The blog of author Dennis Cooper

Author: DC (Page 25 of 1085)

“I’m as hygienic as a guy who lives in a tent with two changes of clothes can be and if that offends you, womp womp.”

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NoahWhiteAss, 19
Lausanne

I am fucking good looking.

Guestbook of NoahWhiteAss

NoahWhiteAss (Owner) – Jan 13, 2025
My biggest fantasy, which I wouldn’t even charge you for, is to inhale poppers until I can’t think at all anymore and then be forced to listen to a hypnosis to become a cigarette smoker. But you could switch the hypnosis to being forced to smoke marijuana, that sounds also very hot!

PersonalButtTrainer – Jan 12, 2025
I am a Personal Trainer with a 360-degree education on the musculoskeletal structure of the body. I am an admirer of the young body in general, but I specialize in the lower part and especially in the glutes. I organize training sessions at my home, live 1 to 1, personalized and formulated only for the young body in question. For Noah I created a training protocol exclusively for his glutes, entitled “I’LL TURN YOUR COLON INTO A LITERAL FLESHLIGHT!”

mancouple06 – Jan 9, 2025
Don’t worry about what a bitter person writes! You’re a gorgeous, sexy context and quality pays off.

Matterhorn – Jan 9, 2025
I’ve been hiring escorts three nights a week for six years, and he’s the first one where even after fucking his brains out I felt I had only cracked the surface and rehired him two nights later. I shoved a big dildo up his ass then took the dildo out and licked it clean then stuffed my huge cock into his ass, filled him up with my seed then fisted it into his DNA. Turns out I was wrong. He’s as single use as the rest of them.

Body Type Athletic
Ethnicity Caucasian
Body Hair Shaved
Smoker Yes
Languages English, German
Position Versatile
Dick L – Uncut
Dirty WS only
Fisting Active/Passive
S&M Soft
Kissing Yes
PNP Yes
Safe Sex Sometimes
Hourly Rate 200CHF
Overnight Rate On request

 

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Pharmacy, 18
Wrocław

I am weak, not very smart, feel worthless and I have no confidence.

Guestbook of Pharmacy

EyeWideShut – Jan 11, 2025
My impression was that “sex trafficked victim” is his schtick.

unsurewhatiwant – Jan 10, 2025
Not doing this of his own volition.

joefuller86 – Jan 7, 2025
On the one hand he’s so tense it’s like he has premature rigor mortis. On the other hand it was the first time my cock has been hard in two years.

GOTMILKXL – Jan 3, 2025
His buttcrack is too long and shallow.

RogueOperative – Jan 1, 2025
He’s very nervous but if you start by jacking off his little throbbing dick it turns his thoughts to mush.

Body Type Slim
Ethnicity Caucasian
Body Hair Little
Smoker No
Languages Polish
Position Bottom only
Dick A – Uncut
Dirty Yes
Fisting Ask
S&M Soft
Kissing Yes
PNP Yes
Safe Sex Sometimes
Hourly Rate 1€
Overnight Rate On request

 

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EAT_IT_BRUSSELS, 21
Brussels

I’m a fan of my big cock and I like guys that suck it.

Guestbook of EAT_IT_BRUSSELS

EAT_IT_BRUSSELS (Owner) – Jan 13, 2025
As of January 12 I am covered wth tattoos and have a green mohawk.

ExcitedByU – Jan 4, 2025
The more I’ve tasted this twink’s sperm, the more envious I’ve become that his sperm has such a vivid and memorable taste, unlike my own…. mine has a very muted taste.

FGGT – Dec 27, 2024
There’s nothing quite like the feeling of his cock inside you, especially when he filled me with his essence—it was the fulfillment and meaning I crave in my life.

whoismrxx – Dec 23, 2024
i don’t know what to put here but i will mention that if you are into well hung dudes above 6 foot and have a lot of disposable income then you will yearn for him forever

Body Type Athletic
Ethnicity Latin
Body Hair Little
Smoker Socially
Languages French, English
Position Top only
Dick XXL – Uncut
Dirty WS only
Fisting No
S&M No
Kissing No
PNP Ask
Safe Sex Sometimes
Hourly Rate 50€
Overnight Rate 150€

 

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Dillon, 18
Lisbon

18 years old, want money
mouth or butt

Guestbook of Dillon

Dillon (Owner) – Jan 10, 2025
now live somewhere in the swiss mountains

Dillon (Owner) – Jan 5, 2025
accepted proposal

Dillon (Owner) – Jan 2, 2025
correction marriage proposal

Dillon (Owner) – Jan 2, 2025
considering sugarboy proposal

Body Type Slim
Ethnicity Latin
Body Hair Little
Smoker Socially
Languages Spanish English
Position Prefer not to say
Dick M – Uncut
Dirty No
Fisting No
S&M No
Kissing Consent
PNP Weed, alcohol
Safe Sex Usually
Hourly Rate On request
Overnight Rate On request

 

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tobywithoutb, 21
Berlin

My bf prepared my slams for today a weekend full of t, g and k. Starting with another k hole day 😈 Renting me starting at noon. Offering to anyone, inside, outside, group, just put it in the butt. Moneyed up msg us.

Guestbook of tobywithoutb

03.12.24 – Jan 4, 2025
What the fuck dude. Slammed him with a point 9 in each arm then stuck my fucking hand inside of him. What a legend.

RoughRufus – Jan 4, 2025
If you want to get shit done, you need his smoking hot leaking pummelled blown out hole.

tobywithoutb (Owner) – Jan 4, 2025
Spun af rn 6 slams deep with 9 loads inside.😈 Going to pass out on purpose now. Need ☣️ dick bad.

meatgrinder69 – Jan 4, 2025
I have fucked a lot of asses, but nothing like this. Damn! If I could I would fuck him every day. But be aware, other asses wont satisfy you anymore.

Body Type Slim
Ethnicity Caucasian
Body Hair Shaved
Smoker Yes
Languages Danish, German, English
Position Bottom only
Dick S – Uncut
Dirty Yes
Fisting Passive
S&M Yes
Kissing Yes
PNP Yes
Safe Sex Never
Hourly Rate 150€
Overnight Rate 500€

 

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fireairearthwater, 19
Plovdiv

Psychologically broken and in need of love and sex. Lots of sex.
I just want to find one person for everything, love, sex, place to live, income, not just one time, I want consistency.
I can do the house boy bit. Easy. Been doing it since I was single digits. I was from a broken home.
I can do relationships. I’ve done 2, and that’s all. Both neglected me emotionally.
If you want to know what kind of guys I’m most attracted to they’re called “mutra” or “thug” in English.

Guestbook of fireairearthwater

fireairearthwater (Owner) – Jan 11, 2025
I’m so sexy but I can’t find a boyfriend so sad 😭.

Gardenofpositivity – Jan 8, 2025
Phew! His smooth, polished demeanor ensures every encounter is exquisite, whether you’re refilling his champagne glass or snuffling like a pig in his girly trench and my friends there is more than enough to do there!

fireairearthwater (Owner) – Jan 3, 2025
This might be a stupid question but are there any rich guys on this site who are sexy?!

curtains – Dec 31, 2024
First I buttered him up with the requested mushy talk and 🪄✨ he was completely my boy with kisses like a surfacing deep sea diver and then a blow job like a vacuum cleaner with tears rolling down his face, it was so hot. He has a tiny ass like two adjacent marshmallows and it smells like it’s fresh out of the washing machine and gave me everything an ass could give in fifteen minutes without a single hair 💦💦💦. I didn’t love love this boy exactly, but I loved that he was very cheap🤑.

priestlooking – Dec 29, 2024
You are a unique, magnificent young being of light full of potential, with an extraordinary quality that inspires lust in everyone around you. Your being radiates a special energy that is visible in both your preternatural shagability and your life story. You are like a precious jewel whose true beauty is only recognised by those who penetrate you deeply enough to see your uniqueness.

Your life is like a fascinating book with endless chapters, telling the highs and lows of an extraordinary individual. But you are at a turning point: unless you dare to cease your dream of perfect love, you will remain in the same chapter over and over again, caught in a loop of the familiar. But you are destined to continue writing this book – with realistic decisions, ongoing promiscuity and a life that does justice to your physical greatness. If you can lower your ambitions and accept who you are, every step forward will open a new chapter, and every encounter will fill the pages of your story with deep, meaningful words.

Body Type Slim
Ethnicity Mixed
Body Hair Little
Smoker Yes
Languages Bulgarian, English
Position More bottom
Dick M – Cut
Dirty WS only
Fisting Ask
S&M Soft
Kissing Yes
PNP Yes
Safe Sex Ask
Hourly Rate On request
Overnight Rate On request

 

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wanderingProstitute, 19
Herford

hi, I’m the wandering prostitute! I travel from country to country, town to town, setting up a tent, scoring cash, putting out, packing up my tent, moving on.

I’m in Herford, Germany for a few days. You can meet me at my campsite, in your car, in parking garages, outdoors, anywhere you want!

I come to the meeting point flushed. My service includes blowing until the end, swallowing and getting fucked and cumming inside my ass.

I am very left, and care deeply about our Mother Earth.

Guestbook of wanderingProstitute

wanderingProstitute (Owner) – Jan 6, 2025
I have a very high sex drive and I would need to find a FWB with the same energy as I have regarding sexual drive and mine is an insatiable craving.

xxFuckGodxx – Jan 6, 2025
Just wondering what it would take for you to find the right guy and settle down with him.

wanderingProstitute (Owner) – Jan 3, 2025
England, Ireland, Scotland, France, Netherlands, Germany, Malta, Tenerife, Spain, Turkey, Azerbaijan, India, Mexico, USA, Canada.

SpectreAgent – Jan 3, 2025
How many countries have you been fucked in?

wanderingProstitute (Owner) – Jan 2, 2025
I’m as hygienic as a guy who lives in a tent with two changes of clothes can be and if that offends you, womp womp.

activefree – Jan 2, 2025
A little confused and dirty, but young and slim! If you want to quickly and easily squirt a load into a young prostitute, he is the right place!

Body Type Slim
Ethnicity Caucasian
Body Hair Some
Smoker No
Languages German, French, English, Spanish
Position More bottom
Dick L – Uncut
Dirty WS only
Fisting Ask
S&M Soft
Kissing Yes
PNP Ask
Safe Sex Sometimes
Hourly Rate 75€
Overnight Rate 500€

 

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Tony-the-Unicorn, 18
Sofia

I am a car salesman. I married to cover my true desires because here being gay is difficult to accept. I am in a very very complicated situation financially so I have no other choice but to offer myself here.

I enjoy having men tell me what he’d do if I shrank down to the helpless size of an action figure – small enough to grab me up and put me in their pockets. I especially love having men tell me this while they lick my ass.

Guestbook of Tony-the-Unicorn

Tony-the-Unicorn (Owner) – Jan 10, 2025
I am a boring person. I’m feel so lonely. I want sex.

Amigo2000 – Jan 7, 2025
He’s from Cuba, He lives in Cuba, He’s actually located at Cuba right now, in this moment on. He’s not in the location set on his profile, he’s not in the country which his profile is shown up on this site, he’s actually in Cuba. He uses a VPN application that moves out his real location and changes it from Cuba to others countries on the world. His real location is Cuba. Is it worth traveling to Cuba to lick his ass? No, it is not.

victorjoseph – Jan 7, 2025
Am looking for someone available to be shrunk to the size of an action figure and rimmed in the mornings from 9am – 2pm and in the evenings from 5pm – 10pm. Payment will be made daily and overtime is required. Please send me a message if you are interested.

Body Type Athletic
Ethnicity Latin
Body Hair Shaved
Smoker No
Languages Spanish, English
Position Prefer not to say
Dick L – Uncut
Dirty No
Fisting No
S&M No
Kissing No
PNP No
Safe Sex Always
Hourly Rate On request
Overnight Rate On request

 

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JeuneSalope, 18
Nijmegen

looking for old sluts who want to give me a blow job or eat my ass or other things
i don’t give blow jobs or anything, not into cocks
don’t ask to eat my shit, it’s flattering but that’s gross
dont be stingy

Guestbook of JeuneSalope

CreativeUsername – Jan 12, 2025
Im his therapist and he evil and selfish and a liar avoid at all costs he will let u down.

augustsonos – Jan 8, 2025
I just come back from him, I think this explains it best. He’s such an ideal combination of narcissistic and cute that by the time I left I thought of his lower body as a desert island that I’d been stranded on for years.

felkelekesmegorulok – Jan 6, 2025
Let me give you all my babys I want to always release my babys in you I have this dream you’re here that’s why I am here to bring us together.

Body Type Slim
Ethnicity Mixed
Body Hair Shaved
Smoker Socially
Languages Dutch, Spanish, English
Position Ask
Dick L – Uncut
Dirty No
Fisting No
S&M No
Kissing Consent
PNP Weed
Safe Sex Always
Hourly Rate 250€
Overnight Rate 1750€

 

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charliesangel, 18
Rome

Hello there. sorry I’m not into sex things for now. I’m seeking for real relationship❤️.

I’m a person who loves and feel about the life all the time cuz I’m feel somehow very greatful.

I’m a really crazy person.

I love pizza the most.

Yeah that’s all from me haha bye.
(I’m going to delete this account, as soon I’ll get my daddy ❤️)

I’m really excited.

Guestbook of charliesangel

johnnie – Jan 3, 2025
hi i’m johnnie, how are you doing, do you like white men with afro hair, I have afro hair and i love boys to watch me pull my hair with both hands while they jerk off, it makes me cum.

charliesangel (Owner) – Jan 1, 2025
Again I am NOT into arrogant, selfish gay assholes that think they are “better” than the people they give money to. You people are fucking predators. That shit is literal insanity and you people need therapy and belong in fucking prison, not preying upon vulnerable me.

Dimitry – Jan 1, 2025
We went on a hike, smoked some weed, had a few drinks, hung out naked, and then he sucked my cock. He is very very good at sucking cock. He loves sucking cock. He needs to suck more cock.

charliesangel (Owner) – Dec 26, 2024
I’m not into “gay culture”. No gay bars, no drag queens, no weird shit and I am NOT attracted to men who partake in it, have multiple sex partners, or anything remotely like that.

noneofyou – Dec 26, 2024
At first he was unfriendly, arrogant, snappy and unwilling: a no-go. As a sex worker, however, provided that you frame the sex as a relationship audition, he does his best, but his body couldn’t keep up with my insatiable curiosity about it. I wish him the best of luck.

charliesangel (Owner) – Dec 20, 2024
I hate you! I know some criminal people. I’m going to ask them to kill you!

ICKwithD – Dec 20, 2024
Is it worth it to go on two platonic dates with him before you get his ass then block him and deal with the guilt? Yes.

charliesangel (Owner) – Dec 17, 2024
If you are going to write please avoid saying what my photos make you want to buy 😂😂😂 That sounds to me like my body is a store and in my opinion it is not.

Body Type Slim
Ethnicity Mediterranean
Body Hair Shaved
Smoker No
Languages Italian, English
Position Prefer not to say
Dick L – Uncut
Dirty No
Fisting No
S&M No
Kissing Yes
PNP Ask
Safe Sex Sometimes
Hourly Rate 70€
Overnight Rate 300€

 

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Dirtydrunk, 20
Montreal

Horny drunk lad walking home looking to suck a sexy cock before going home to her.

Don’t mind gagging and puking if you are fine with it.

Guestbook of Dirtydrunk

fckyourtighthole – Jan 5, 2025
May you stay affordable forever.

MistaBJackson – Jan 4, 2025
Trynna round me up some submissive hoe to fuck on cos my BF won’t give up his boy pussy. Also a freaky top to help me rape my bitch BF out cos he not feeling it. You feeling it?

letMeTopYou – Jan 4, 2025
I didn’t think it was possible to look like him and put out and only charge 50 an hour and still be lousy in bed but this boy managed it.

Body Type Average
Ethnicity Caucasian
Body Hair Little
Smoker Yes
Languages English
Position Versatile
Dick M – Uncut
Dirty WS only
Fisting No
S&M Soft
Kissing Consent
PNP Yes
Safe Sex Sometimes
Hourly Rate On request
Overnight Rate On request

 

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FreshBrownMeat, 18
Caracas

I’m an 18-year-old from Caracas on an unapologetic journey to become the ultimate himbo. My goal is simple: to sexualize and objectify every part of my existence. I want to be the kind of boy that men can’t take their eyes off.

I’m working to transform myself in every way possible—physically, sexually, and mentally—into the perfect sexual object:

– Working out hard and eating low-cal, high-protein food to carve out the ultimate lean, muscled, toned body.
– Stretching and building flexibility so I can pose however men want or be bent into the perfect position for sex.
– Wearing clothes at home and in public that tease and reveal, gradually making my entire presence radiate sexual magnetism—even in everyday settings.

But it doesn’t stop there. I want to become the ultimate sexual partner, a “Swiss Army knife” built for pleasure.

I’m looking for men who share my excitement for this kind of transformation—men who find it thrilling to see a boy like me become the most sexualized, objectified version of himself, whether you want a poke, want to cheer me on, or want to transfer me abroad for permanent employment—that’s even hotter.

Guestbook of FreshBrownMeat

WhatIf93 – Jan 5, 2025
I hate how hot you are and if this was the appropriate time period I would have you burned at the stake!

Meeresperlen – Jan 5, 2025
MY FATHER AND ME WANT A 3SOME WITH YOU!!! HE´LLPAY EVERYTHING FOR OVERNIGHT!!!!!! HE KNOWS EVERYTING.TALK TO HIM!!! HE´LL PAY FOR EVERYTGING !!!!

someone2cuddle – Jan 5, 2025
I once paid him $150 to suck his big toe and lick his leg.

nnn111 – Jan 5, 2025
You’re in desperate need of a sugardaddy!! One who will change your life FOREVER!! You’re ready to serve and be obedient!! You want to make me happy and satisfied!! I want to be take advantage of you severely!! THE ONLY THING YOU’RE GOOD FOR IS TO SERVE ME! UNDER THAT PERFECT BOD YOU’RE A COMPLETE LOSER WHO NEEDS TO BE EXPLOITED!!! PLEASE LET ME TAKE OVER YOUR LIFE KID!

Body Type Athletic
Ethnicity Latin
Body Hair Shaved
Smoker No
Languages Spanish, Portuguese, English
Position Versatile
Dick L – Uncut
Dirty Yes
Fisting Active/Passive
S&M Yes
Kissing Yes
PNP Yes
Safe Sex Never
Hourly Rate On request
Overnight Rate On request

 

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StealClothes, 19
Cincinatti

Steal my clothes and make me leave/drive home naked. Only asking cost of replacement. Like the adrenaline.

Can drive but not very far, cars registration is expired.

Guestbook of StealClothes

StealClothes (Owner) – Jan 12, 2025
I’m still figuring out what I’m like when I’m naked.

DetectiveStephan – Jan 12, 2025
This kid would not shut up! He talked incessantly. I ended up stealing his clothes after about 15 minutes to get some peace and quiet (or that was one of the reasons).

StealClothes (Owner) – Jan 8, 2025
You’re lying about me sucking your cock, but thank you.

ofothersuns – Jan 8, 2025
StealClothes is the drummer of a very good punk band called Pirouette. I can’t believe I saw him naked. And that he sucked my cock! It was very exciting. And I got to keep his clothes. I have his underwear framed and hanging on my bedroom wall. I also have the framed underwear of a guy I used to date who became the singer of another band. I won’t say their name but they had a big hit. My bedroom is becoming like Hard Rock Cafe!

StealClothes (Owner) – Jan 8, 2025
But please be over 50 because otherwise I’d be worried that I’m closeted.

Body Type Slim
Ethnicity Mixed
Body Hair Little
Smoker Socially
Languages English
Position Prefer not to say
Dick L – Cut
Dirty No
Fisting No
S&M No
Kissing No
PNP No
Safe Sex Always
Hourly Rate On request
Overnight Rate On request

 

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GodsFavorite, 20
Warsaw

If you choose me, a new dimension of your fantasy life will open up. I know that you have never seen such a pretty gay boy as me in your life.

BUT IF IT AIN’T BOUT FUNDS I DON’T WANT NONE OF YOU!!

Guestbook of GodsFavorite

GodsFavorite (Owner) – Jan 7, 2025
My dream is to live in Paris.

infiniteLoop – Jan 6, 2025
A few suggestions are fucking him bent over a counter, doggy, prisoner, holding his arms behind his back, prone bone, ankles/legs on your shoulders/by his head, missionary, against a wall, ass up face down, etc. Either before or after the fuck make him give you a BJ, face fuck and facial.

mitch99 – Jan 2, 2025
Slapping a piece of duct tape over those tiny, juicy, braying lips is something I will never forget.

avant_ – Dec 30, 2024
If you don’t want to fuck a boy who acts like he’s auditioning to play Tinkerbell in a drag queen production of Peter Pan don’t offer him a cocktail.

GodsFavorite (Owner) – Dec 27, 2024
I’m not a fucking trans boy, can’t believe I have to specify that😭 chasers and ‘straight’ men, i am chasing all of you into oncoming traffic.

Body Type Slim
Ethnicity Latin
Body Hair Shaved
Smoker Yes
Languages Spanish, Polish, English
Position Bottom only
Dick Prefer not to say
Dirty WS only
Fisting Passive
S&M Yes
Kissing Consent
PNP Yes
Safe Sex Never
Hourly Rate On request
Overnight Rate On request

 

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godisgay, 20
Melbourne

I only rent myself to those ready to confront the raw truth of who they are — not just the fantasies they hide behind. If you’re carrying unresolved trauma or hiring escorts as a distraction from your own damage, don’t waste my time. Prior to requesting my services, please ensure that you fully comprehend its significance and the profound implications it entails, as it represents the most extreme form of personal and physical interaction, far beyond a mere tit-for-tat.

Guestbook of godisgay

Needhugs – Jan 12, 2025
🌚🔥

godisgay (Owner) – Jan 12, 2025
Can any of my more fashionable escort friends recommend a moderately priced hair gel?

cyclistsucker – Jan 6, 2025
Do you ride a bicycle? Nothing tastes better than a bicyclist’s ass. I have a serious kink for a twink riding a bicycle, any shape or size under 21 years old. I like sweaty boys riding their bikes with sweaty butts. I’ll pay anything to taste them. Discretion assured. Message me.

Body Type Slim
Ethnicity Caucasian
Body Hair Shaved
Smoker Yes
Languages English
Position Versatile
Dick L – Cut
Dirty Yes
Fisting Active/Passive
S&M Yes
Kissing Yes
PNP Yes
Safe Sex Never
Hourly Rate 500$
Overnight Rate 10000$

 

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SweetNastyGush, 19
Paris

I am Pierre, 18 years old, a bottom twink boy, who is looking for anything and everything.
We can have one hour sex, many hours, regularly, whenever you want to or even forever.
With forever I mean that I can become your own boy, in exchange for money. I can go and live with you, I can be your boyfriend, trophy, slave, have sex from morning til dawn for years, … just like a real couple.

What I do: spit, kissing, slapping my ass, spanking me, whipping my ass from light to extreme, not kidding, you can whip me until my ass is torn and bleeds, I can sit on your face, fart on you, my ass is my calling card, or my face is my calling card but my ass is the address on my calling card. Besides this, we can also have normal sex … I don’t judge.

So to sum it up, I am open for one hour sex, multi-hours, regular, or being someone’s boy forever.

Guestbook of SweetNastyGush

SweetNastyGush (Owner) – Jan 10, 2025
First, turns out I’m ticklish. Second, turns out that I go crazy and shoot cum like a flamethrower when tickled. And third, um … I crave it? Who knew that you could actually get turned on from this hell? 😂 I’d be interested to find out how much I can take before my brain just turns into jello 😅😂

SweetNastyGush (Owner) – Jan 7, 2025
If you’re in some far flung place I sell my underwear on eBay.

Body Type Athletic
Ethnicity Latin
Body Hair Little
Smoker Yes
Languages English, Spanish
Position Versatile
Dick M – Uncut
Dirty No answer
Fisting No answer
S&M No answer
Kissing Yes
PNP Yes
Safe Sex Sometimes
Hourly Rate On request
Overnight Rate On request

 

 

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p.s. Hey. ** _Black_Acrylic, Ah, lucky you. I’m going to look up Clive Sinclair. He’s a new name to me. Thanks! ** Dominik, Hi!!! I guess those old games must be gettable in some form somewhere online? I haven’t checked myself. Thanks about the producer. We still have a lot of problems to solve, but at least the film has proactive parents now. Better than a warm trombone? Impossible! Prior to requesting love’s services, please ensure that you fully comprehend its significance and the profound implications it entails, as it represents the most extreme form of personal and physical interaction, far beyond a mere tit-for-tat, G. ** Misanthrope, I started with further along versions of these kinds of games, clunky but not as wordy. Awesome, ‘IYiP’ is so beautiful, no? ** James, Congratulations on being too interesting and original for Oxford! ‘Buddy Simulator 1984’: noted, thanks! Thank god for industrious experimental fiction loving super nerds. It doesn’t sound like you’ll need to cut off your family. You’ll just find friends who form an alternate, share-all family and you’ll have the old one too to count on for presumably undying support. ‘Lear’ is Shakespeare’s high point if you ask me. p.s. The thing on the cover of ‘Guide’ is a sigil. ** jay, Hi. ‘Myst’ was the first game I ever played, and it heavily influenced my taste in games forever. I really love that era of games when it was a new form, and it wasn’t dependent on competing with blockbuster films and TV shows for big bucks, and actual artists made them and released them through small indie venues. Which still happens, as you said, but there was a more extreme kind of experimentation going on in a general way back then. When I think about some of these early PC games, it blows my mind that they were released at all much less were the games that all the smart people were playing. Interesting, okay, about ‘Babygirl’s’ point of interest, but I still think I can just stay away and imagine it maybe. Cool about being in that film and hopefully too about the haircut’s outcome. When will it be shot? Yeah, that’s exciting. Maybe whoever will let you improvise some edgier talk? ** Steeqhen, Hi. Me too. I wasn’t too young, I just wasn’t all hooked into living via a computer early enough. Travel Writing: like non-fiction or fiction involving travel or … ? Does seem promising. For a long, long time I only wrote by hand. It was a rule of mine, and I really liked it, but then I hadn’t been spoiled by doc writing/typing yet. The first novel of mine I wrote on a laptop was ‘The Sluts’ because it needed to be written in computer space, I thought. Then I got spoiled, and now I do scribble things, but only random seemingly great ideas for sentences or phrases and stuff. I remember you talking about your friend, and I’m glad to hear she’s doing a lot better. ** Tyler Ookami, Hi, T. Ah, I’m happy you liked the film, obviously. Yes, Jonathan, the star, studied puppetry in university, as did Gisele Vienne the director as well. Jonathan’s kind of a genius when he wants to be. I’m definitely going to get on Patricia Taxxon’s work any minute now. I’ll check that album you mentioned. Thanks a lot. I’ve been wary of ‘Emilia Perez’. Audard’s films are certainly worthy things, but I’ve never found them inspired and daring enough. I did a Day here about Sato. It’s here if that’s useful. I quite like ‘Splatter: Naked Blood’. ‘The Bedroom’ too. Off the top of my head. They’re both imbedded full-length in that blog post. ** HaRpEr, Hi. I don’t like combat in games either. If it’s used very judiciously, I get how those interruptions and adrenalizing points can be helpful in kind of juicing up the drift. I think Ryan Trecartin is a total genius. I’m a massive, massive fan of his work. A singular and great artist. ‘Ritual in Transfigured Time’ is by far my favorite Deren. The search for daring supporters of daring work is tough. I faced it for a long time, and I still do. We’re getting that now with our film. Everyone thinks it’s so good and unique and special, but few are willing to put their necks out, or whatever they say, and actually commit to it. It’s frustrating, but supporters exist. They’re just few and far between. And once you find them and get their help in getting past the line of resistance, it gets much easier. Derivative hacks rule the world. Best not to waste any energy on them, I think. ** Justin D, Oh, wow, cool, about the Commodore 64. I’ve seen them in museums. The interactive fiction games a la the post yesterday were a little before my time as a gamer. I had friends who played them, but, as I told jay, I only found games in the ‘Myst’/CD-rom era. You’re most welcome, pal. ** Cletus, Those games’ vestiges are still out there somewhere. Oh, good, about the family’s reception. That sounds about as good as one could expect. Excellent! Okay, noted. I’m not sure about a blurb because I just agreed to blurb three books, and I might take a break for a while. But I’ll consider it, for sure. ** Bill, Ah, I can totally imagine you typing and clicking away on those games as a younger fella. Nice. The reading: Bob Gluck was great. The other two read in French, so I was kind of lost, but Zac said one of them was very good. The reading is called Double Change. It happens at a space on the Bastille called Atelier Michael Woolworth. It’s a very good series. I’ve always wanted to read in it, but the people who run it don’t like my work, alas. Well, dude, come back to the Recollets. Slot it into one of your international jaunts. ** Uday, It’s early on: the film script. I’m waiting for Zac’s feedback, and it could change depending. Right now it’s about two boys who want to be puppeteers. I do like lentils. I had some last night, in fact, mixed with rice and a few other things. You? ** Montse, Hi, M! Yeah, I need to look to see when the submission period for Sitges is. I’ll do that. That would be so fun if you guys are out there! I’m happy to have facilitated your introduction to Cindy Lee. So nice, right? Happiest day to you, my friend. ** Okay. It’s the middle of month, and you know what that always means. See you tomorrow.

Interactive Fiction Games Day

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Play-through

Will Crowther’s Colossal Cave Adventure was neither the first computer game nor the first program to emulate conversation; nevertheless, Adventure — an interactive textual simulation of a caving expedition, augmented by fantasy-themed puzzles – inspired a generation of hackers. Playing Adventure involves reading prose descriptions of the setting, and typing brief commands (i.e. “light lamp”) in order to solve puzzles and collect treasure. Similar text games representing environments defined both by story and rules were extremely popular during the 80s and (with the addition of graphics) through the 90s. Text-adventures, also known as “interactive fiction”, attracted modest scholarly attention as an emerging literary form in the 80s.

‘While today’s young computer professionals may have only passing familiarity with Adventure, the game had a tremendous effect on an earlier generation of programmers. Lines from Adventure, such as “You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike” and the magic word “XYZZY”, quickly entered hacker culture. The New Hacker Dictionary includes the term “vadding” (“from VAD, a permutation of ADV (i.e., ADVENT), used to avoid a particular admin’s continual search-and-destroy sweeps for the game”), defining it as a “leisure-time activity of certain hackers involving the covert exploration of the ‘secret’ parts of large buildings”.

‘When Adventure reached MIT in the spring of 1977, one group of players reacted by creating Zork and the company Infocom, whose text-adventure titles were best-sellers during the 80s. Other entrepreneurs inspired by Adventure included Scott Adams (founder of Adventure International), who published the lean but accessible Adventureland in 1978, and Ken and Roberta Williams (co-founders of Sierra On-Line), who produced the first graphic adventure game (Mystery House, 1980) after Roberta got hooked on Adventure. In 1978, Atari employee Warren Robinett reworked the general exploration-and-treasure premise into a 2D graphic game, also called Adventure, which sold a million units. During the late 70s, text-based computer games had tactical advantages over games using the slow, blocky, and expensive graphics that were then cutting-edge.


Atari ‘Adventure’

‘Last year’s graphic games dated quickly due to rapid hardware advances, while last year’s text games still appealed to this year’s text gamers, which helped sales. Text games were also easily portable to multiple platforms, thereby increasing sales potential in a crowded market. When the PC and Mac emerged as the dominant hardware platforms in the late 80s, both the aesthetic and economic advantages of text adventures evaporated.


‘Colossal Cave Adventure’, later version

‘Even after the commercial market faded, hobbyists continued to play, review, and create interactive fiction. Indeed, the post-commercial IF community was producing valuable analysis and theory long before games began to emerge as an academic subject.

‘Within the computer science field, Knuth (1998) used Adventure as his sole example in a 107-page tutorial on “literate programming” — coding for human readers as well as machines. His text carefully translates the Crowther/Woods FORTRAN code to CWEB, prefacing each section of code with a discussion of how the rules defined in each section of code affect the gameplay. Knuth expects his reader to have played Adventure multiple times, but offers his close reading of the code as the proper way to experience the work.

‘Knuth’s approach is the mirror image of Buckles (1985), whose dissertation on Adventure employs literary formalism to examine what she calls a “storygame” in terms of established genres such as the riddle and the folktale. Where Knuth’s procedural formalism argues “you cannot fully appreciate the astonishing brilliance of its design until you have seen all of the surprises that have been built in [the code]”, Buckles explores the narratives that her volunteer players generated as they attempted (often unsuccessfully) to make sense of their partial exposure to the simulated world.


‘Colossal Cave Adventure’, even later version

‘Nevertheless, many things that Adventure players enjoyed — logic and resource-management puzzles and the exploration of a complex virtual topography within the context of a framing story — remain staples in adventure, role-playing, and multiplayer game genres. Further, many elements that Adventure did not implement — complex non-player characters, believable AI, dynamic branching plots — still elude today’s game designers. Lured by the siren song of ever-improving graphics power, terrified by the risks involved with truly unique ideas in gaming, the industry is collectively stumbling along a path well-worn by Hollywood, which uses non-stop action and visual spectacle to compete against itself for the quickest path to the consumer’s dollar.

‘One of the major goals of video game systems has been to simulate the real, to create images so lifelike, and movements so natural that there is no sense of artifice, yet paradoxically, the technology is put in service to creating a world that could very well do without it. Because interactive fiction authors can draw on an existing body of narrative techniques, as well as emergent code-based interaction techniques, the medium (free from the corporate pressures associated with team-based development) is well-suited to individual experimentation and innovation.’ — Dennis G. Jerz, ‘Somewhere Nearby is Colossal Cave: Examining Will Crowther’s Original “Adventure” in Code and in Kentucky’

Finish reading that (above) then play this (below)

 

 

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Get Lamp: A Documentary about Adventures in Text (2010)
Directed by Jason Scott

‘With limited sound, simple graphics, and tiny amounts of computing power, the first games on home computers would hardly raise an eyebrow in the modern era of photorealism and surround sound. In a world of Quake, Half-Life and Halo, it is expected that a successful game must be loud, fast, and full of blazing life-like action.

‘But in the early 1980s, an entire industry rose over the telling of tales, the solving of intricate puzzles and the art of writing. Like living books, these games described fantastic worlds to their readers, and then invited them to live within them. They were called “computer adventure games”, and they used the most powerful graphics processor in the world: the human mind.

‘Rising from side projects at universities and engineering companies, adventure games would describe a place, and then ask what to do next. They presented puzzles, tricks and traps to be overcome. They were filled with suspense, humor and sadness. And they offered a unique type of joy as players discovered how to negotiate the obstacles and think their way to victory. These players have carried their memories of these text adventures to the modern day, and a whole new generation of authors have taken up the torch to present a new set of places to explore.

Get Lamp is a documentary that will tell the story of the creation of these incredible games, in the words of the people who made them.’ — Get Lamp Website


Trailer: ‘Get Lamp’


Tribute to and video about ‘Get Lamp’

 

 

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Interactive Fiction Games

‘Text adventures are one of the oldest types of computer games and form a subset of the adventure genre. The player uses text input to control the game, and the game state is relayed to the player via text output. Input is usually provided by the player in the form of simple sentences such as “get key” or “go east”, which are interpreted by a text parser. Parsers may vary in sophistication; the first text adventure parsers could only handle two-word sentences in the form of verb-noun pairs. Later parsers, such as those built on Infocom’s ZIL (Zork Implementation Language), could understand complete sentences. Later parsers could handle increasing levels of complexity parsing sentences such as “open the red box with the green key then go north”. This level of complexity is the standard for works of interactive fiction today.

‘Despite their lack of graphics, text adventures include a physical dimension where players move between rooms. Many text adventure games boasted their total number of rooms to indicate how much gameplay they offered. These games are unique in that they may create an illogical space, where going north from area A takes you to area B, but going south from area B did not take you back to area A. This can create mazes that do not behave as players expect, and thus players must maintain their own map. These illogical spaces are much more rare in today’s era of 3D gaming, and the Interactive Fiction community in general decries the use of mazes entirely, claiming that mazes have become arbitrary ‘puzzles for the sake of puzzles’ and that they can, in the hands of inexperienced programmers, become immensely frustrating for players to navigate.’ — XYZZY News – The Magazine for Interactive Fiction Enthusiasts

Some classic examples


‘Zork 1’


‘Mystery House’


Scott Adams shows and discusses ‘Adventureland’


‘Trinity’


‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’


‘Leather Goddesses of Phobos’


‘Eric the Unready’

‘Gateway II: Home World’

 

 

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Resources

The Interactive Fiction Archive
‘The contents of the IF Archive — including thousands of text adventures, text adventure development tools, articles, essays, hint files, walkthroughs, jokes, and sly references to Greek politics — are contributed by the interactive fiction community, past and present.’ — IFA

The Interactive Fiction Database
‘The Interactive Fiction Database is an IF game catalog and recommendation engine. IFDB is a Wiki-style community project: members can add new game listings, write reviews, exchange game recommendations, and more.’ — IFD

The Annual Interactive Fiction Competition
‘For the last fifteen years, the readers of the Usenet newsgroup rec.arts.int-fiction have held a yearly interactive fiction competition. For fans of the old Infocom games as well as for newcomers to the genre, the competition is a chance to enjoy some of the best short adventure games available anywhere.’ — IFC

Interactive Fiction: A Beginner’s Guide
‘This site is a quick start guide, designed to help people who want to try interactive fiction, or as it is also called, text adventures. It is divided up into seven steps, which can all be seen in the table to the left. Reading through all the material on this site takes about 10-20 minutes, and that’s all the preparation you’ll need before you can start downloading and playing games.’ — microheaven.com

Dennis Jerz’s ‘Playing, Studying and Writing Text Adventures’
‘Interactive fiction requires the text-analysis skills of a literary scholar and the relentless puzzle-solving drive of a computer hacker. People tend to love it or hate it. Those who hate it sometimes say it makes them think too much.’ — DJH

 

 

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Interactive Fiction: The Art of Video Game Storytelling (2011)
Directed by Scott Steinberg/Game Theory

Interactive Fiction: The Art of Video Game Storytelling is a documentary film that reveals what’s next for virtual narrative. The movie, featuring today’s top writers and game designers, provides an in-depth look at the present and future of video game storytelling. The video, which features exclusive and never before seen footage, includes commentary by industry legends including Ultima creator Richard “Lord British” Garriott, Revolution Software founder Charles Cecil and The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy designer Steve Meretzky. Also featuring interviews with key talent behind hit franchises like BioShock, Assassin’s Creed and Uncharted, it offers an uparalleled look at the state of virtual storytelling.

‘In the film, the field’s biggest names chart virtual narrative and scriptwriting’s evolution from the days of point-and-click adventures to today’s sprawling online, downloadable and massively multiplayer online (MMO) games. Beginning with the early days of text adventures from Infocom and progressing from Sierra and LucasArts’ golden age heyday to the rise of CD-ROM, next-gen consoles and cutting-edge blockbusters like Heavy Rain, yesterday and today’s greatest designers share their thoughts on film.’ — Game Theory Online

 

 

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p.s. Hey. ** Montse Meneses Vilar, Hi, Montse! I managed to survive my birthday almost entirely thanks to Zac’s cold sesame noodle. Come to Paris, yes! Oh, we’ll look into Sitges for the film. It might kind of fit into their thematic thing maybe. Happiest Monday ever! xo. ** Dominik, Hi!!! Me too. Optimist me just assumes that the animals in question died natural deaths, but … gulp. The producer meeting went well. It looks pretty much like a done deal. Thanks for querying! Love bomb love bomber, don’t scare no bother, where the size doesn’t matter, come long, short or badder, G. ** Charalampos, Hi. Thanks. Uh, you mean ‘Room Temperature’? I wrote years ago now, so I don’t remember, but I think it was interesting to put in place. Zac and I talk about what we want, then I write a draft, then he reads it and makes a lot of suggestions and requests changes, and then I do another draft, and so on. I liked ‘The whistling song’ when it came out and read it, but I don’t have a strong memory of the novel, so I’m not sure. I do wish you luck on everything, yes, of course! ** Steeqhen, Oops about the disappearing comment. This place can get very spooky on a technical level. That does sound really long, but now it’s dust in the wind and all of that. The human memory can be so helpful. Enjoy the rest, although it’s over now, so ‘enjoyed’. My, or, rather, Your Cell Mate’s pleasure. ** James Bennett, Hi, James Bennett! Thanks, my birthday came and went, just like I hoped it would. Haha, yes, that Spin issue. Sort of mixed feelings because she fed me so much bullshit while I was following her around, and innocent me believed her most of the time. But she still says that was her favorite ever article written about her, and of course she would think that given my gullibility. But oh well. Also, trivia and horrible coincidence, that issue hit the newsstands the very day Kurt killed himself. I really like what’s referred to by some people as Visconti’s German trilogy: ‘The Damned’, ‘Death in Venice’, and ‘Ludwig’. I feel like he found the right way to visualise his tortured operatic, tortured gay sensibility in that phase. Thanks, pal. xo, me. ** _Black_Acrylic, Hi, B. Glad you managed to get up and about. It’s borderline out-and-about friendly here. Haven’t heard the new episode yet, but excited to. ** Darbz.⛄️, One time a few years ago I wrote the whole p.s. and forgot to save, and my browser died, and I lost the entire thing. I think I pretended I was sick and couldn’t do the p.s. that day because I couldn’t bring myself to do that all over again. Cool that you sound like a valley girl or gay when you’re sick. I sound like a breaking window. I’ll just say I’m happy you’re feeling better. And that your animals are all alive and cozying up to you. Anarchism is such a variable thing, it’s hard to think of one book that nails it. Maybe ‘The Routledge Handbook of Anarchy and Anarchist Thought’ because it has a lot of different intelligent people’s ideas about it? I only know a little of Hiroshi Yoshimura’s work, but I’ve been meaning to do a deep dive, and I’ll use your reference as a prompt, so thank you. Very interesting about the woman who led the peer group. Yeah, I owe a lot to LSD, but I’m very cautious when talking it up to others because I was very mentally hungry and strong when I was taking it. Cool, whenever on the Louis Wain post. Whenever you have the right combination of time and excitement. Thank you! ** jay, I trust Your Cell Mate read your words and was chuffed as some of you UK people like to say. So ‘Babygirl’ is kind of a ‘Mommie Dearest’ thing of thing? That could get me inside it maybe. But I have a really hard time even looking at photos of Nicole Kidman. Patricia Taxxon: great, I’ll get on that, thank you! Combat boots, nice. I’d suggest a kicking contest, your boots against my Timberlands, but you would win, so never mind. ** Bzzt, Hey! Good to see you! And it was good to see you for real for a second in front of St. Marks. Enjoy the hunky dory-ness. I’d like to feel like that. I wonder how. Take care, and best year ahead possible! ** Bernard Welt, Spanish is a relatively easy language to learn if memory serves, but 48 hours is pushing it, I suppose. You don’t know any? You didn’t study Spanish in school? I’m from LA, and that’s what we do out there. I get how important that visit is to you. Thanks re: the producer. It looks like he’ll be our producer, but largely for Europe because he doesn’t know the US stuff, so we’ll have to try to take care of that ourselves, but that’s already a help. I will pass your regards on to Mr. Farley, and he will undoubtedly tell me to do the same to you, and I will next time I see you. Enjoy Mexico City! Wow, the mind boggles. ** Bill, I think I can go ahead and thank you on YCM’s behalf. That book looks good. Hmmm… Work on a new piece! That’s the best news. I saw some short student films last night at the Cinematheque, one of then starring the brilliant Benjamin Sulpice, star of ‘Permanent Green Light’, and they were surprisingly good. And I found out that the Pompidou, which was supposed to close next week for a five+ year renovation, isn’t going to close until April, which was good news. And I’m seeing Mr. Gluck read tonight. So, I’m alright too. ** Uday, My clothing allergy has gotten me out of attending a lot of fancy events that I really didn’t want to attend, so I’m grateful to it ultimately. I don’t know if I know how to let loose. Uh, I’m working on the script for our new film, if that’s what you mean. I wrote some sentences for a possible new fiction thing but that’s kind of stalled out, for now anyway. ** James, Nice joke. Pretty funny. I’m going to use it. I never remember jokes, so thank you. Ah, but nothing really good ever dies. It just takes naps until some weird champion of it appears to give it a little life again. I’m that rare human who could be enthralled by someone reading strings of random numbers assigned to fictional forum threads. I was always very emotionally distanced from my family, so keeping secrets from them was nothing to me. But I was odd. I hope your morning is shiny. ** HaRpEr, At the boys school, one of my best friends, this boy named John Mayer, no relationship to the horrible rock star, would go to his locker at the end of school every day, and there would be this anonymous note to him describing all the wild pornographic sex the author wanted to do to him, and we could never figure out which teacher wrote them because there were too many candidates. Great you wrote to Wolfe. I’m sure he’ll appreciate it. I’ve never spoken to him, but the Infinity Land people just gave him my phone number, and they said I should expect a random phone call from him. I saw The Stooges live a few times, and, yeah, it was amazing. Me too, re: taxidermy despite my vegetarianism. I’m sure I’ve mentioned before that my grandmother was a taxidermist, so I grew up with stuffed animals in my house kind of everywhere I looked. ** Steve, Yes, Hisayasu Sato, indeed. I’m glad you got the antibiotics you need. The producer is on board, so that’s a relief, but, as I mentioned to Bernard, we’ll have to do all the initial legwork for the US, although he will follow up. ** Cletus, Hey. Thanks via YMC. Oh, wow, I hope it goes well re: the big reveal. Let me know. ** Right. Today you get a kind of a hodge-podgy but well meaning post about a long-lost genre of games from the dawn of online gaming that I hope will convey something of interest. See you tomorrow.

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