Category Archives: Gaming

JET LAMP–The Lost Audio Files

Posted on February 12, 2012 by Mike Maginnis

I was cleaning out some cruft from the ol’ hard drives today, and stumbled across these files. A few years back, documentarian extraordinaire Jason Scott undertook a whirlwind tour to promote his new movie, GET LAMP. He made a stop … Continue reading →

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Blogging Infocom: Zork I

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Mike Maginnis

I finally sat down and finished Zork I last night.  It was a terrific game, and I was going to do a little write-up but really, there’s nothing I can say that hasn’t already been covered in great detail over … Continue reading →

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Blogging Infocom–Day 0

Posted on January 1, 2012 by Mike Maginnis

In the spirit of John Cage’s excellent Blogging Ultima, I’ve decided to play through every Infocom game from beginning to end, in the order that they were published.   This product announcement for ZORK, which ran in the September 1980 … Continue reading →

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Remaking Ultima

Posted on September 21, 2010 by Mike Maginnis

When the first Neverwinter Nights was released in 2002 (no, not that first NWN), it came with a very cool mod editor, the Aurora toolset, which allowed users to build and release their own content.  NWN isn’t the first game … Continue reading →

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