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original competition entry
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map in GUEmap format
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Source code (readable--uncompiled)
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by David Welbourn

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Sins Against Mimesis

by Adam Thornton profile

1997
Satire
Inform 6

About the Story

Your lover Black left, and your days are full of loneliness. Your progress in finding him, however, is blocked by none other than the Devil himself; and to get rid of him, you must commit the seven deadly sins. And that is just the beginning...
[--blurb from The Z-Files Catalogue]

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2 Off-Site Reviews

>INVENTORY - Paul O'Brian writes about interactive fiction

There aren't many games which I would highly recommend to one group of people and discourage others from playing, but Sins is one of them. If you're an raif and rgif regular, I think you'll find Sins quite funny and entertaining. If not, forget it. It's bound to be more baffling and irritating than anything else.
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SynTax
Reading, for example, the description of the devil above, you will, I am sure, agree that the game is well written. It exudes atmosphere and this adds greatly to the game. However, I found Sins Against Mimesis to be a little bit weird for my liking but this is my personal taste. [...] To sum up, Sins Against Mimesis is fairly short (a pre-requisite of competition games), well written and fun to play.
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Game Details

Language: English (en)
Current Version: Release 3
License: Freeware
Development System: Inform 6
Baf's Guide ID: 139
IFIDs:  ZCODE-1-970925-3FF3
ZCODE-3-980110-D1D0
TUID: n8c9whn8wjp1y422

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