Remember Zork I? So do these guys. They remember it so well, they found a way to set the walkthrough to music. It’s almost hypnotic, in fact, the way he rattles off the cardinal directions.
This makes me want to take another stab at writing an interactive-fiction adventure game. My first attempts weren’t terribly clever concept-wise, and I got caught up with too many niggling details like being able to put mashed potatoes into light sockets and have it give you an intelligent answer. (Like: “You electrocute the mashed potatoes. Good for you. Now the room has a distinct odor of burnt potato.”) I’d probably just end up getting bogged down with details like that again.
Zork I in die Musikcharts!…
Zork I wandert durch die alternative/progressive/soundgardenish-Musikszene: Der argentinische Musiker pifie vertonte den Walkthrough durch den Infocom-Klassiker Zork I mit Vocals, E-Gitarre und Schlagzeug. Aus den Kommentaren zum Blog-Eintrag geht herv…