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8.06.03: Finally! The Beta-Test Competition has been announced! See this informative page for details.  And yes, reviews are also in the works.  I've been busy with some beta-testing of my own.

3.26.03: Posted publicly at last: an IF Comp Primer, designed mostly for first-time entrants to the Annual Interactive Fiction Competition, held around September each year.  Contains ten tips for authors about what to include or not to include.  It has been added to the Writings.

3.21.03: Don't you just love spring?  New on the site: added all the 2002 Comp games to the index of reviews, marked with (comp02).  If an updated version is ever reviewed, we'll be sure to mention that fact.  Also, SPAG #32 is out, with a review by Jess.  Read it online here.  And finally, posted the review of Words of Power to this site.  And finally finally, added a "What's New" Archive section to tidy up the front page.  Next on my list of things to do: straighten out the Links page.  Oh, and maybe write some reviews.

3.12.2003: Ah, new content on the site at last!  We have a review of Pentari:First Light [DEMO Version] for perusal. Spring Comps should keep us busy in the next few weeks!  Also, the review of Dutch Dapper IV is now posted to the page of reviews.

2.21.2003: My review of Words of Power, by Stark Springs, is posted at the IF-Review site.  Read it here.  Soon to be posted on this site.

1.31.2003: I wrote a review of Dutch Dapper IV for the IF-Review site.  Read it here.  Soon to be posted on this site.

1.17.2003: Finalized the new scoring system (the WABE system) and will probably use it until at least this year's IF Comp.  That seems to be the big test for a scoring system!  Feel free to send me comments about the system.

1.17.2003: Whew, holidays are over and done with.  Now we can get back into writing reviews.  I've actually got a lot of different things in the works, but it will take time for them to reach this website.  In the meantime, I have updated my "Beginner's Guide to IF" page with some links and corrections.  Enjoy!

12.22.2002: Okay, so just mentioning the new-to-IF page I was working on inspired me to finish it up.  So I turn it over to the world for viewing and comments.

12.22.2002: Working on a page for computer-literate people who are new to IF.  Everything slows down around the holidays, though.  Just trust me that lots of things are going on behind the scenes.

11.30.2002: Added an entertaining Review of Comp02 Reviews, by Mike Sousa (co-author of the second-place finisher, Till Death Makes a Monk-fish Out of Me!).

11.26.2002: Made some changes to the new scoring system, including a catchy acronym: FLAME.  Later: Spoke too soon.  Suffice it to say, the scoring system will be finished soon.

11.22.2002: New page with info about Tookie's Song. 

11.16.2002: Grand Re-Opening!  The SBIR website is now open and ready for business (again).  New stuff: ideas for a new scoring system; Jess reviews the Comp games.  Also added (but long): The Making of Tookie's Song, my first game.

9.28.2002: Things are going to be real quiet for a while.  The 2002 IF Comp is upon us, and there are something like 50 games to be played and reviewed in six weeks!  We'll be busy!

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