Satoshi Kon makes character-driven animated films with exceptionally fine artwork. Both his stories and the quality of drawing in his films are mature and reward examination. (Be aware that Satoshi Kon films would alternately bore and scandalize children. This is ... Lire la suite
I have been scheduling meetings and get-togethers for years. My status as organizer has reached the point that I am involved with that process every few days, usually with those who are not familiar with problems that I've seen arise ... Lire la suite
> EXIT SECRETARY OF STATE On the way back you decide to stop for lunch on 12 Mile just west of Dequindre in Madison Heights. There, nestled between the Burger King, Tubby's Subs, KFC and Checkers, is a sign reading ... Lire la suite
As a postscript to my last entry: I realize some of you will be curious to try out interactive fiction right away. I recommend you start with Andrew Plotkin's Dreamhold, both because it's designed as an entry point for people ... Lire la suite
I've been making a miniature toy Penguicon. You can run around in it and interact with artificially-intelligent miniature versions of people you might recognize. It's a shame Randy Milholland of "Something Positive" isn't returning this year--- had I made one ... Lire la suite
I was very upset to miss the speech The Good Citizen and New Forms of Political Participation by Russell Dalton. I was running all over the Wayne State University campus trying a half-dozen different methods of printing a Penguicon flyer, ... Lire la suite
I'm blogging this from the Digital Citizenship Symposium at Wayne State University. I'll be here all day. The library gives out login accounts to their guest terminals, and that's what I'm using. Vernor Vinge and I hope to have time ... Lire la suite
I've been playing Interactive Fiction ever since I got my first handheld computer. Decades previously, I played Infocom games and their contemporaries during their commercial availability in the 80s. But the rise and fall of text-prompt adventure game publishing was ... Lire la suite