic of Interactive Fiction]] Hospitality Suite".<br />
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The plan is to have the door open through Friday, Saturday, and some of Sunday. It will be both a rendezvous/hangout point for mudders and IF community folks, and a publicity center for newcomers interested in IF.<br />
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(Scheduling details should probably wait until we have a PAX event schedule. Hopefully that won't be *too* late in February...)<br />
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=== Plans ===<br />
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* Chips, soda, M&Ms in mass quantities ''(Kevin Jackson-Mead)''<br />
* Computers to demo games and IF development ''(Jason Scott)''<br />
* A [[Speed-IF]] at some point in the weekend (will definitely happen; Saturday would be best, but it depends on the PAX schedule) ''(organizer?)''<br />
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People willing to help be room-watchers: (add your name)<br />
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* Andrew Plotkin<br />
* Robb Sherwin<br />
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=== Ideas Still In Progress ===<br />
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* Cheese? Sushi? (Coolers to put them in?)<br />
* (note that the room comes with an HDTV which *probably* allows laptop input)<br />
* Maybe some scheduled discussions beyond the official PAX panel<br />
* Fliers: we should have a stack of fliers describing the suite and all PAX IF events, official and unofficial. Leave on free-flier tables in the convention center.<br />
* Badge ribbons for all of us ("Grue lover"? "Ask me about Interactive Fiction"? "Lost in a maze of twisty little passages"? "Interactive Fiction is Real"?)<br />
* Badge stickers for anyone who drops by the suite (may be same as ribbons). (Or maybe these can be simple: a prompt and cursor? --AAR)<br />
* An intriguing (though inexpensive) modern-day "feelie" for visitors to take away<br />
* "Starter" CD with some interpreter software and a few appropriate beginner games<br />
* A barebones "How To Get Started in IF" handout, defining some basic terms and giving relevant links (along with searchable phrases) to both more expansive instructions and most useful game/review sites<br />
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''Re the feelie idea: I looked at geocoin sites -- thinking about a fancy zorkmid coin -- there are some great products available but they're expensive, $2 to $4 each. I'd want to have at least 200 for the weekend, so under a buck would be preferable. Wooden coins? Acrylic? --Z''<br />
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[[Category:Events]] [[Category:2010]]</div>MikeS