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Interactive Fiction Then and Now
Flipkin writes "Interactive Fiction was immensely popular in the 80s and believe it or not has a strong, albeit small, following today. MobyGames takes a look at the origins and history of Interactive Fiction and where it is heading." These games really were some of the best I've ever played.
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You are in the mysterious future.
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It is empty in the comments section, You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
liqbase
I can tell you that. Currently it is in a maze of twisty passages, all alike...
Cheers,
Ian
I don't know how to "witty reply."
>clever reply
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>lame reply
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I'll always remember the line
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
It always excited me, as back then it was the only sort of sex I could get.
Come to think of it, that still is.
sigh
Summation 2
If by "interaction with other players" you mean "more prick-waving dick-fights", then yes.
That's quantum mechanics - the universe was in a superposition of containing organization x and not containing it, and by turning to page 137 or 25 you collapsed the wavefunction. Either that, or it was a neat way of making sure you could re-play the game without knowledge of what was going to happen if you took a different turn early on...
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>attack moderator
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>tell moderator about linux superiority
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I can't believe they didn't post an screenshots!
I downloaded LSL1 last year.
It started asking the age verification questions. I stare blankly. My answers convince it that I'm three years old.
No, I'm TWENTY-THREE you stupid game. It's 2005! You have to be like forty to know about all that crap these days!
You'd think they'd have it phone home over the net to get updated questions each year. Lack of foresight, huh?
Real Daleks don't climb stairs - they level the building.
Brain hurts from too much reading. Must click graphics...
"Especially the ones where you could die really easily."
I had a set where - no matter what set of choices I made - I always was killed by ninjas. No, seriously; "Oh no, there's a tornado outside! Do you: get into the storm cellar (turn to page 54 and be killed by ninjas hiding in the storm cellar) or face it head on (turn to page 86 and be killed by ninjas falling out of the tornado)?
Madness, I tell you.
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-Rob
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