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Sarah the Hussy (![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} braisinhussy) wrote in ![[info]](http://www.journalfen.net/img/community.gif){kind=small} fandom_wank,@ 2008-04-22 15:12:00 |
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It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
(I wish I could say that I got into text-adventure games when they originally came out, but I'm not as old-school as I'd like to be. My sister-in-law gave me copies in the mid-90s.)
INFOCOM!! Creators of the Zork series and other text-adventures. Together with Douglas Adams, they also created one of the fucking hardest games ever (my younger self may be biased), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
24 years after the release of the HHGttG game, Andy Baio over at Waxy.org gets a hold of "a complete backup of Infocom's shared network drive from 1989."
Full article here.
It's a fascinating read regarding the game and the trials and tribulations concerning its uncompleted sequel, Milliways.
Where the wank comes in is in the comments. You see, the article contains a whole lot of employee email culled from the database. And Mr. Baio did not ask permission before publishing his article. Some seem okay about this, others, like Michael Bywater (first comment here, but there are many down the page if you search on his name), are not happy AT ALL.
Or, as Brian Moriarty commented here:
>OPEN CAN OF WORMS
Opened.
(I wish I could say that I got into text-adventure games when they originally came out, but I'm not as old-school as I'd like to be. My sister-in-law gave me copies in the mid-90s.)
INFOCOM!! Creators of the Zork series and other text-adventures. Together with Douglas Adams, they also created one of the fucking hardest games ever (my younger self may be biased), The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
24 years after the release of the HHGttG game, Andy Baio over at Waxy.org gets a hold of "a complete backup of Infocom's shared network drive from 1989."
Full article here.
It's a fascinating read regarding the game and the trials and tribulations concerning its uncompleted sequel, Milliways.
Where the wank comes in is in the comments. You see, the article contains a whole lot of employee email culled from the database. And Mr. Baio did not ask permission before publishing his article. Some seem okay about this, others, like Michael Bywater (first comment here, but there are many down the page if you search on his name), are not happy AT ALL.
Or, as Brian Moriarty commented here:
>OPEN CAN OF WORMS
Opened.
