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Blogging Infocom – Zork I (part I)

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Mike Maginnis

My memories of the first title in the Zork series are largely centered around wandering about in the forest for a few minutes before being overcome by boredom and wondering what all the hype was about.  It’s now more than … 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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