Andrew Plotkin is a multiple XYZZY award-winning author of Interactive Fiction (aka “text adventures”). He pushes the boundaries of how to actively explore a dramatic narrative in works such as “Shade”, “Hunter, In Darkness”, “Spider and Web”, and “So Far”. He programmed the Glulx virtual machine for Interactive Fiction, and helps maintain the Interactive Fiction Archive. If you're new to Interactive Fiction and want to play it in your web browser, try his tutorial game “Dreamhold”.

__Past PenguiCon Appearances: * NiftyGuest for PenguiCon 7.0 in 2009**