And the winner of the Cyberganked contest is…
…announced in the following video!
Here are the Twitter accounts mentioned at the end of the video:
@Commodork (Mine)
@icecreamjonsey (Robb Sherwin’s)
@Cyberganked (Updates about the game)
Here is a link to Robb’s online photo gallery, where he is posting some of the pictures as he prepares them for the game:
http://imgur.com/a/dxAZv/all… read entire post
Category Archives: Interactive Fiction
Last chance to e-mail me your photo, appear in a video game, and win some cash.
On Monday of this week I announced a contest in which all you had to do to enter was take a picture of yourself from either the waist up or the shoulders up and mail it to me for a chance to win fifty bucks. On Monday I had six people enter. On Tuesday I had three people enter. On… read entire post
Appear in a video game and possibly win $50 by e-mailing me your picture!
My very good friend Robb Sherwin is working on a new computer game, titled Cyberganked. It’s a text adventure (er, Interactive Fiction) game that takes place a few years in the future. In his game, Robb wants to include pictures of random people, and that’s where we come in. Anyone who e-mails me a usable picture by midnight this coming… read entire post
OVGE 2012: The Recap
This weekend marked the 9th annual Oklahoma Video Game Expo (OVGE) in Tulsa, Oklahoma. I attended the first show in 2003 as a spectator, but have participated as a presenter (almost) every year since then.
Along for the ride this year were my friends Robb and Steve, who I previously mentioned flew in from Colorado and New York (respectively) to… read entire post
You Don’t Know Flack Episode 115: Text Adventures
Episode 115 of my podcast You Don’t Know Flack went online earlier today for some strange reason. I had actually scheduled the post to go live this Saturday, but something went wonky with WordPress and the post decided to go live on its own today. So, there you go.
Episode 115 is all about text adventures. This episode is unique… read entire post
Interactive Fiction: Random Nuggets
At last year’s Oklahoma Video Game Expo (OVGE), I officially debuted my first full-length text adventure. Hangar 22, written in Inform 6, was a light-hearted text-based work of interactive fiction that involved aliens, tacos, and a talking GPS that sounded like Sir Mix-A-Lot.
Over the past 30 years lots of people have written lots of great (and lots of not-so-great)… read entire post
Arcade Games and Saber Tooth Tigers
This is going to sound stupid, but nothing makes me feel cooler than hauling arcade games around on the back of my truck.
So many collectors never get to show off their collections to outsiders — and when they do, typically it’s done online. Seeing pictures of someone’s collection can be kind of neat, seeing an item in real life… read entire post
Hugo Open House Competition
Back in December of 2011, Ice Cream Jonesy and Roody Yogurt (yes, those are their real names) suggested holding a “Hugo Speed IF” competition. The “IF” stands for Interactive Fiction (aka “Text Adventures” for you/us old timers); “Hugo” is the language the games were to be programmed in, and “Speed” part refers to works created in a very short amount… read entire post
The Commodore 64 Moves In
My parents bought my Uncle Kenny’s Commodore 64 for me back in 1985. If I remember correctly the sound chip had blown out, so the first thing we they did was have it fixed. Sixteen years later, I still own (and use) that same Commodore computer.
I’ve owned dozens of other Commodore computers over the years (many of which are… read entire post
Review: Cryptozookeeper
Disclaimer:
I passed on the opportunity to have dinner with Robb Sherwin back in 2007 when the two of us were (separately) attending the Classic Gaming Expo in Las Vegas. “He’s funny, you’re funny, come have dinner with us,” said a mutual friend of ours. Unfortunately I already had plans to visit the Pinball Hall of Fame with other friends… read entire post