Talk:Andrew Plotkin

Editing Andrew Plotkin
I rewrote this article to try to emphasize what is encyclopedia-worthy about its subject.

Stuff I removed, some of which should perhaps be restored:


 * "is a computer programmer, game designer, and puzzle enthusiast"
 * the tabletop Icehouse game Martian Go
 * StonerView, a re-creation of SGI's ElectroPaint screen saver
 * Expanded, sometimes non-NPOV descriptions of his games
 * Mention of the XYZZY awards he's won; Wikipedia already contains a list of award winners
 * Mention of "Capture the Flag With Stuff"
 * Long descriptions of Glk, Glulx, and Blorb, unnecessary since they have their own articles

-- BenRG 14:02, 17 August 2005 (UTC)


 * Hi, BenRG, thanks for putting this here. I'm just an anonymous surfer looking for info on Plotkin's IF, and was shocked that he also invented a significant Icehouse Game, which I've encountered in a completely different context.  So, I think it is worth mentioning. -- 204.169.50.26 (talk) 21:51, 14 January 2009 (UTC)

Zarf in IMDb?
Is this Zarf or some other Andrew Plotkin? 194.111.49.254 (talk) 10:46, 8 August 2008 (UTC)
 * Pretty sure that's some other guy. DenisMoskowitz (talk) 18:47, 15 January 2009 (UTC)

Definitely another guy - Zarf's sister —Preceding unsigned comment added by 160.253.0.8 (talk) 16:55, 16 February 2009 (UTC)
 * Plotkin's IMDb is here 71.180.51.186 (talk) 23:07, 26 January 2012 (UTC)

New picture?
Somebody please consider replacing the awful PNH picture attached to this post, with this other CC-license image, http://www.flickr.com/photos/30695675@N07/4477610221/. The world will thank you. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.240.27.4 (talk) 18:20, 13 May 2010 (UTC)

Done. Thanks for the suggestion! jmac (talk) 22:16, 24 October 2010 (UTC)