Escapist Magazine Article

[zhou....@gmail.com]

Just a heads up. Escapist Magazine (http://www.escapistmagazine.com)
has a good article on this week (?) about IF.

Read it at: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/7/12

Sorry for the crosspost.

[dun...@yahoo.com]

Is that a preview of the actual article, or the article itself? It
seems only a few paragraphs long.

Paul

[Jon Ripley]

dun...@yahoo.com wrote:
> zhou....@gmail.com wrote:
>
>>Just a heads up. Escapist Magazine (http://www.escapistmagazine.com)
>>has a good article on this week (?) about IF.
>>
>>Read it at: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/7/12
>

> Is that a preview of the actual article, or the article itself? It
> seems only a few paragraphs long.

You missed the 'next >' link at the bottom right-hand corner of the page.

HTH,
Jon Ripley
--
http://jonripley.com/

[Tommy Herbert]

zhou....@gmail.com wrote:
> Just a heads up. Escapist Magazine (http://www.escapistmagazine.com)
> has a good article on this week (?) about IF.

"Just as traditional craftspeople even today use time-honored
techniques to hand-tool birchbark canoes and embroider lace doilies and
program the Commodore 64, devoted hobbyists still play and design text
games."

I'm simultaneously insulted and inspired.

[Kevin Forchione]

"Tommy Herbert" <cave...@excite.com> wrote in message
news:1124915171.9...@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...

Naw.... there's no such thing as bad publicity. No matter how many
"birchbark, doilies, etc" the author wants to throw at the community,
someone will read this article and say "Interesting!".

--Kevin

[Ben Rudiak-Gould]

Tommy Herbert wrote:
> I'm simultaneously insulted and inspired.

http://www.scottaaronson.com/writings/athletes.html

-- Ben

[samwyse]

zhou....@gmail.com wrote:
> Just a heads up. Escapist Magazine (http://www.escapistmagazine.com)
> has a good article on this week (?) about IF.
>
> Read it at: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/7/12

So, I recognize many of the post-it notes, but a couple left me
scratching my head. Here's a list of them all, and no fair using Google:

hissing kills flytraps

xyzzy

babel / mail / towel / bag

IRIS / WALDO / SENSA / POET / WHIZ / AUDA

mud heals the chigger bites!

UM12, 100, 345, 107
UM24, 100, 285,87
UM91, 50, 15, 121
UM28, 250, 45, 178

nw, e, sw, ne, d, e, u, n,

Beware the grue

[Giles]

samwyse wrote:
> zhou....@gmail.com wrote:
> > Just a heads up. Escapist Magazine (http://www.escapistmagazine.com)
> > has a good article on this week (?) about IF.
> >
> > Read it at: http://www.escapistmagazine.com/issue/7/12
>
> So, I recognize many of the post-it notes, but a couple left me
> scratching my head. Here's a list of them all, and no fair using Google:
>
> hissing kills flytraps

Leather Goddesses of Phobos - the uncircled letters in the find-a-word
puzzle

>
> xyzzy

colossal cave and many others

>
> babel / mail / towel / bag

babel fish puzzle in HHGG solution, missing the first item

>
> IRIS / WALDO / SENSA / POET / WHIZ / AUDA

Robots in suspended

>
> mud heals the chigger bites!

Scott Adams' #1 Adventureland

>
> UM12, 100, 345, 107
> UM24, 100, 285,87
> UM91, 50, 15, 121
> UM28, 250, 45, 178

Unidentified Masses with 3d Co-ordinates from Starcross copy protection
map

>
> nw, e, sw, ne, d, e, u, n,

looks like a maze solution - no idea which one. Presumably one with
twisty little passages as there's a double back.

>
> Beware the grue

Many infocom games, but originally Dungeon and the Zorks

-Giles