Monthly Archives: March 2009

XYZZY Awards Rescheduled

By Rubes | Published: March 18, 2009

Due to a last-minute scheduling conflict, the XYZZY awards ceremony is being rescheduled for Saturday, March 28th at 3PM EDT. Same location, on ifMUD (http://ifmud.port4000.com), which itself is a fun experience. Come check it out if you’re interested to hear about some of the best IF of the past year.

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XYZZY Awards Tomorrow

By Rubes | Published: March 13, 2009


Just a quick reminder that this year’s XYZZY Awards for interactive fiction will be announced tomorrow, Saturday, March 14th, at 3:00 PM Eastern time. As usual, the format will be a gathering on ifMUD (http://ifmud.port4000.com), so head on over and get yourself an account if you don’t have one already.

Come drop by and enjoy the ceremonies!

More info about the XYZZY’s can be found here.

UPDATE: The awards ceremony will be rescheduled…at a date to be determined. Check the XYZZY site for further information.

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Gaming on the iPhone: Natural Selection In Real-Time

By Rubes | Published: March 13, 2009

It all started with a link. It always does.

I can’t even remember now where I first saw the link, but I was easily drawn in by the shiny little object: “Mystery House”, the 1980 aventure game by Ken and Roberta Williams of On-Line Systems (later Sierra On-Line, later later Sierra), had been ported to the iPhone by Artsiness (Josef W. Wankerl), in all of its original white-on-black lineart glory. This is the game that GamePro tagged the 51st Most Important Video Game of All Time — nine spots after E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, although I guess that’s fair since it wasn’t the list of Best Video Games of All Time.

My first thought was, How cool. What a sweet idea, even if today’s iPhone casual gamers barely give it notice, or even scoff at the concept.

Then, I saw that the game was being sold in [More...]

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