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Andrew Plotkin

Andrew Plotkin (born May 15, 1970), also known as Zarf, is an American programmer and writer. He is a central figure in the modern interactive fiction (IF) community. Having both written a number of award-winning games and developed a range of new file formats, interpreters, and other utilities for the design, production, and running of IF games, Plotkin…

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Known for
System's Twilight (1994), Spider and Web (1998)
Born
(1970-05-15) May 15, 1970 (age 56) Syracuse, New York
Occupations
interactive fiction writer, programmer
Other name
Zarf

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Andrew Plotkin

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Andrew Plotkin

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related to Other work · 12
Andrew Plotkin → Being Andrew Plotkin, Being John Malkovich, Capture, Carnegie Mellon KGB, Carnegie Mellon University, Flag, He, Plotkin, Robinson Wheeler, Stuff, System's Twilight, While
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Andrew Plotkin → Andrew Plotkin's, IcehouseGames, IFWikiAndrew Plotkin, Plotkin
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Andrew Plotkin → (1970-05-15) May 15, 1970 (age 56) Syracuse, New York
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Andrew Plotkin → System's Twilight (1994), Spider and Web (1998)
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Andrew Plotkin → interactive fiction writer, programmer
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Andrew Plotkin → Zarf
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Andrew Plotkin → www.eblong.com/zarf

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Andrew PlotkinBorn(1970-05-15) May 15, 1970 (age 56) Syracuse, New York1.00infobox
Andrew PlotkinKnown forSystem's Twilight (1994), Spider and Web (1998)1.00infobox
Andrew PlotkinOccupationsinteractive fiction writer, programmer1.00infobox
Andrew PlotkinOther nameZarf1.00infobox
Andrew PlotkinWebsitewww.eblong.com/zarf1.00infobox
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a single program capable of running all interactive fiction formats.As of 2007instance ofinterpreters0.80text
Plotkin holds two XYZZY Award-related recordsinstance ofinterpreters0.80text
Andrew Plotkinrelated to External linksAndrew Plotkin's0.60section
Andrew Plotkinrelated to External linksPlotkin0.60section
Andrew Plotkinrelated to External linksIFWikiAndrew Plotkin0.60section
Andrew Plotkinrelated to External linksIcehouseGames0.60section

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