I’ve been invited as a “Nifty Guest” to Penguicon 3.0
(think of it as a Reese’s peanut butter convention where Linux and
science fiction collide in creamy geeky goodness), which takes
place April 22nd through 24th in Novi, Michigan. Major guests include
my friend and former employer Cory Doctorow; nifty guests include the one and only Eric S. Raymond.
My major presentation will take place on Sunday, April 24th and appears in the program as:
Interactive Fiction: Down and Out in the Grue Kingdom
2:00 to 3:00 pm
Joey deVilla
Interactive Fiction, also known as “IF” and formerly known as “text
adventure games”, has a history spanning over 30 years and thrives even
in this day of console games. If you are (or hope to be) a game
developer, an author, or both, join us as we show you how to develop IF
using the Inform programming language. We’ll implement a game/interactive story based on a scene from Cory Doctorow’s “Down and
Out in the Magic Kingdom”.
If you’re in the neighbourhood, c’mon down and say “hi” —
you might even decide that you’d like to write your own interactive
fiction games!
I looked at the schedule and initially thought “Hey, good,
no major draws away from my presentation” — Cory’s reading is from
1:00 to 1:30, and the big panel with Rob “CmdrTaco” Malda, Eric S.
Raymond and Nat Torkington is at 3:00. But then I saw it:
Jay Maynard and Fame in Fandom
2:00 to 3:00 pm
Jay Maynard
The Tron Guy! You saw him on the set of Jimmy Kimmel Live. Let him
talk about being famous and sought after! How can you become big man in
fandom? Come find out.
In the nerd world, that’s like having your band play the same night as Radiohead.
Jay Maynard, the Tron Guy. Check out his site at www.tronguy.net.
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WTF? Tron Guy? Of course, I'm not surprised that he does computer consulting. I'm just wondering what to do when my computer digitizes me into little pixels and shoots me into a computer guy.
If your travels take you to the grand city of Windsor and you need to connect, for free, make sure you stop by the Flying Monkey Cafe. Think of it as the south western Ontario version of the Tequila Bookworm. If I see you there, as I am often there, crepes are on me.
Cheers,
steve
What's a Radiohead?
...Jay