I would really like to play text adventure games but I just don't have the patience for it. I dislike knowing the answer to a problem and then trying to figure out exactly how the author wanted that answer to be phrased for 10 hours.Imperioratorex Caprae said:I feel like an outcast sometimes because of how far back my gaming experience goes. I had a friend who was a few years older than me as well who taught me how to play text based games and later introduced me to the typing teacher that was Sierra games (thank you Sierra for making me type and read so damn fast).jademunky said:Now I don't feel so alone!Imperioratorex Caprae said:Right up there with you as well as owning an original copy of Zork in my early years and knowing not what the hell a Grue was or why it kept eating me.
I admit that Zork was one of those games I admired from a distance. Those text-only games seemed way too advanced for me, I had to go over to an older friend's house to watch him play.
Have you guys seen the documentary GET LAMP? It was uploaded by Google as part of their techtalk series.
The movie starts at about 7:30 in.