Malinche Entertainment is an interactive fiction development and publishing business founded by Howard Sherman. The company was founded in 2002. Malinche Entertainment claims to be working in the tradition of early interactive fiction developer Infocom, seeking an association and using Infocom's logo as a launcher icon for at least one game. Sherman claims to have sold 150,000 copies of his games as of May 2006. He claims the business is profitable. Malinche Entertainment is notable for being one of the last commercial publishers of interactive fiction. Malinche's press activities act as a form of cultural advocacy for interactive fiction, generating headlines with availability of boxed products and availability on new devices.
Malinche Entertainment's published games include Pentari: First Light (March 2003, 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, using a hypertext interface. The games have also been ported to the Nintendo DS, personal digital assistants, and the iPhone.
Sherman previously worked at RMI.net, then Excalibur Internet Corp.. He left Excalibur in 2003 to work for his own consulting firm and Malinche.
Malinche markets to adventure gamers, the general fiction book market, and blind gamers.
Malinche's The First Mile received a poor review from PC Gamer, being criticised for, "typos," "incorrectly linked objects, caricatured minorities, physical impossibilities, and confusing commands."
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