[SPAG] Preeeeeesenting... SPAG 40!

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Ladies, gentlemen, and IF-lovers of all ages, I am proud to bring to you
for your entertainment and edification on this fine spring day an
experience to lift the spirits and quicken the pulse! Through an
unprecedented cooperative effort stretching across languages and
time-zones, issue number 40 of SPAG offers a dazzling array of features
that you simply must see to believe! Direct your attention to the left
ring, where a variety of news items caper and cavort for your amusement!
And now, in the right ring, listen in amazement to two new interviews
with an international flavor! Of course, as always in the center ring
we're pleased to bring you the finest in IF reviews! It's all right here
in your program:

ARTICLES IN THIS ISSUE
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The SPAG Interview: International IF Special
* Roberto Grassi of the Italian IF community
* Ruben "Urbatain" Nieto of the Spanish IF community

REVIEWS IN THIS ISSUE
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The Golden French Fry
Isle Of The Cult
Paint!!!
Reefer Island

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/SPAG40

Step right up, STEP RIGHT UP, and thank you for helping to keep text
adventures alive.

--
Paul O'Brian obrian@colorado.edu http://ucsu.colorado.edu/~obrian
Ladies and gentlemen, direct your attention to the center ring where
SPAG #40 offers IF news and reviews! http://www.sparkynet.com/spag

 

[samwyse]

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On or about 4/12/2005 9:28 AM, Paul O'Brian did proclaim:
> Ladies, gentlemen, and IF-lovers of all ages, I am proud to bring to you
> for your entertainment and edification on this fine spring day an
> experience to lift the spirits and quicken the pulse! Through an
> unprecedented cooperative effort stretching across languages and
> time-zones, issue number 40 of SPAG offers a dazzling array of features
> that you simply must see to believe!

Is it possible to have a spoiler for an issue of SPAG? I'll assume not,
and comment on Laurence Moore's review of "Paint!!!".

Discussing the aborted one-room competition, Laurence says, "Initially,
I thought that the one room concept would be impossible to work with (as
a writer) and surely dull to play (as a player). Where is the fun in
only describing events, characters and items in one room? Where is the
fun in not being immersed in hundreds of locations?"

Has no one ever seen a one-act play? They frequently have but one set,
yet no one thinks them dull to watch. I was deeply disappointed that
the one-room competition didn't get off the ground. I'd thought about
entering, but since I'd just written Endgame, the thought of two
one-roomers in a row was a bit much. Despite that, I find the idea of
having a single room is liberating, it just means that you can
concentrate even more on the scenery and NPCs, and not get involved in
maps and locked doors.

So, this is my vote for having a one-room competition again next year.
I promise that there will be at least one entry, from me.

 

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samwyse <dejanews@email.com> wrote in message news:<v117e.803$zq4.746@newssvr11.news.prodigy.com>...
> I was deeply disappointed that
> the one-room competition didn't get off the ground.

I am disappointed as well, since I entered "Conan Kill Everything".
So, as I just blaringly announced, this One-Roomer is now found under

http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/unprocessed/ConanKillEverything.z5

and probably soon to be relocated to
http://www.ifarchive.org/if-archive/games/zcode/ConanKillEverything.z5

Ian

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"Kill, Kill, Kill!"
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