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Jokes aside they seem to call these games “interactive fiction” now. I did like the infocom games (I had Zork on Apple floppy). I played this one a few years back and was surprised how far they’ve come

Lost pig:

Details:

https://ifdb.org/viewgame?id=mohwfk47yjzii14w

Hey it’s online!

https://pr-if.org/play/lostpig/

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They always called them interactive fiction. They used to run ads on NPR

They even ran a contest in their quarterly newspaper where they admitted the name "interactive fiction" was clunky and solicited suggestions. Nothing stuck.

(8-year-old me mailed sooo many comic strips, all quietly rejected… le sigh) http://www.digitpress.com/library/newsletters/newzorktimes/n...

that really brings back the memories of how things 'used to be'.

i like the mail-in coupon for a Relational Database that ran on a PC, and it cost inflation-adjusted $1,400 but you could get it over half off with two games.

You mean they sponsored programming on NPR?

What distinction are you trying to make? That’s “advertising.”

You must not listen to NPR a lot. They go out of their way to not call it advertising. They are listener funded programming. It's okay if you don't get the reference.

Oh, I got the reference. They can call it whatever they want, but it is still advertising, and any distinction to the contrary is pointless and misleading.

Well that's fun, I burnt the farm down though...

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