50 Years of Text Games
A 2021 Journey from Oregon Trail to A.I. Dungeon
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In communist Czechoslovakia, a network of teenage hackers discovers that text games are a completely uncensored medium.
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Infocom’s last Implementor writes a game in a genre men won’t admit to reading and women want to move beyond. Will it suffer a fate worse than death?
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A writer, mom, and performance artist starts posting a “database narrative” to early online message board The WELL, not sure, at first, if anyone would…
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In the aftermath of a devastating election, a 1980s game designer starts to wonder if a game could be political.
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When the best-loved makers of text adventures met the best-loved sci-fi satirist of the decade, the result was an unforgettable classic of interactive …
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A young writer crosses paths with the designer of Zork, sparking a surprisingly experimental game where you experience reality from six unique perspect…
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Veronika Megler just wanted a part-time job while she finished her college degree. She didn't realize it would end with her writing one of the first co…
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