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Paul O'Brian

Paul O'Brian is an interactive fiction author who has won several awards for his work, as well as an Interactive Fiction theoretician and reviewer.

His nickname on ifMud is Paul.

Author Credits

Wearing the Claw (1996; Z-code). IF Comp 1996: 8th place.
LASH -- Local Asynchronous Satellite Hookup (2000; Z-code). Nominated at the XYZZY Awards 2000 in four categories, including Best Game.
Earth and Sky (as "Lee Kirby"; 2001; Z-code). IF Comp 2001: 8th place.
Earth and Sky 2: Another Earth, Another Sky (2002; Glulx). IF Comp 2002: 1st place; Miss Congeniality: 2nd place. Winner of Best Use of Medium at the XYZZY Awards 2002, and nominated for five other categories, including Best Game.
Luminous Horizon (2004; Glulx). IF Comp 2004: 1st place. This is the third installment in the Earth and Sky series. Finalist for Best NPCs and Best Individual PC (Austin) at the XYZZY Awards 2004.

Review and Article Credits

IF Comp reviews: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004.
Reviews (dead link 🔍) of PrologueComp.
Reviews of SmoochieComp.
Reviews of WackyComp.
Reviews for IF-Review.
Reviews for Interactive Fiction Reviews Organization.
Review of The Act of Misdirection.
Reviews for SPAG.
SPAG Specifics of Damnatio Memoriae.
Review of Dangerous Curves.
Review of Worlds Apart.

Organizational Credits

Editor of the email/web magazine SPAG from issues 18 to 41 (September 1999 to July 2005).
Judge for PrologueComp (2001).

Testing Credits

All Roads (Jon Ingold; 2001; Z-code 5).
Jack Toresal and The Secret Letter (Michael Gentry and David A. Cornelson, illustrator: Erika Swanson, publisher: Textfyre; 26-Jun-2009; FyreVM).

Links

>INVENTORY, Paul O'Brian's interactive fiction blog.
>SUPERVERBOSE, another blog by Paul O'Brian, about "Watchmen, trivia, albums, interactive fiction, and more."
>VERBOSE, Paul O'Brian's old interactive fiction page.
Paul O'Brian (archived) - at Baf's Guide
SPAG (The Society for the Promotion of Adventure Games)

Interviews

Paul O'Brian, author of "Another Earth, Another Sky" - SPAG #31, January 3, 2003.
Interview: Paul O’Brian questioned by KF (View HTML), (View PDF) - InsideADRIFT Issue 16, May/June 2004.
Interview with Paul O'Brian - By Roberto Grassi (English) (archive), (Italian) (archive) - Terra d'IF Numero 5, February 2005.
GET LAMP: Paul O'Brian. Interview clips of Paul O'Brian for Get Lamp.

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 ==Review and Article Credits==
 * [[IF Comp]] reviews: [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/IF.htm#96list 1996], [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/IF.htm#97list 1997], [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/IF.htm#98list 1998], [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/IF.htm#99list 1999], [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/IF.htm#00list 2000], [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/IF.htm#01list 2001], [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/IF.htm#02list 2002], [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/IF.htm#03list 2003] and [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/IF.htm#04list 2004].
-* [http://web.archive.org/web/20021002070814/www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Stu/dmyers/pob.html Reviews] of [[PrologueComp]].
+* {{link|deadurl=http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Stu/dmyers/pob.html|brokenarchive=http://web.archive.org/web/20021002070814/www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Stu/dmyers/pob.html|Reviews}} of [[PrologueComp]].
 * [http://www.brasslantern.org/reviews/text/smoochie01obrian.html Reviews] of [[SmoochieComp]].
 * [http://groups.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction/msg/b5710b697d86502f Reviews] of [[WackyComp]].
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 ==Links==
-* [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/IF.htm >VERBOSE], Paul O'Brian's interactive fiction page.
+* [https://verboseinventory.wordpress.com/ >INVENTORY], Paul O'Brian's interactive fiction blog.
-* [http://www.wurb.com/if/person/82 Paul O'Brian's listing on Baf's Guide]
+* [https://www.superverbose.com/tag/interactive-fiction/ >SUPERVERBOSE], another blog by Paul O'Brian, about "Watchmen, trivia, albums, interactive fiction, and more."
+* [http://spot.colorado.edu/~obrian/IF.htm >VERBOSE], Paul O'Brian's old interactive fiction page.
+* {{baf person|Paul O'Brian|82}}
 * [http://sparkynet.com/spag/ SPAG ''(The Society for the Promotion of Adventure Games)'']
 ===Interviews===
 * [http://www.sparkynet.com/spag/backissues/spag31.html Paul O'Brian, author of "Another Earth, Another Sky"] - [[SPAG]] #31, January 3, 2003.
-* [http://www.delron.org.uk/newsletter/insideadrift16/index.htm Interview: Paul O’Brian questioned by KF (View HTML)], [http://www.delron.org.uk/newsletter/insideadrift16.pdf (View PDF)] - [[InsideADRIFT]] Issue 16, May/June 2004.
+* [https://www.delron.org.uk/newsletter/insideadrift16/index.htm Interview: Paul O’Brian questioned by KF (View HTML)], [https://www.delron.org.uk/newsletter/insideadrift16.pdf (View PDF)] - [[InsideADRIFT]] Issue 16, May/June 2004.
-* [http://www.robertograssi.net/at/terradif/005/inteng_001.asp Interview with Paul O'Brian - By Roberto Grassi (English)], [http://www.robertograssi.net/at/terradif/005/int_001.asp (Italian)] - [[Terra d'IF]] Numero 5, February 2005.
+* {{link|deadurl=http://www.robertograssi.net/at/terradif/005/inteng_001.asp|archive=http://web.archive.org/web/20070125212903/http://www.robertograssi.net:80/at/terradif/005/inteng_001.asp|Interview with Paul O'Brian - By Roberto Grassi (English)}}, {{link|deadurl=http://www.robertograssi.net/at/terradif/005/int_001.asp|archive=http://web.archive.org/web/20070122100254/http://www.robertograssi.net:80/at/terradif/005/int_001.asp|(Italian)}} - [[Terra d'IF]] Numero 5, February 2005.
 * [http://archive.org/details/getlamp-obrian GET LAMP: Paul O'Brian]. Interview clips of Paul O'Brian for [[Get Lamp]].