A benefit of taking so long on Infocom's "Trinity": the more time that passes, the more fond of it I am. The hub/overworld design is a perfect way to express its themes.
I may never warm up to the New Mexico endgame, but the trip there has been lovely.
this is a nice weekly zine.
it's definitely worth checking out (even if you choose to skip the part with me in it)!
https://if-whats-new.itch.io/whats-new-in-if-2024-zines/devlog/783324/whats-new-in-if-issue-18
#interactivefiction #topexpert #goldmachine #repeattheending
I'm continuing to make my way through Trinity, this time discussing genre and narrative instability.
https://golmac.org/narrative-surface-features-in-trinity-1/
#infocom #infocomodon #interactivefiction #parser #goldmachine
One of my A Mind Forever Voyaging posts got mentioned in Critical Distance's "2023 in video game blogging." Don't see a lot of text IF writeups out there in mainstream discourse. Feels good!
You can see it here. Has a Kierkegaard quote and everything, very classy.
https://golmac.org/a-mind-forever-voyaging-the-good-ending/
#interactivefiction #parser #infocom #gamecriticism #goldmachine
I've decided to make a second blog about playing games and making IF, since the audience/format for Gold Machine is pretty specifically about Infocom games.
So... posts about writing stuff and playing games, mostly. Not super exciting at the moment, but there's more to come.
After some time away, let's look at reviews of Infocom's Trinity from 1994-2010.
http://golmac.org/plenty-of-synonyms-critical-receptions-of-trinity-1-2/
Am I in this? I'm in this! So are some very cool essays about video games.
Drew Cook: Gold Machine
