Game Informer - If you've ever enjoyed a point-and-click adventure game, you should know the name Infocom.
Text adventures have had a long gaming history, from the best sellers of the ’80s to the interactive fiction and visual novels of today. One of the most high-profile developers from the ’80s was Infocom, which was responsible for such classics as Zork, Leather Goddesses of Phobos, Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and many, many more.
Continue Play's Jenna Fraser grew up with Zork. She vividly remembers how it influenced her life, and how it continues to do so still.
Dealspwn: "I heard on the grapevine that a half-decent FPS called Bioshock Infinite was released this week. And with said game being set in a city stuffed full of socio-political commentary, I thought the perfect tonic for this week’s BFTP would be a game that took the premise of serious political issues, and then rammed it full of satire and humour. Plus it seems outrageous that in the archives of BFTP history we have yet to mention one of the most famous early adventure game franchises. So to both those ends, ladies and gentlemen I present to you Zork: Grand Inquisitor."
