At the beginning of the month, the Spring Thing competition started for IF. All of the games are Inform 7, which is interesting. Last year, no games came out for the competition, but I’m sure several were entered. That always happens, games get held back for a number of reasons. I even held back Across The Stars, and I’m glad I did. And since Inform 7 is easier to program, it’s starting to dominate competitions, giving us six new games this year. Spring Thing hasn’t seen that many since 2005. It’s great to see this much interest.

There are even a few named authors like Michael Gentry, Adam Thornton, and Sean Huxter; though Adam Thornton can be offensive, and Michael Gentry’s new work is geared towards kids, since he wrote it for his own children. The competition ends May 15th, but with only six games there’s still enough time to play through them.

Spring Thing is a competition for longer games, and if you want to vote on them make sure to play through all the games. But if you find a bad one, at least you don’t have to finish it. :)

Enjoy the games - D

Currently Playing: Age of Conan

Armageddon, The End, Apocalypse. These are ideas and concepts that people have been dwelling on for a long time, and they’re comforting for the believer and non-believer alike. The idea that the end is coming, and that it’s coming soon, is their ticket out of here from a life of struggle and misery. Life is hard, it’s unfair, and it sucks. People shit on one another even more now a days, and everybody is pissing in everybody else’s soup. In a world that is turning shittier by the day, it gives one hope to think that it will end.

The sad truth here is, it’s just mental construct. An idea that we’ve been throwing around for over two thousand years, and tomorrow you’re still going to have to get back to the grind, putting up with other peoples crap just to get through the day.

The sad truth here is, this isn’t ending. Men in power like to stay in power.

- D

Currently Playing: Rift