User:Thijshijsijsjss/Gossamery/Jason Scott Talks His Way Out Of It
A podcast hosted by archivist, filmmaker and performer Jason Scott (wikipedia), known to me as the creator of the the interactive fiction documentary Get Lamp (youtube, Internet Archive). In the words of the intro to Jason Scott Talks His Way Out Of It, this is "a podcast about technology, history, and getting [himself] out of debt".
The Infocom Source Code Episode
- Listen to it here
- Episode published on 2019-04-19
- Listened to on 2024-10-02
It is the start of the second year at XPUB, and suddenly I find myself knees deep into a mysterious so-called relic of the past: ZIL, the ZORK Implementation Language. A 'so-called relic', because the deeper I dig, the more it seems like ZIL is very much an active endeavor. A passionate (albeit small) community is breathing old and new life into the projects surrounding this 'relic'. One such passionate enthusiast is archivist Jason Scott. In this episode of his podcast, he tells the story of how he got his hands on the Infocom sourc code files, and why he decided to release them. I find it to be an uplifting story: one of community, about sharing without alterior motives, and also about how videogames might actually make an enduring difference in the world.