11 -
August - 14 : Puple Dragon |
We had a good turn out this year
for the Mini-comp. Here’s hoping
that we can keep up the momentum. Congratulations
to AOneHitWonder for taking
first place with his entry Dinner Plans.
You can check out all the rankings for this year here
as well as downloading
the games if you happened to miss them.
Thanks to all who participated and everyone who
voted for your favorite.
|
3 - July - 13 : Purple Dragon |
Results are in for the 2013 AIF Mini-comp.
Congratulations to Stormcage1 for winning with his game Spymaster of Tyria. Check out
all the games here.
There is a
link to download them on that page if you havn't had a chance to play
them yet. Thanks to all who participated. |
21 - August - 12 : Purple Dragon |
For
several years now I (and even A. Ninny before me) have thought about
updating
the Inside Erin site. We wanted a look
that more closely matched the “new” look of the newsletter
itself. I started working on it long ago,
but like so
many game ideas I ran out of time and patience before the project could
be
completed.
Now
I have decided that it is high time to change all that.
When I took another look at my progress I
discovered that I was actually farther along than I had thought and it
only
took a couple of weeks work to get it into at least a pretty good
semblance of
order. The site now has a completely new
design, and the look is about what I pictured when I started thinking
about it
lo those many years ago.
For
the most part the content itself is unchanged from the old site. I have added a few little things and plan on a
few more little changes, and one big one. The
big one comes in the form of a comprehensive AIF
Game List. It will list every game ever
written, be
sortable by category, and include links to the game download as well as
reviews
and walkthroughs where available. If
that’s not enough it will also list information on the gender of
the main PC
and content of the game itself. I
thought about holding off the release of the website until the list was
done,
but working by myself that is liable to take another several years. So instead I have included the list of games
reviewed in the newsletter from my topical index for now, and included
a page talking about
what my plans are for the list and how some of you just might be able
to
help. Please check it out.
So
welcome to the new site. I’d like to offer a special thanks
to Joe
Slash for some design ideas and graphics work. The
old site started with some of his work and
I’m pleased that that
part will continue on into the new generation. As
always feedback is always welcomed and
appreciated. |
1 - August - 12 : Purple Dragon |
The August 2012 issue of Inside Erin is now available
in both PDF and plain text formats. The Mini-comp results are in
and the Mini-comp pages have all been updated with results.
Congratulations to all the winners. |
28 - January - 11 : Purple Dragon |
The January 2011 issue of
Inside Erin
is now available in both PDF and plain text formats. After a
six-month break, we're back with a brand new issue of Inside Erin.
Among other things we have the announcement and rules for the 2011
AIF Mini-comp so come on in and check it out.
|
3 - July - 10 : Purple Dragon |
The July 2010 issue of
Inside Erin is
now available in both PDF and plain text formats. Come and see the
results of the 2010 Mini-comp and reviews of the games.
|
5 - June - 10 : Purple Dragon |
The June 2010 issue of
Inside Erin is
now available in both PDF and plain text formats. With only a couple
days left until the deadline for the Mini-comp, it remains to be seen
whether or not we'll get enough games to go ahead with it. As soon
as we know, I'll pass the news on to all of you.
|
9 - May - 10 : Purple Dragon |
The May 2010 issue of Inside Erin is
now available in both
PDF and plain text formats. Remember
than you only have about a month left to work on your Mini-comp entries. All games are due to aifsubmissions AT gmail
DOT com by June 7th.
|
7 - April - 10 : Purple Dragon |
The April 2010 issue of Inside Erin is
now available in both
PDF and plain text formats. Check out
this issue for a discussion of recent, current, and possible rules for
community comps. We also have a top 10
list by Kronn, and Lucilla Frost gives us a sneak peak at her upcoming
game,
British Fox and the Naturalist Conspiracy.
|
5 - March - 10 : Purple Dragon |
The March 2010 issue of Inside Erin is
now available in both
PDF and plain text formats. This month
we have the winners for the 2009 Erin Awards. I'm
sorry to say that there will not be an awards
ceremony this year,
which I explain at least somewhat in the newsletter.
We are also announcing the 2010 AIF
Mini-comp. The rules have changed a bit
this year so be sure to check them out.
|
6 - February - 10 : Purple Dragon |
Voting is now open for the 2009 Erin
Awards. Voting will be done using an
online ballot on
the Erin Awards website. Although there
are between three and five nominees for each category, to speed the
voting up
even more it is only necessary for you to list out your top three
choices for
each one. Simply use the drop down menus
under each category to indicate you first, second, and third choice for
each.
I would really like to see
this be the biggest turnout for
voting yet. It will only take a few
minutes so don't put it off. Click the
link below and let your voice be heard.
Click Here
To Vote Now! |
5 - February - 10 : Purple Dragon |
The February 2010 issue of Inside Erin
is now available in
both PDF and plain text formats. The big
news this month is the release of the list of nominees for the 2009
Erin
Awards. The Erins
website has been updated to show the list of eligible games and
nominees, and
the online ballot where you can vote with a few clicks of your mouse
will be
available very soon. I'll let you all
know as soon as it is up and running.
|
6 - January - 10 : Purple Dragon |
The January 2010 issue of Inside Erin
is now available in both
PDF and plain text formats. The Erin season has come to a close, and we will
soon have
list of nominations for you all to vote on. Stay
tuned for more information.
|
18 - December - 09 : Purple Dragon |
Well, it looks like our Christmas
Micro-comp was less than a
rousing success. The only people to
submit games were A. Bomire and myself. Since
it doesn't make a lot of sense to go though
the whole voting thing
with only two games we've decided to skip that part, but you can still
download
the games here. Just consider it a
Christmas present from us to the community. We
hope you like them.
The file is titled "2009 Christmas
games" and can
be downloaded here, as well as
on the AIFArchive, and aifgames.com in the file
sections.
|
4 - December - 09 : Purple Dragon |
The December 2009 issue of Inside Erin
is now available in
both PDF and plain text formats. Remember
that the deadline for the Christmas Micro-comp is Dec 14th. Please send all games to aifsubmissions AT
gmail DOT com.
|
3 - November - 09 : Purple Dragon |
The November 2009 issue of Inside Erin
is now available in
both PDF and plain text formats. There
is a lot of new stuff in this issue. We
have a couple of new features that I hope to keep going for awhile, and
the
announcement of a Christmas micro-comp. Yep,
micro-comp. Read all the details in the
newsletter.
|
4 - October - 09 : Purple Dragon |
The October 2009 issue of Inside Erin
is now available in both
PDF and plain text formats. We’re
taking
a little break from Coder’s Corner this month, but we do have a
couple of
reviews, a new story from GoblinBoy, and ExLibris shares his opinions
on Graphics
in AIF.
|
2 - September - 09 : Purple Dragon |
The September 2009 issue of Inside
Erin is now available in
both PDF and plain text formats. For
those of you who missed the announcement, there was no August issue so
this is
the first issue in two months
|
5 - July - 09 : Purple Dragon |
The results page for the 2009 AIF
Mini-comp is now
updated. I have also uploaded the file
to the AIF Archive and AIFGames.com
|
2 - July - 09 : Purple Dragon |
The July 2009 issue of Inside Erin is now available in
both
PDF and plain text formats. The big news
this month is, of course, the announcement of the winners of the 2009
AIF
Mini-comp. We also have a few reviews of
the games themselves.
|
9 - June - 09 : Purple Dragon |
The
games for the 2009 AIF Mini-comp are now available to be downloaded.
Voting will run from now, until Tuesday, June 23rd. Votes
will be collected using an online ballot similar to the one used for
the last Erin Awards.
Download
the games here
Vote Here |
4 - June - 09 : Purple Dragon |
The June 2009 issue of Inside Erin is
now available in both
PDF and plain text formats. Remember
that the deadline for entries in the 2009 Mini-comp is this Monday, so
get
those game finished and get them in as soon as possible.
|
31 - May - 09 : Purple Dragon |
Since we are quickly approaching the
fourth Mini-comp hosted
by Inside Erin, it was getting a bit difficult to navigate through them. I added a summary page for the Mini-comps,
and links to individual years, which still list the full rules and
results for
that particular comp.
|
3 - May - 09 : Purple Dragon |
The May 2009 edition of Inside Erin is
now available in both
PDF and plain text formats. Don’t
forget
that the deadline for the 2009 Mini-comp is just over a month away, get
working
on those games.
|
4 - April - 09 : Purple Dragon |
The
April 2009 edition of
Inside Erin is now available in both PDF and plain text formats. This month we check back in with
Aphrodite, have a couple of reviews, and another installment of
Coder’s Corner.
|
7 - March - 09 : Purple
Dragon |
The
March 2009 issue of
Inside Erin is now available in both PDF and plain text formats. This
month we have to official announcement
of the 2009 AIF Mini-comp, so check it out and get writing.
|
7 - February - 09 : Purple
Dragon |
The
February 2009 edition of Inside
Erin is now available in
both PDF and plain text formats. This
month, Coder’s Corner picks up where Programming Erin left
off,
comparing the
ways that the different authoring systems work.
|
4 - January - 09 : Purple
Dragon |
The January 2009
edition of the Newsletter is now
available in both PDF and plain text formats. This month we
have
the final installment of Programming Erin so come and see how things
end up. |
30 - November - 08 :
Purple Dragon |
The December 2008
edition of Inside Erin is now
available in both PDF and plain text formats. This month we add two new
articles to the Newsletter as Nandi Bear joins us to let us know
what’s going on at TFGamesSite, and TeraS tells us
what’s
happening at HypnoPics Collective. We also have a few Christmas stories
and poems for you to enjoy as well as the penultimate installment of
Programming Erin. |
29 - October - 08 : Purple
Dragon |
The November 2008
edition of Inside Erin is now
available in both PDF and plain text formats. This month has
the
entries for the Halloween short story comp. A poll will be
set up
at the AIFArchive soon so you can vote for your favorite. A
link
to the group can be found in the “Links” section of
this
website. |
1 - October - 08 : Purple
Dragon |
The October 2008
edition of Inside Erin is now
available in both PDF and plain text formats. Check out the
announcements this month for a couple of short story comps that are
coming up. |
1 - September - 08 :
Purple Dragon |
The September 2008
edition of Inside Erin is now
available in both PDF and plain text formats. This
month’s
issue focuses on the most prolific, and certainly one of the best, AIF
authors, Christopher Cole. Pretty much everything in the
issue
deals with Mr. Cole’s work in some way or another, including
reviews of every one of his games. |
5 - August - 08 : Purple
Dragon |
The August 2008
edition of the Newsletter is now
available in PDF and plain text formats. This month we have
the
announcement and rules for the first ever threesome
competition.
We invite all authors or potential authors to participate in this
momentous event. |
2 - July - 08 : Purple
Dragon |
The July 2008
edition of the Newsletter is now
available in PDF and plain text formats. The biggest news
this
month is the announcement of the Mini-comp winners. Thanks to
all
who participated by either writing a game or voting for one. |
7 - June - 08 : Purple
Dragon |
I finally got
around to updating the Mini-comp
page to
show information about the current Mini-comp. Once voting is
done
and the winners known I will try to get the information posted sometime
before next year's comp.
If you would still like information on past Mini-comps there are links
to them on the bottom of the 2008 page. |
2 - June - 08 :
Purple
Dragon |
The June 2008
edition of the Newsletter is now
available in PDF and plain text formats. This month we have
the
announcement of the games in the 2008 mini-comp that you all are
probably already playing. In addition, we have the first
installment of our new feature, “Programming Erin.” |
3 - May - 08 :
Purple
Dragon |
The May 2008
edition of the Newsletter is now
available
in PDF and plain text formats. This month I’m happy
to
welcome ‘trix to the Newsletter staff. She plans to
be a
regular part of our upcoming “Programming Erin”
feature and
we all look forward to her contributions in this and other areas. |
26 - April - 08 : Purple
Dragon |
I have updated the
beta tester list on this site
to
accurately reflect current beta testers. If you would like to
be
added to the list, just send me an e-mail stating your preferences (if
any) and your agreement with the rules listed on the tester page. |
2 - April - 08 : Purple
Dragon |
The April 2008
edition of the Newsletter is now
available in PDF and plain text formats. This month Knight
Errant
joins the ranks of the newsletter staff. I trust that his
energy
and enthusiasm will be a great boon for us all. We also start
a
new feature this month called In
the Hot Seat
where I sit down and talk to one of the characters from a game to try
to get his or her thoughts. I hope you enjoy it and if you
have
an idea for a future interview let me know and I’ll try to
set it
up. |
1 - March - 08 : Purple
Dragon |
The March 2008
edition of the Newsletter is now
available in PDF and plain text formats. This month we have the
official announcement and rules for the 2008 AIF Mini-comp.
Ladies and gentlemen, start your imaginations. |
1 - February - 08 : Purple
Dragon
|
The February 2008
edition of the Newsletter is
now
available in PDF and plain text formats. This month we have the result
of the 2007 Erin Awards for those of you who couldn't make it to the
awards ceremony. Congratulations once again to A. Bomire for winning
the "Go West Young Man" Beat the Staff contest. |
3
- January - 08 : A. Ninny |
The January 2008
edition of the Newsletter is now
available in PDF and plain text formats.
The entries to the "Go West Young Man" Beat the Staff competition are
included. Congratulations to A. Bomire for winning the "Strip" Beat the
Staff contest. A poll will be set up shortly for voting on the January
contest. |
Past
News Items
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This was getting a
bit long so I moved past news
items to this
page. |