Andy Baio has a long post describing Infocom’s efforts to make Restaurant at the End of the Universe as a text adventure. It would have been the sequel to their version of Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (which you can play online) that’s mentioned at the end of the game. Andy has internal Infocom emails discussing the game and stub versions of the game-in-progress available to play.
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In the Armory
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I’m loving the comment stream. I’ve tried to make a few myself, but never seem to make it past the filter. Guess Andy doesn’t think I’m posting enough signal…
Man, I loved the OPEN CAN OF WORMS comment.
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Andy Baio is likely to be eaten by a grue….
Watching the comments on Andy Baio’s post on Infocom is endlessly fascinating for me, as I’m the Web host for the Interactive Fiction Competition, which is organized by my good friend Stephen Granade. Just earlier this week [or was it last…