Interactive Fiction – I7 on Linux

Well, there is now a front end to Inform 7 on Linux, using Haskell and GTK. The compilers are still Windows exes so must be run with Wine. For now. One would think it pretty straightforward to recompile a command line app though.

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interactive fiction – a new direction!

Inform 7 is out, and it looks like a whole new way to write IF. Very exciting! Although I must say I’m surprised by the lack of Linux version: why didn’t they slap a GTK front end on it rather than writing Windows and Mac specific code?

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E3 roundup

Another year, another E3, another photoset on flickr. Reports of booth babe bans were exaggerated (yay). But overall, a fairly lacklustre E3. I didn’t queue for the PS3 or the Wii. But I did come home with plenty of free stuff thanks to chatting up the booth babes and being in the right places at… Continue reading E3 roundup

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Update

– I am now a legal permanent resident of the USA. – I got a new digital camera last weekend: the Canon powershot A700. Seems to be performing well so far. Expect E3 pictures soon.