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       aNONradio show
       September 07th, 2018
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       Yesterday cat posted on Mastodon that someone should jump on
       openVOIP and monologue. That sounded like a great idea and
       I wasn't busy, so I decided I'd go for it. My first thought was
       that I'd read some Virgil or maybe Bronte. I walked into my dining
       room which has the main collection of our books and looked over my
       shelves for something good. Boy Scout Handbook... Nimzowitsch...
       Harry Potter in Latin... ahh, here we are:
       
       ZORK #4: Conquest at Quendor
       
       Is there a more perfect book for the SDF crew than a choose your
       own adventure ZORK? I snapped a quick picture of the cover and
       posted it to mastodon, then walked upstairs to my office. A note
       on IRC or two and I was dialing in to the openVOIP line. At first
       there was some sort of text adventure being played out with
       Daniel's robot voice narrating it. That wrapped up and I got
       started.
       
       It was awkward, silly, and entirely too much fun. Instead of
       picking the choices in the book myself I tossed them out to the
       crowd to chime in. The engagement from people in com, mastodon,
       and IRC made the experience for me. I was riding a high afterwards
       and talked myself into doing it again. This time, though, I'll do
       it right.
       
       The anonradio mailing list folks agreed that the show was worthy
       of a time slot, so now on Thursday nights/Friday mornings at 0100
       UTC, or 9PM EST, I'll be continuing our adventures. This first
       "real" show I'll finish up the ZORK story so I don't leave
       everyone hanging, and then we'll start a new adventure. I don't
       know that I'll make a point of finishing the adventures or not. If
       time runs out I may just start a new one the next week instead of
       trying to pick up again. On the one hand, it's nice to have some
       completion, but these are books designed to be tried again and
       again. Also, the authors aren't getting paid for this beyond me
       buying a book or two, so I like the idea of enticing people with
       the show so that they might go out and pick up a copy if they
       enjoy it. That makes the whole thing seem much more legit, right?
       
       To support the new show I've added a new section to my gopher
       hole. You can find it on the root gophermap and here: 
 (DIR) Choose Your Own Adventure (anonradio)
       
       For those who want to check it out, details about the first real
       episode can be found here:
 (TXT) Episode 001 (2018-09-14)
       
       Please join me next week for the first show!