Malinche Entertainment

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Malinche Entertainment
Type Private
Founded 2002
Headquarters Matawan, New Jersey, USA
Key people Howard Sherman, founder
Industry Computer and video games
Products Interactive fiction including Pentari: First Light and The First Mile
Website http://www.malinche.net/

Malinche Entertainment is an interactive fiction development and publishing business founded by Howard Sherman. The company was founded in 2002.[1] Malinche Entertainment claims to be working in the tradition of early interactive fiction developer Infocom. Sherman claims to have sold 150,000 copies of his games as of May 2006.[2] He claims the business is profitable.[2]

Malinche Entertainment's published games include Pentari: First Light (March 2003,[2] fantasy), Greystone (2003, murder mystery set in an asylum), Endgame (2004, suspense), The First Mile (2005, horror), and Pentari: The Apprentice (2007, fantasy). All of Malinche Entertainment's games are written by Sherman. They are written using Inform targeting the virtual Z-machine. Versions of some games are also available for iPods,[3] using a hypertext interface.

Sherman previously worked at RMI.net, then Excalibur Internet Corp.. He left Excalibur in 2003 to work for his own consulting firm and Malinche.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Sherman, Howard. Did Graphics Kill the Adventure Genre? (English). Retrieved on 2006-12-30.
  2. ^ a b c d Willis, David. "You Make the Call", Asbury Park Press, Asbury Park Press, 2006-06-20. (English)  (Available via Google's cache at [1]. Available for online purchase at [2]
  3. ^ Ogles, Jacob (2005-07-06). Playing on Your IPod: Text Games (English). Wired News. Retrieved on 2006-12-30.

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