The People's Republic of Interactive Fiction

  • August meeting (online)

    The Boston IF meetup for August will be Monday, August 17, 6:30 pm Eastern time. We will post the Google Meet link to the mailing list on the day of the meeting. We’re experimenting with planning ahead (shocking!) The September meetup is expected to be Monday, Sept 28th. The in-person meetup planned for July was…

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  • July 2026 Post Mortem

    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction met on Monday, July 20, 2026 over Zoom. Attending: Hugh, Josh Grams, Andrew Stephens, Michael Stage, Zarf, Vince Kotchian, Doug Orleans, Stephen Jablon, Matthew Griffin, and anjchang welcomed newcomer Shelby S. Warning: What follows is probably not proper English, but just a log of notes from the meeting to jog people’s…

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  • June 2026 Post Mortem

    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction met on Thursday, June 23, 2026 over Zoom. Attending: Zarf, Doug Orleans, Andrew Stephens, Michael Stage, Hugh, Carl Muckenhoupt, Vince Kotchian, Josh Grams, Allyson, Cidney Hamilton, Matthew Griffin, and anjchang. It was a lively reunion, with several folks returning from Narrascope and plenty of cross‑talk about talks, tools, mysteries, and…

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  • July meetings (two!)

    The Boston IF online meetup for July will be Monday, July 20, 6:30 pm Eastern time. We will post the Google Meet link to the mailing list on the day of the meeting.  The in-person meetup will be Wednesday, July 29th, 6:30 pm at MIT. We’ll gather at the MIT Open Space, which a park…

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  • May 2026 Post Mortem

    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction met on Thursday, Monday, May 18, 2026 over Zoom. Attending: Kyrill Azernyi, JP Tuttle,  Zarf, Michael Stage, Josh Grams, Doug Orleans,  Allyson, hugh, and anjchang attended.   Apologies, I accidentally lost the notes for this meeting. If you have notes and want to share them, feel free to contact me on @anjtinker… We mostly discussed…

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  • April 2026 Post Mortem

    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction met on Thursday, April 27, 2026 over Zoom. Attending: Doug Orleans, Michael Stage, Josh Grams, hugh, Carl Muckenhoupt, Allyson, Zarf, Michael Hilborn, Stephen Jablon, and anjchang attended. A special welcome to Carl, who joined us with a link to his long‑running review archive, The Stack. Warning: What follows is…

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  • June meeting (online)

    The Boston IF meetup for June will be Monday, June 22, 6:30 pm Eastern time. We will post the Google Meet link to the mailing list on the day of the meeting.   We are considering an in-person meetup at MIT later this summer. Check out the mailing list for information on that.

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  • May meeting (online)

    The Boston IF meetup for May will be Monday, May 18, 6:30 pm Eastern time. We will post the Google Meet link to the mailing list on the day of the meeting. 

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  • April meeting (online)

    The Boston IF meetup for April will be Monday, April 27, 6:30 pm Eastern time. We will post the Google Meet link to the mailing list on the day of the meeting.   

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  • March 2026 Post Mortem

    The People’s Republic of Interactive Fiction convened on Thursday, March 26, 2026 over Zoom. Attending: Josh Grams, Doug Orleans, Stephen Jablon, Zarf, Allyson, hugh, pinkunz. Note: Thank you to Josh Grams for taking the notes and photo (edited by Angela). Stephen is (occasionally) playing Moments Out of Time[1] with friends. Time travel game, replay a bunch of…

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