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The [http://www.illuminatedlantern.com/if/blog/ Illuminated Lantern Blog] is [[Peter Nepstad]]'s blog about interactive fiction. (The summary of entries below is up to date until October 19, 2009.)

==Game Design==

===Design Notes===

* [http://www.illuminatedlantern.com/if/blog/text_as_treasure_1.html#more Text as Treasure: Design notes] for ''[[The Journey of the King]]''.

===IF as Contemporary Art===

* [http://www.illuminatedlantern.com/if/blog/interactive_fiction_as_contemp.html#more Interactive Fiction as Contemporary Art]. Draws analogies between IF and contemporary visual art, specifically in the author's game ''[[Slap That Fish]]''. "Part of the interaction between the author and the player should be interpretive for the work to resonate at all."

===Cover Art===

* [http://www.illuminatedlantern.com/if/blog/new_cover_art.html#more New Cover Art]. Shows examples of IF [[cover art]] that looks like a book cover.

==Commercial IF==

* [http://www.illuminatedlantern.com/if/blog/independent_game_publishers_an.html#more Independent Game Publishers and the Cost of Playing]. Discussed why people would want to pay for a game if there are already many free games of the same type available.
* [http://www.illuminatedlantern.com/if/blog/breaking_boundaries_in_gaming.html#more Breaking Boundaries in Gaming Demographics]. Statistics that show that the average customer of ''[[1893: A World's Fair Mystery]]'' is approximately 50 years old, plus some conclusions about marketing.
* [http://www.illuminatedlantern.com/if/blog/customer_satisfaction_survey_r.html#more Customer Satisfaction Survey Results, Part Two]. An analysis of what people liked and disliked about ''[[1893: A World's Fair Mystery]]''.

==Hints and Tips==

* [http://www.illuminatedlantern.com/if/blog/10_tips_for_playing_1893_a_wor.html#more 10 Tips] for playing ''[[1893: A World's Fair Mystery]]''.