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"Twenty-eight reviews," he's saying. "Twenty-eight reviews, three
interviews, and more -- it'll be the best zine of your life."
You don't know his face or anything -- he's just the guy who always
posts on newsgroups trolled by people you've never met. He's nobody's
friend, exactly, but everyone knows who he is when it's time. Probably
doesn't even have a life, probably bangs out code at some godforsaken
university deep in flyover country, but who cares? He's here to help you
in your hour of need.
"What do you say?" he asks, holding up a sizable file with something
texty inside. Texty like modern games almost never are.
(Apologies to Chris Klimas)
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The new issue of SPAG is here, commemorating the 2004 IF Competition!
Here's what's in it:
ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE
----------------------------------------------------
SPAG interviews the top finishers in the IF Comp who aren't its editor:
* Chris Klimas
* Toby Ord (aka half sick of shadows)
* Jason Devlin
REVIEWS IN THIS ISSUE
-----------------------------------------------------
All Things Devours
Bellclap
The Big Scoop
Blink
Blue Chairs
Die Vollkommene Masse
Goose, Egg, Badger
The Great Xavio
I Must Play
Identity
Luminous Horizon
Mingsheng
Ninja v1.30
Order
The Orion Agenda
The Realm
Splashdown
Square Circle
Sting Of The Wasp
Trading Punches
Who Created That Monster?
Zero One
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Subscribers have already been sent their copy, and the rest of you can
see it at the SPAG website, http://www.sparkynet.com/spag. In addition,
I've uploaded a copy to the IF Archive, where it should soon find its
home at:
ftp://ftp.ifarchive.org/if-archive/magazines/SPAG/SPAG39
So c'mon. Try it. You won't be disappointed. Tell you what -- this one's
on me.
And thank you for helping to keep text adventures alive.
--
Paul O'Brian obrian@colorado.edu http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~obrian
Twenty-eight reviews, three interviews, and more. Check it out in
SPAG 39 at http://www.sparkynet.com/spag. C'mon. Try it. It's free.
"Twenty-eight reviews," he's saying. "Twenty-eight reviews, three
interviews, and more -- it'll be the best zine of your life."
You don't know his face or anything -- he's just the guy who always
posts on newsgroups trolled by people you've never met. He's nobody's
friend, exactly, but everyone knows who he is when it's time. Probably
doesn't even have a life, probably bangs out code at some godforsaken
university deep in flyover country, but who cares? He's here to help you
in your hour of need.
"What do you say?" he asks, holding up a sizable file with something
texty inside. Texty like modern games almost never are.
(Apologies to Chris Klimas)
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
The new issue of SPAG is here, commemorating the 2004 IF Competition!
Here's what's in it:
ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE
----------------------------------------------------
SPAG interviews the top finishers in the IF Comp who aren't its editor:
* Chris Klimas
* Toby Ord (aka half sick of shadows)
* Jason Devlin
REVIEWS IN THIS ISSUE
-----------------------------------------------------
All Things Devours
Bellclap
The Big Scoop
Blink
Blue Chairs
Die Vollkommene Masse
Goose, Egg, Badger
The Great Xavio
I Must Play
Identity
Luminous Horizon
Mingsheng
Ninja v1.30
Order
The Orion Agenda
The Realm
Splashdown
Square Circle
Sting Of The Wasp
Trading Punches
Who Created That Monster?
Zero One
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
Subscribers have already been sent their copy, and the rest of you can
see it at the SPAG website, http://www.sparkynet.com/spag. In addition,
I've uploaded a copy to the IF Archive, where it should soon find its
home at:
ftp://ftp.ifarchive.org/if-archive/magazines/SPAG/SPAG39
So c'mon. Try it. You won't be disappointed. Tell you what -- this one's
on me.
And thank you for helping to keep text adventures alive.
--
Paul O'Brian obrian@colorado.edu http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~obrian
Twenty-eight reviews, three interviews, and more. Check it out in
SPAG 39 at http://www.sparkynet.com/spag. C'mon. Try it. It's free.
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