50 Years of Text Games
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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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What could fiction be like if freed from the tyranny of the line, or the screen? 
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The incredible story of the first alternate reality game that turned players loose on a mystery with a thousand clues.
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A game about a single conversation; a character who asked players to take her seriously.
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The storytelling strategy game that was too behind-the-times to sell on release, and a revolutionary sleeper hit a decade later.
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Some moments change everything. The game that forever changed the conversation about what interactive fiction could be.
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How does a commercial text-only MUD survive from 1997 to 2020 and beyond? It starts with the twilight of the gods...
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Two lovers, two dancers, two pillars, two moons: the game that charged puzzles and landscapes with meaning, heralding a new turn in the evolution of in…
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A short breather.
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The groundbreaking hypertext that blurred the boundaries between page and screen, and creator and creation.
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