Adam Hammond


Writing


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My first non-academic book, The Far Shore: Indie Games, Superbrothers, and the Making of Jett, was published by Coach House Books in 2021. It follows the eight-year-long development of a very ambitious videogame by three friends (and, later, a huge team). I put all my thinking about DIY, punk, zines, modernist little magazines, photocopiers, etc., into this book. Although neither the game nor the book made an enormous splash when they came out, the game (and the story of its development) is very interesting, and I'm proud of this book.

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I recently finished a novel.

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I am currently working on a book about the experience of running, with my friend Alex Hutchinson.

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My writing has appeared in The Walrus, The Globe and Mail, and the Literary Review of Canada. For many years, I published travel journalism—especially about cruises—in The Globe and Mail. You can find links to some of these articles on my old website.

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I am very fond of the DIY videogame/interactive fiction program Twine. I made a popular resource for beginners, A Total Beginner's Guide to Twine. I also made some sample Twine games that I think are funny, including Boston and Entering the Chicken Coop (an ode to Gone Home). 

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