Editing Andrew Plotkin (section)

{{short description|American programmer and writer (born 1970)}}
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{{Infobox person
|name        = Andrew Plotkin
|image       = Andrew_Plotkin.jpg
|caption     = Plotkin in 2010
|birth_date  = {{birth date and age|1970|5|15}}
|birth_place = [[Syracuse, New York]]
|death_date  = 
|death_place = 
|other_names = Zarf
|known_for   = ''System's Twilight'' (1994), ''Spider and Web'' (1998)
|occupation  = [[interactive fiction]] writer, [[programmer]]
|nationality = American
|website     = {{URL|http://www.eblong.com/zarf}}
}}
'''Andrew Plotkin''' (born May 15, 1970), also known as '''Zarf''', is an American programmer and writer. He is a central figure in the modern [[interactive fiction]] (IF) community. Having both written a number of award-winning games and developed a range of new file formats, interpreters, and other utilities for the design, production, and running of IF games, Plotkin is widely recognised for both his creative and his technical contributions to the [[Homebrew (video games)|homebrew]] IF scene.