{{Multiple issues| {{notability|Companies|date=May 2015}} {{primary sources|date=December 2013}} }} {{Infobox company | name = Malinche Entertainment | logo = | type = Private | founded = 2002<ref name="douglass2007">{{Cite thesis |degree=Ph.D. |title=Command lines: Aesthetics and technique in interactive fiction and new media |url=http://jeremydouglass.com/dissertation.html |last=Douglass |first=Jeremy |year=2007 |publisher=University of California Santa Barbara |access-date=February 1, 2012}}</ref> | defunct = 2015 | location = Matawan, New Jersey, U.S. | key_people = Howard Sherman, founder | industry = Video games | products = Interactive fiction including ''Pentari: First Light'' and ''The First Mile'' | revenue = | operating_income = | net_income = | num_employees = | parent = | subsidiaries = | website = | footnotes = }} '''Malinche Entertainment''' was an interactive fiction development and publishing venture founded by Howard Sherman in 1998.
==History== [[Image:Howard-Sherman-Malinche-Entertainment.jpg|thumb|left|upright|Howard Sherman representing Malinche Entertainment at Gen Con Indy 2008.]] Prior to starting his own software consulting business and Malinche, Sherman was a senior vice president at national Internet service provider RMI.net overseeing two divisions while keeping close ties to the regional ISP he founded, Excaliber Internet Corp.<ref name="app" />
==Reception and criticism== Sherman's published games under the Malinche label include ''Pentari: First Light'' (March 2003,<ref name="app">{{cite news | last = Willis | first = David P. | title = You Make the Call | work = Asbury Park Press | publisher = Asbury Park Press | date = 2006-06-20 }} ([https://archive.today/20130131173112/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/app/access/1766595091.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jun+20,+2006&author=DAVID+P+WILLIS&pub=Asbury+Park+Press&edition=&startpage=B.8&desc=YOU+MAKE+THE+CALL Abstract])</ref> 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 were also available for iPods,<ref name="wiredipod">{{cite web | url = https://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,68290,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_3 | title = Playing on Your IPod: Text Games | access-date = 2006-12-30 | date = 2005-07-06 | last = Ogles | first = Jacob | work = Wired News }}</ref> using a hypertext interface. The games have also been ported to the Nintendo DS, personal digital assistants, and iOS and Android platforms.<ref name="douglass2007" /><ref>{{cite web | url = http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/10/play-old-school.html | title = Play Old-School Text Adventures on Your DS | access-date = 2008-08-31 | date = 2007-10-10 | last = Arendt | first = Susan | work = Game{{!}}Life, Wired | publisher = CondéNet, Inc. | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080821171030/http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/10/play-old-school.html | url-status = live | archive-date = 2008-08-21 }}</ref>
Sherman stated that he markets his products to adventure gamers, the general fiction book market, and blind gamers.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.armchairarcade.com/neo/node/1831 | title = An Interview with Howard Sherman of Malinche Entertainment | access-date = 2008-08-31 | date = 2008-04-27 | last = Barton | first = Matt | work = Armchair Arcade | publisher = Armchair Arcade, Inc. | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20081006091316/http://armchairarcade.com/neo/node/1831 | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2008-10-06 }}</ref>
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Category:Interactive fiction