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The Heavy Pour
Several games from Infocom's library of text adventures, including the Zorks, Planetfall and Trinity, among many others. The graphics are decidedly 80s.

I’ve Been Eaten by a Grue

By Sara Clemens • April 14th, 2023

How I learned to stop worrying and love the text-based adventure.

The Burnt Offering

The Feels

By Stu Horvath • December 3rd, 2018

What happens when a horror story tries to manifest in the real world?

Get Illuminated, Get Lamp

By Charles Francis Moran VI • September 24th, 2010

In the documentary Get Lamp, computer historian and director Jason Scott guides us through the very early days of computer gaming, when there were no graphics – only text.

It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

By Stu Horvath • July 16th, 2010

Unwinnable takes a look at the five best unwinnable situations, be they weird, infuriating or just plain amusing.

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