https://blog.zarfhome.com/2026/06/aeonic-nebular
Zarf Updates: Aeonic Nebular Character Generator
Last month I saw a reference to the "You Cannot Play This TTRPG Jam": This is a game jam for games that do not exist. They won't ever exist. They will never be...
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https://blog.zarfhome.com/tag/vr
Zarf Updates: Tag: vr
Interactive fiction, narrative in games, and so on
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https://blog.zarfhome.com/2023/01/colossal-cave-2023
Zarf Updates: Colossal Cave (2023)
A year ago, Ken and Roberta Williams boothed at GDC with a demo of their coming-out-of-retirement project: Colossal Cave in 3d. I wrote some thoughts at the...
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https://blog.zarfhome.com/2011/02/the-secrets-game-idea
Zarf Updates: The Secrets Game (idea)
A while ago, Emily Short posted an online chat that I was involved in: zarf says, "(this reminds me that I should write a blog entry about that MMO prototype...
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https://blog.zarfhome.com/tag/the_seance_of_blake_manor
Zarf Updates: Tag: the seance of blake manor
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https://blog.zarfhome.com/2019/06/notes-on-recent-games-big-narrative
Zarf Updates: Notes on recent games: big narrative
Observation game site You are the system AI of an LEO space station which has just gone wrong. The surviving astronaut reboots you. Fix the problems. This...
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https://blog.zarfhome.com/tag/soul_reaver
Zarf Updates: Tag: soul reaver
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https://blog.zarfhome.com/tag/if
Zarf Updates: Tag: if
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https://blog.zarfhome.com/2010/07/if-news-dungeon-report
Zarf Updates: IF News & Dungeon Report
It's been a crazy couple of weeks in IF, and we're expecting several more months of crazy on the horizon. Aaron Reed's book Creating Interactive Fiction with...
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https://blog.zarfhome.com/2026/04/2026-hugo-finalists
Zarf Updates: 2026 Hugo Award finalists
The 2026 Hugo Award finalists are up. Awkward for me: I really like many of the nominees, but I haven't read (seen, played) a majority of any category. So I...
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https://blog.zarfhome.com/2019/04/what-is-zil-anyway.html
Zarf Updates: What is ZIL anyway?
The Infocom ZIL code dump has kicked off a small whirlwind of news articles and blog posts. A lot of them are somewhat hazy on what ZIL is, and how it relates...
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https://blog.zarfhome.com/2022/11/narrascope-2023-june-9-11-pittburgh
Zarf Updates: NarraScope 2023: June 9-11, Pittburgh
A quick note that we've gotten things rolling for NarraScope 2023! The conference will be in Pittsburgh (my old college town), hosted by the University of...
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https://blog.zarfhome.com/2026/05/games-about-music
Zarf Updates: Some games that happen to be all about music
A musical city, a record store, and a 90s soundtrack album! Okay, and a Lovecraftian adventure game. Phonopolis Wax Heads Mixtape Call of the Elder Gods Now...
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https://blog.zarfhome.com/history
Zarf Updates: Blog Archive
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https://blog.zarfhome.com/2026/06/aeonic-nebular
Zarf Updates: Aeonic Nebular Character Generator
Last month I saw a reference to the "You Cannot Play This TTRPG Jam": This is a game jam for games that do not exist. They won't ever exist. They will never be...
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