User:Clevercelt

clevercelt (User Nickname)

is Michael J. Maguire. A forty something Irish Digital Creative, Writer, Playwright and Game Developer living near the border in Ireland. He began writing IF back in 1982, unsuccessful finding a publisher, distribution channels or an audience, his work from that period did not survive. He subsequently worked in the Theater, Multimedia, Computer Games and Digital Media Industries for over twenty years, career info can be found on linked in He worked in development with SCEE and MS

He holds an M.A. in Creative Writing and New Media from DMU in the UK and is currently a PhD Researcher at University College Dublin. His project 'paddygames' was selected for Sagasnet Interactive Fiction workshops inclusion in 2006. Links to some of his digital writings can be found at cleverceltand his personal site

He is currently researching IF, text adventure games, experimenting with Inform 7 and exploring this excellent IF resource. Humbled to be among such illustrious company he welcomes emails from IF community members to: 'my nickname above at hotmail dot come'.