WriterBob Richmond Hill, Ontario Top 100 Reviewer Member since October 7, 2008 Last visited March 15, 2020 Profile ID (TUID): musif5x261j16l8e E-mail: [click to reveal]

I have played text adventures, or interactive fiction since the early '80's. My first experience was with the mainframe Zork. My Dad brought home a dummy terminal with an acoustic coupler modem and instead of a monitor, it printed straight to thermal paper. After telnetting into the server and entering Zork, I had a true scrollable transcript of every interaction. Knowing nothing about anything I fell to the damnable grue many times.

For a few decades I lost touch with IF, but have lately become captivated again by the prose and the imagination behind interactive storytelling.

Currently I am interested in authoring my own IF works. To learn more about my experience with this, please visit: http://writerbob.wordpress.com/

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The liberation, by Stephane F.   March 10, 2020

"It has been a few years now since I've played, or reviewed any interactive fiction. The game mechanics of "The Liberation" are an example..." - See the full review

Donkey Kong, by Andrew Plotkin   November 30, 2013

"I came across this game while randomly browsing through the site. My preconception was that this was going to be another example of..." - See the full review

Zork, by Tim Anderson, Marc Blank, Bruce Daniels, and Dave Lebling   September 5, 2013

"I'm going to try something a bit different with this review. Many pieces of modern IF are brief and can be completed in less than hour...." - See the full review

baby tree, by Lester Galin   September 2, 2013

"This piece is minimalist and surreal, and is devoid of meaning. It's difficult to determine what the author's intent is. The description..." - See the full review

Antifascista, by Greg Farough   November 27, 2012

"Antifascista is a game with high aspirations, strong ideals, and limited interaction. The strength of this game lies in the linear story,..." - See the full review

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