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Or is it the dorkiest? However you want to label it, the ability to play Infocom text adventures like Zork and The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy with a typewriter is without a doubt neat. More »
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There was a time when gaming was left more to the imagination than the pixel-count. When the written word was mightier than the joystick. More »
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iPhone gaming just got a shot in the arm with the release of Frotz, an interactive fiction (aka text adventure) app that's free to download. With it, iPhone owners can while away the hours with dozens of text-only games, getting lamps, facing north, being frozen by wizards... all that fun stuff! That means you have another opportunity to play Zork, Trinity or The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy should the only high-def visuals you require be ultra smooth fonts. More »
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Back in November we pointed you to Pac-Txt, Pac-Man as a text adventure. Now we deliver you Pong rendered as a 180-page Choose Your Own Adventure book. It's like someone sat around thinking "Hey, you know that game Pong? What if we could make it even slower and more boring. But admit it, you're intrigued. And you can read the entire thing after the jump. More »
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I'm not sure what's more soul-crushing—that someone took the effort to write a web-based Pac-Man text adventure in the style of Zork or that I just spent fifteen minutes ensuring that it adhered to the maze layout perfectly. Regardless, your semi-daily reminder that someone has far too much time on their hands is at the official Pac-Txt site. More »
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Jason Scott, the bloke who made that documentary on bulletin boards, has a new project in development. Called GET LAMP, it is a documentary about text adventures, plus "the storytellers who created them, and their unique place in the history of computer games". More »
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Make has a nice post up about playing text adventures on the Palm PDA watch. What I was most surprised about was that the once $200-plus watch can be had for less than $70. Of course the watch basically looks like you have a PDA strapped to your wrist. I must purchase it! More »
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A company called Malinche Entertainment is bringing text adventures to the iPod. So far they have three interactive novels out: a haunted house adventure, murder mystery and fantasy role playing game. They sell for $9.95 each. I'm going to have to get my hands on one of these games and review it, I'm very intrigued. More »
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