🧭 THE ARCHIVES

Quote of the day

You feel very funny, sort of squashed and pushed and squeezed. Your surroundings are wavering, then growing, then wavering again. The feeling vanishes, but your surroundings are ten times their former size... or is it that you are one-tenth your former size?

-- Spellbreaker

Factoid of the day

In Sorcerer, the VEZZA spell lets the player glimpse future events, including events from Spellbreaker. The spell was named after Infocom's then-CEO Albert Vezza, who most certainly misjudged the company's future.

Link of the day

The Gold Machine

Drew Cook's blog of deep dives into Infocom's works of interactive fiction

If you have an Infocom, interactive fiction, or adventure game link you'd like to see here, let me know.

Invisiclues

Bureaucracy

How the Points Are Scored

(Click or tap on any clue to reveal the clue.)

ActionPoints

Getting the mail (4 pieces)1 (each)
Swapping carts with bookstore clerk1
Getting your ticket from the travel agent1
Eating the burger1
Withdrawing money from the bank1
Exchanging tickets at Air Zalagasa desk1
Stopping flight 42 from leaving1
Shorting out the airport speakers1
Leaving the airplane (with parachute)1
Dropping into the pot (and living)1
Playing the. recipe cart for the Zalagasans1
Opening the locker door1
Going through the airlock door2
Crashing the nerd's computer1
Getting picked up by plane at landing strip2
Reading the letter at the end of the game1
TOTAL21 (Half of 42)