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Magic Words - Interactive Fiction in the 21st Century

Posted by simoniker on from the zorkmid-exchange-rate-on-the-rise dept.

An anonymous reader writes "1UP has just published a nine-part article on Interactive Fiction, the politically correct name for what used to be called text adventure games (e.g. Zork, Stationfall, etc.). The feature includes an overview of the genre and its history, lengthy interviews with the genre's leading current creators, and resources for aspiring IF writers. Anyone who has fond memories of typing their way through dank caverns or outsmarting leather goddesses and ravenous bugblatter beasts with nothing but a keyboard should read this -- not just for the nostalgia, but to see what's become of the format."

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  1. www.linuxporn.com by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

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  2. I BET... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    ... I know who the "anonymous reader" was, you self-aggrandizing attention grabber, you.

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  3. "Politically correct?" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    There's a difference between "politically correct" and "high-falutin'." Learn it.

  4. PARENT IS A TROLL - MOD DOWN by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    check his posting history and mod him down -1 troll

  5. that hot elf chick by bensagenius · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...gave me chiggers! I knew she wasn't a virgin, but it was hard to tell based on her text-only description...

    --
    I am not left-handed, either!
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  7. PLUGH! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    Well, somebody had to say it... That was a Scott Adams thing, right?

    And what about Infocom's "Hello Sailor"?