XYZZYnews #3


Tue, 30 May 1995 21:39:52 -0500

The third issue of XYZZYnews (May/June 1995), a magazine for fans of
interactive fiction, is now available from ftp.gmd.de. This issue
includes:

* An update to last issue's listing of bugs and bloopers in Infocom games
* An interview with Volker Blasius, who maintains the IF archive at
ftp.gmd.de
* An article about character gender in text adventure games (part 1 of 2)
* Newsbriefs: MUD news and more cool IF Web pages
* Game reviews (Klaustrophobia, The Gorreven Papers) and sneak previews
* Book reviews (for the first time!)
...plus my pledge for donating prizes to r.a.i-f's IF competition --
US$100 and a free 1 year subscription to the print version of XYZZYnews.
:)

XYZZYnews is available in both plain-text and .PDF (Adobe's Portable
Document Format) versions. The .PDF file lets lets you view on-screen and
print the actual layout of the print version of "XYZZYnews." Use the Adobe
Acrobat Reader (available for DOS/Windows, Mac, and UNIX) to view the .PDF
file; no special fonts or linked graphics are needed. The 'zine is
available at: ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/magazines/XYZZYnews/XYZZY3.TXT and
XYZZY3.PDF.

The first two issues are also in the /XYZZYnews directory if you missed them!

If you're downloading the .PDF version, please read the Index file in the
/XYZZYnews directory to avoid conversion difficulties during dowloading.)

Eileen Mullin
XYZZYnews