50 Years of Text Games
A 2021 Journey from Oregon Trail to A.I. Dungeon
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The Flash-era browser game with the implausible idea to use words, not images or animation, to get clicks.
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The interactive fiction that turned narration on its head and the design language that reinvented everything about making text games.
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The anthology project that brought interactive fiction writers in three different languages together.
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The text of Dwarf Fortress and procedural tales so expansive no human could ever explore them all. 
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The audio game that used sound effects and spoken descriptions to power a first-person shooter by and for blind gamers.
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Sometimes the bravest thing a game can do is take a hike.
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A kingdom in a browser tab filled with questionable puns, visited daily by millions desperate for a taste of adventure.
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