Infocom’s text adventures profoundly influenced my gaming style ever since my introduction to the original Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy game. Even now, I have trouble with limited savegames because I spent so much time playing Cruel Unwinnable Spellcasting games. It took me a long time to get used to the crazy concept of NOT
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This is the fifth part in my ongoing series of articles detailing the essentials to consider when writing a journal for a computer-based role-playing game. The previous parts are: RPG Journal Part I – The Basics RPG Journal Part II – The Categories RPG Journal Part III – Information RPG Journal Part IV – Maps
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This exhibit is entirely unrelated to the book Game On! From Pong to Oblivion. We all trooped down to the Science Museum on Saturday to play “every game worth playing”, as the posters say. The part they omit from the posters is “and also Pitfall 2, which sucks ass.” The Game On exhibition is at
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