Eaten By A Grue: Infocom, Text Adventures, and Interactive Fiction

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Trinity is Infocom's classic game about the dangers of the Atomic Age, and it's a blast! Get it? Get it? A blast? Hilari... Read more

Jetsetter Kevin Savetz flies to the GitHub lair on Skullcrusher Mountain to interview Steve Meretzky about what it was l... Read more

What does it mean when Kay and Carrington discuss a game full of Christmas Tree Monsters and Cruel Puppets for over two ... Read more

The Gruesome Twosome take a vacation from Infocom to visit Thimbleweed Park, where they solve a murder, discuss free wil... Read more

Explore a house filled with traps and trophies in Hollywood Hijinx, the zany (or is it kooky?) treasure hunt from Infoco... Read more

Infocom's first mystery: a locked room, six suspects, and a ticking clock. Can a pair of fumbling podcasters solve the m... Read more

Solve a murder, unmask a ghost, and hunt for treasure in Infocom's multitrack mystery. Can you do what Scooby do? Find o... Read more

Two podcasters, both alike in indignity, at KansasFest, where unfair puzzles make unfair games unsolvable. In short, thi... Read more

Set sail on the seven seas where swords clash, bodices rip, and it's not always clear who's rescuing whom. Special guest... Read more

Kevin and Carrington throw caution to the wind and spill the beans about Infocom's idiom-riddled game. Does it cut the m... Read more

Ahoy! Kevin and Carrington dive into Seastalker, Infocom's junior gee-whiz submarine adventure. Set course for adventure... Read more

Is playing The Witness a total gasser, or is it a trip for biscuits? Listen in as those hep cats Kevin and Carrington ge... Read more

Kevin and Carrington delve once again into the dungeons of the Great Underground Empire to complete Infocom's famous (an... Read more

Set sail for Hardscrabble Island, where sly divers vie for sunken treasure. Can Kevin and Carrington avoid the dangers o... Read more

The Gruesome Twosome take another vacation from Infocom to play a vintage text adventure written by none other than Kay ... Read more

Kay and Carrington foray into the future to face the mishaps and misspellings of Planetfall, Infocom's rib-tickling romp... Read more

A butterfly flaps its wings on the other side of the world, and suddenly Kevin and Carrington are discussing an obscure ... Read more

Infocom released several non-IF programs, such a series of digital comics, a board game, and even a corporate database. ... Read more

Infocom's only espionage story, Border Zone is filled with intrigue and danger in a constantly moving world that doesn't... Read more