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* [http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction raif on Google Groups]. | * [http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.arts.int-fiction raif on Google Groups]. | ||
* [http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction rgif on Google Groups]. | * [http://groups-beta.google.com/group/rec.games.int-fiction rgif on Google Groups]. | ||
Google Groups has an archive of many past postings. The [[IF Archive]] has archived many posts (mostly 1992-2002, and some to 2012) for [{{ifarchive link|rec.arts.int-fiction/}} raif] and [{{ifarchive link|rec.games.int-fiction/}} rgif], in a variety of less accessible but often more complete formats. | |||
The community from the newsgroups moved primarily to the [[Interactive Fiction Community Forum]] on intfiction.org. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 13:51, 26 June 2023
Prior to the world wide web and web pages, Usenet was a common method of communication over the Internet. The interactive fiction community primarily used two Usenet newsgroups, known collectively as rec.*.int-fiction or r*if:
- rec.arts.int-fiction ("raif") for discussion of game creation and tool development.
- rec.games.int-fiction ("rgif") for discussion of released games.
Google Groups eventually supplanted the Usenet interface for a web interface and still exists today:
Google Groups has an archive of many past postings. The IF Archive has archived many posts (mostly 1992-2002, and some to 2012) for raif and rgif, in a variety of less accessible but often more complete formats.
The community from the newsgroups moved primarily to the Interactive Fiction Community Forum on intfiction.org.