Meaning of Zarfian | Babel Free

Definitions

Of or relating to Andrew Plotkin ("Zarf", born 1970), a writer and critic of interactive fiction.

Examples

“This "game" is obviously an elaborate Rorschach test⟳ administered to the unsuspecting denizens of rec.*.if, whose reactions have⟳ no doubt⟳ been tabulated and incorporated into some sinister Zarfian plot - to what dark end⟳, I shudder to imagine⟳.”

“Zarfian surrealism without Zarfian skill or subtlety. Beats reader over the head a bit with emotions.”

“The “Zarfian Cruelty Scale” rates games as Merciful, Polite, Tough, Nasty, or Cruel. The scale describes how works of IF become⟳ unwinnable, especially how and when the interactor (here a player, and one trying to win⟳) learns this.”

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