Another new Eamon

I had hoped that it wouldn't be a long time before the next Eamon and I was right. An Eamon Deluxe adventure which was written last summer has just been officially released. The adventure "The Journey Across the Muerte Sea" by John MacArthur is available for download at http://www.eamonag.org/pages/eamondx.htm.

Briefly, you are sent on a quest to find the ingredients for a "Control Potion" so that it can be slipped to a ruthless and powerful dictator before he starts a global war. A full review can be found here.

Until next time...

Eamon news

Well, after months of nothing, there is finally some news in the Eamon world. The biggest news is that Eamon #250. The Tomb of Razaak by David Owens has been released and has just been posted to the website.

I also took the chance to fix some grammatical mistakes and update some of the navigation controls on the reviews page. Let me know what you think!

Hopefully there won't be such a long delay until the next adventure!

Long time no post...

Well, there hasn't been much going on in the Eamon world. I guess that's not really new. I did do something worthwhile however. I uploaded Eamons 243-249 to the interactive fiction archive at www.ifarchive.org. If you're interested in interactive fiction in any way, I highly encourage you to check it out.

Until next time...
Matthew

Eamon and Interactive Fiction

I wrote a brief article on Eamon and its relationship to interactive fiction
at http://www.eamonag.org/pages/eamon_IF.htm. I'm curious to see what people
think? Do you agree/disagree? Did I miss something?

Apple vs. Microsoft - Could Apple have won?

Check out this article: The Art of the Parlay, Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying About Platform Licensing and Market Share

New Eamon Adventure list

I recently switched from Microsoft Internet Explorer to Mozilla Firefox. I noticed that the old list for the Eamon page, a 21k listing, wasn't working properly. I checked it on several web browsers and found that it only worked on Internet Explorer and Opera browsers. As such, I reprogramed the list so it uses tables now. It's a larger page, at 149k, but the tables make sure that everything in the list stays where it should.

You can see the new list at Eamon Adventure List.

More fun with letters...

Ok, in response to the letter I posted last time, I had the following comments in the guestbook:

Date: Sunday June 20, 2004 - 03:01PM
Name: Phil
Location: South Carolina
Comments: Hmm, if fans of the singer Eamon keep mailing you... write back with something to the effect of "Throw away my CD and forget about me. I don't want an illiterate [insert your favorite curse word here] as a fan anyway!"

I'd do it. But then again, I'm evil.

Well, I thought about doing something like that, but I decided to not be mean. I thought, hey, maybe I can turn this guy's life around. Here was my response to him.

From: Eamon [mailto:eamon-guild@earthlink.net]
Sent: Friday, June 25, 2004 5:01 PM
To: 'fubupimp04@hotmail.com'
Subject: RE: Eamon

Hi,
I'm glad you enjoy the music. However, your email was quite difficult to read. You really should learn how to write coherently and spell correctly. You'll find it much more useful in your life then listening to a song over and over...
Peace,
Eamon

I thought that was the end of it. I mean, the guy is clueless enough that he can't figure out the difference between Eamon the game and Eamon his beloved singer. Well, he responded today...

From: William Martynewicz [mailto:fubupimp04@hotmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 3:57 AM
To: eamon-guild@earthlink.net
Subject: RE: Eamon

hi, Its William Martynewicz i gave you a email that you said you found it difficult to read iam sorry if you dident understan it. just wonna know whats up. i dident think you would write back to me. so i really wonna thank u for reading your fans emails and shit. Must people wouldent give a shit.
Peace

His stupidity is beyond belief... I'm waiting for him to pass on the email address to all his buddies...