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headquarters matawan new jersey u.s. key people howard sherman founder products interactive fiction including pentari first light and the first mile website web.archive.org web 20150426054417 http www.malinche.net malinche entertainment was an interactive fiction development and publishing business founded by howard sherman in 2002 . 1 2 contents 1 history 2 reception and criticism 3 controversy and legal threats 4 references 5 external links history edit howard sherman representing malinche entertainment at gen con indy 2008 . prior to starting his own software consulting business and malinche sherman worked at rmi.net then excalibur internet corp. 3 while sherman claims to be working in the tradition of early interactive fiction developer infocom 1 there is no legal or commercial connection to that company or any past developer . despite this fact he has used infocom s logo as a launcher icon for at least one game as a marketing ploy for which he has been criticized . 4 reception and criticism edit sherman s published games under the malinche label include pentari first light march 2003 3 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 5 using a hypertext interface . the games have also been ported to the nintendo ds personal digital assistants and the iphone . 1 6 sherman states that he markets his products to adventure gamers the general fiction book market and blind gamers . 7 sherman s the first mile received a poor review from pc gamer being criticised for typos and for incorrectly linked objects caricatured minorities physical impossibilities and confusing commands . 4 controversy and legal threats edit sherman has threatened to sue the web publication spag for considering to publish an unfavorable review of one of his games . 8 the malinche website has displayed carefully edited review quotes for games in order to alter the reviewers intended meaning ... mystery story lovers should find the quest for the murderer addictive enough to overcome its weaknesses . nevertheless i wouldn t recommend it for the more wide ranging hard core interactive fiction player . 9 was reduced to simply ... mystery story lovers should find the quest for the murderer addictive ... 10 and quotations from reviews written decades ago for games by infocom were presented so as to imply that they described malinche games . 11 references edit a b c d douglass jeremy 2007 . command lines aesthetics and technique in interactive fiction and new media ph.d. thesis . university of california santa barbara . retrieved february 1 2012 . sherman howard . did graphics kill the adventure genre . retrieved 2006 12 30 . a b willis david p. 2006 06 20 . you make the call . asbury park press . asbury park press . abstract a b amrich dan 2005 . the first mile . pc gamer . 12 october 64 . ogles jacob 2005 07 06 . playing on your ipod text games . wired news . retrieved 2006 12 30 . arendt susan 2007 10 10 . play old school text adventures on your ds . game life wired . cond net inc. archived from the original on 2008 08 31 . retrieved 2008 08 31 . barton matt 2008 04 27 . an interview with howard sherman of malinche entertainment . armchair arcade . armchair arcade inc. archived from the original on 2008 08 31 . retrieved 2008 08 31 . maher jimmy . chapter 9 the evolution of a community . let s tell a story together a history of interactive fiction . retrieved 2009 11 15 . pautassi ricardo . review greystone . just adventure . retrieved 2009 11 15 . malinche entertainment . interactive crime fiction a murder mystery only you can solve . archived from the original on 2009 11 16 . gilbert dave . deconstructing howie . dave gilbert s gamedev blog . retrieved 2009 11 15 . external links edit 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