The second part of Gold Machine's series on Hollywood Hijinx is up! It was definitely worth a second look. golmac.org/postcards-fr...

The Review-a-Thon is coming! Play less-exposed IF games and write reviews about them! intfiction.org/t/if-review-...

A quick note on IF tools: we're making MP3 a first-class audio format for Blorb. And thus, *eventually*, for Inform 7. See thread: intfiction.org/t/adding-mp3...

Scouring the text of Infocom's Hollywood Hijinx. One thing I note is that the protagonist exists beyond the world of their game. They have a family, a backstory. Anecdotes. This isn't a thing many Infocom games afford, at least not in such detail. #infocom

The last in a two-part series about creating new conditional phrases and adjectives in Inform 10 topexpert.blog/2026/06/01/a... #interactivefiction #inform

Visible Deadline is now up! eblong.com/infocom/visi... That's the Visible-Zorker edition of Infocom's original mystery game, Deadline. I had a bunch of fun diagramming the NPC navigation logic on the map.

ANNOUNCEMENT: The workers of Dark Horse Comics @darkhorse.com are forming a union. Please read our mission statement below. 👇 #DHWU

the kids are alright

Been a minute since I did one of these. A short bit about defining new conditions in Inform 10. Target audience is beginning authors (like me) topexpert.blog/2026/05/26/c...

They say Suspended is the rarest and most expensive infocom game.

I have now uploaded my high-res recreation of the Infocom Suspended map: archive.org/details/Susp... ...as well as the scans of my original map and manual: archive.org/details/Susp...

I'm thinking of streaming the Mooncrash DLC for 2017's Prey starting Monday. I've beaten Prey, but have never finished Mooncrash. 👾 Hopefully PC has good controller support 🙏

I've been maintaining a short dev diary for my next Inform game here, and it received an update today: intfiction.org/t/i-thief-de...

Musings on the (extremely minor and non-notable) tie-in novels of Zork, Enchanter, Planetfall, Stationfall, and Wishbringer. blog.zarfhome.com/2026/05/info...

Yesterday, someone reminded me of Stephanie Sterling's objective review of Final Fantasy XIII. A classic. www.destructoid.com/100-objectiv...

It's been a while since I shared the "soundtrack" for Repeat the Ending: youtube.com/playlist?lis... (spotify mirror: open.spotify.com/playlist/6cD...)

Working on my next Infocom thing, it is wild to think that The Legend of Zelda and Metroid came out before Hollywood Hijinx.

I've been obsessed with Quasi's "Sea Shanty" for days. youtu.be/rX4B9eiiaOI?...

I'm opening up commissions again due to unfortunate life circumstances. Please let me know if you're interested in a commission! And please share around! 💖 asterfialla.com/commissions #commissions #commissionsopen #artsky

an absolute banger of a review, reminds me of the character in RTE who said it was written too early ifdb.org/viewgame?id=...

Getting off to a slow start with Infocom's Hollywood Hijinx. golmac.org/hollywood-hi...

Visible Zork 3 is now available! eblong.com/infocom/visi... Status of the Visible Zorker project: This is fun! I want to keep going. More notes and previews of upcoming games: blog.zarfhome.com/2026/05/visi...

I've decided to revisit the tone and framing of my current large WIP. Since my father fell (again), I've wanted to take a gentler approach. Well, not gentle, but more absurd than grim. It's a lot of text to rework, but I don't think I'd finish otherwise.

I made a Cloak of Darkness port using Inform 10 and the Bisquixe interpreter. Check it out here! intfiction.org/t/announceme...

Did you know? The Spring Thing Festival of IF started a few days ago! Play some games here: www.springthing.net/2026/ and then come discuss them here: intfiction.org

ICYMI: I wrapped up my series on Infocom's Moonmist last week. golmac.org/dead-girl-mo...

That wraps it up for Moonmist. Only 13 more to go. golmac.org/dead-girl-mo...

How to Become a Famous Artist

"I would like to make your high effort thing all about me"

I'm going to try out Cult of the Lamb in 20 min www.twitch.tv/thebitingcat

TORMENT: A GOTHIC ANTHOLOGY, is out today! This collection of queer gothic fiction includes my short story, “Our Cavalier Consecrate,” and its art. An unsealed demon struggles to escape the clutches of paladins, historians, and the severed stone head of his miserable ex. books2read.com/u/3Lz617

Torment: A Gothic Anthology, curated by @ardentgrove.bsky.social, is out today!! I was a co-editor and have my own story in the collection, which channels my trauma from being raised AFAB in a conservative Christian society and was very cathartic to write! Purchase links: books2read.com/u/3Lz617

Didn't really vibe with the Fatal Frame II Remake demo (whew, what a mouthful) 😔 I'm sure I'll get it eventually, but it doesn't feel like a launch day purchase. Bummer! I was looking forward to it.

Attempting to follow everyone active in the IBM PCjr community - if you see this, let's get connected. #PCjr

It's time for more Moonmist. Most contemporary players resent the paratext. Why is that? golmac.org/read-the-man...

Social media created this nonsense idea that not exposing yourself to hatred is isolationist. Choosing to not spend your free time with bigots isn’t living in a bubble. I don’t need to know what’s going on at X. I won’t be smarter or more knowledgeable or empathic by being there. Neither will you.

I'll be streaming some of the new Resident Evil game tonight at 830 PM CST. I try to keep these streams to 90 minutes. I have avoided spoilers, so who knows what to expect! www.twitch.tv/thebitingcat

Did you know? Tomorrow is the last day you can submit intent for Spring Thing 2026. Spring Thing is my favorite IF event. It's unranked and has great vibes. If you've got a cool project going, consider entering! www.springthing.net/2026/

Wow, that Village placement is bonkers

q: what perfect album came out the year you turned 18? a:

As fellow fans know, Resident Evil: Requiem releases Friday! I'll start a new playthrough Friday night at 830 CST over at Twitch, details to follow

It's hard to believe that that wint's "zero difference between good and bad things" tweet was in 2014

My current inform project will almost certainly pass the 200k-word mile marker. This is more confession than brag.

i put liquids in my inform game, and then I spent two days writing responses for what basically amounts to trolling the parser

the impossible number of games that release on Steam every day has been discourse for years why would anybody want to play a game nobody could be bothered to make

A couple of my Inform games fared well in the recent IFDB Awards polls. You can read my postmortems and find links to the games here: intfiction.org/t/animal-gam...

I completed my Disco Elysium playthrough last week (it was great), so I've started streaming a very odd game called "Promise Mascot Agency." I'll be on in 45 minutes (830 CST) if you're interested! www.twitch.tv/thebitingcat