Kindle IF Screensaver
11/24/2011
I picked up a Kindle 3 (aka Kindle Keyboard) a while back and have been thoroughly impressed with it. I love the fact that I can take half a dozen or more books with me when I travel without taking up a lot of weight or space in my luggage. And although the keyboard is not great, it's good enough to play Jimmy Maher's Kindle version
of "The King of Shreds and Patches".
No doubt there was a lot of heavy duty hacking of the Glulx interpreter to get the game to run on Kindle. I don't know how much effort would be required to make this into a general-purpose interpreter capable of running any Glulx or Z-Machine game, but I sure hope that happens. The game is well worth the $4 to support IF on a new platform. Heck, if Maher puts this project on Kickstarter, I'd be happy to kick in more.
At any rate, I've created a ZIP file of IF-inspired screensaver wallpapers for Kindle users. These are scaled down black & white images of various Infocom games. If you have a Kindle and are tired of the standard images of authors, you can install a Kindle hack easily enough with a couple of downloads. Just make sure you install the right version for your particular Kindle device.
I've also posted these on PicasaWeb along with some other covers from various novels, some Mad Magazine covers and some fake O'Reilly covers. And there are plenty of other Kindle screensaver wallpapers out there to chose from.
Happy thanksgiving!
(Update: Fixed a broken link)
- Kindle hacks: Installing a Kindle Screensaver, Kindle Screensaver Hack
- King of Shreds & Patches: Game, Kindle version
- Kindle Screensavers: Infocom covers ZIP file, Tumblr
- PicasaWeb: Infocom Covers, Mad covers, Fake covers, Book covers
No offense, but if there's a facebook like button, it'll be much easier for me to share.
Posted by: elliptical reviews | 11/29/2011 at 05:12 AM
Now, for the record, let me say that it feels pretty good to stop at least one shellacking this November.
Posted by: Monclair Jackets Online | 12/02/2011 at 03:07 AM
I'm really enjoying playing all the old zcode games including the Infocom ones on Frotz for the Kindle.
Posted by: DataBasic | 12/20/2011 at 07:41 AM