DiscoverThe Retro AdventurersEpisode 28 - A Conversation with Andrew Plotkin
Episode 28 - A Conversation with Andrew Plotkin

Episode 28 - A Conversation with Andrew Plotkin

Update: 2025-06-22
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Creator of games including Hadean Lands, Spider and Web, and Shade, as well as a long-time maintainer of Inform and participant in Interactive Fiction Technology Foundation (IFTF) leadership, Andrew "Zarf" Plotkin was also a teenager once. And back then he wrote Inhumane, as covered in Episode 27.


Jason and Nick welcome him to the program discuss the creation of Inhumane, the evolution of his work as a participant in the modern interactive fiction community, and the prospects for another "Infobom" title in that parody vein.


Zarfhome (personal homepage and contact info)


IFDB credits


IFTF


A Change in the Weather


Praser 5


Grimtooth's Traps


Episode image from The Book of Adventure Games II

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Episode 28 - A Conversation with Andrew Plotkin

Episode 28 - A Conversation with Andrew Plotkin

The Retro Adventurers