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Gold Microphone: Stories and Games

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by Drew Cook

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Drew Cook (and sometimes cohost Callie Smith) discusses narrative games past and present with a humanities and craft writing emphasis.

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12/23/2021

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September 9, 2025

Emily Short's Bee

Callie and Drew discuss Emily Short's Bee, one of their favorite IF works. <a href="https://intfiction.org/t/golmac-plays-emily-shorts-bee-update-8-30/75224" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Drew's detailed text-only playthrough of Bee with commentary</a><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1N-Eq-6OVASqbQKkv4Rk8VlPPeaCeq8XE/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Episode Transcript</a>

July 10, 2024

Challenge, Mimesis and Parsercraft (Trinity continued)

A long-form reflection on game design and parser craft theory continues with a discussion of Inform Design Manual 4's version of Graham Nelson's "The Craft of the Adventure." Particular attention is paid to mimesis, challenge, and, as Drew puts it, "cool stuff." Part of a series about Infocom's Trinity. Resources discussed in this episode: <a href="https://golmac.org/narrative-surface-features-of-trinity-part-2/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Gold Machine: Emily Dickenson and the Wide Middle of Trinity</a> https://golmac.org/narrative-surface-features-of-trinity-part-2/ <a href="https://topexpert.blog/2024/07/03/lets-make-if-season-2-episode-1/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Top Expert: Let's Make IF Season 2, Episode 1</a> https://topexpert.blog/2024/07/03/lets-make-if-season-2-episode-1/ <a href="https://inform-fiction.org/manual/Chapter8.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">DM4 Version of "The Craft of the Adventure" (pdf)</a> https://inform-fiction.org/manual/Chapter8.pdf <a href="https://if50.textories.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">50 Years of Text Games</a> https://if50.textories.com/ Correction: Photopia was released in 1997.

May 18, 2024

The Craft of the Adventure: Trinity Part 2

Drew returns to discuss a foundational work of game design craft, Graham Nelson's The Craft of the Adventure (1995). This is part of a larger, multipart examination of narrative friction in Brian Moriarty's Trinity (1986). Referenced content: <a href="https://topexpert.blog/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Top Expert, Drew's blog about learning Inform 7 (and other things)</a> <a href="https://www.filfre.net/2021/09/the-neo-classical-interactive-fiction-of-1995/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Jimmy Maher's "The Neo-Classical Interactive Fiction of 1995"</a> <a href="https://www.bing.com/ck/a?!&&p=a0cbdc66325fee39JmltdHM9MTcxNTkwNDAwMCZpZ3VpZD0zOWI5ZDJiMC05ZTA4LTY4M2QtMzU2My1jMTJjOWYyZDY5NDYmaW5zaWQ9NTIwMQ&ptn=3&ver=2&hsh=3&fclid=39b9d2b0-9e08-683d-3563-c12c9f2d6946&psq=the+craft+of+the+adventure&u=a1aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaWZhcmNoaXZlLm9yZy9pZi1hcmNoaXZlL2luZm8vQ3JhZnQuT2YuQWR2ZW50dXJlLlQxLkE0LnBkZg&ntb=1" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Graham Nelson's The Craft of the Adventure (1995 version)</a> <a href="https://inform-fiction.org/manual/Chapter8.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Graham Nelson's The Craft of the Adventure (2001, Designer's Manual 4)</a> <a href="https://golmac.org/zork-ii-idolatry-and-the-legendary-awfulness-of-two-puzzles/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">Drew's "Zork II, Idolatry, and the Legendary Awfulness of Two Puzzles"</a>

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What is Gold Microphone: Stories and Games?: Drew Cook (and sometimes cohost Callie Smith) discusses narrative games past and present with a humanities and craft writing emphasis.
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