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Interactive Fiction Competition 2001 Results

Posted by michael on from the lie-down-in-front-of-bulldozer dept.

david.given writes: "The results of the annual text adventure game competition have been posted (remember when the competition started? You've played them, you've voted for them, now see who won. Much kudos go to Jon Ingold, whose game "All Roads" placed first. As someone who didn't come first (33rd, actually) but had a lot of fun anyway, let me extend my warmest thanks and gratitude to everyone who took part. Without you, none of this would be possible."

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  1. Emacs games in OS X by turd191 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

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  2. Mark by Planesdragon · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    don't mind me, just marking links so I can see them when I get home.

    Gotta load some of those on my wife's Palm M105. She'll love 'em!

  3. Obligatory Beowulf joke by Winged+Cat · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What if you made a game where you could stamp out chips, then linked them together in a cluster, and...

    Yeah, I know it wouldn't help in RL. But, if Slashdot were ever to be made into IF, I suspect that would be one of the steps necessary to complete the game. Probably with chips made out of hot grits stuffed down (and any veteran Slashdotters know the rest)... ;)