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

Carrington Vanston and Kay Savetz review classic text adventures and modern interactive fiction.

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Eine durchschnittliche Folge dieses Podcasts dauert 1h22m. Bisher sind 165 Folge(n) erschienen. Dieser Podcast erscheint täglich.

Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 9 days 7 hours 25 minutes

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episode 55: Fifi's Big Adventure


Kay has created a 50,000 word choose your own adventure novel for NaNoGenMo, and Carrington has nothing in his home to sit on. One of the hosts has their life much more together than the other, but who's to say which one. Okay, it's Kay. Hosts: and ...


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 November 8, 2023  1h23m
 
 

episode 54: Violet


Procrastination is the name of the game when Kay and Carrington play Violet. Okay, technically Violet is the name of the game when Kay and Carrington play Violet, but you know what I mean. Note to self: write a better summary for this podcast episode....


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 September 10, 2023  1h1m
 
 

episode 53: Counterfeit Monkey


The Grue Gang tackles one of modern IF's most intricate and interesting games, in which letters can be added or deleted from words at any time and anything can be rearranged. Grue can become gruel, games can become gams, and podcasters can become...


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 August 31, 2023  1h10m
 
 

episode 52: Creatures Such As We and Memories of Infocom


It's time to dim the lights and break out the legally binding waivers, as Kay and Carrington get busy with an interactive fiction dating sim. They'll also get down to some music inspired by Infocom games. Remember when they used to just play Zork?...


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 March 13, 2023  1h24m
 
 

episode 51: Dorm: Adventure at the 8-Bit Assembly


The Grue Crew discuss Carrington's own new text adventure game which he foisted upon an unsuspecting Kay. This is a deep dive into the creation of both the game and Feelies. Can the podcast, and more the point Carrington's ego, survive such a review?...


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 February 20, 2023  1h36m
 
 

Dorm: Adventure at the 8-Bit Assembly


Interactive Fiction Review


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 February 20, 2023  1h36m
 
 
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 February 12, 2023  1h24m
 
 

episode 50: Hadean Lands, Bee redux, and Leviathan


What do you get when you mix difficult puzzles with intricate storytelling? A pair of defeated gamers, that's what. Kay and Carrington throw in the towel and admit they were bested by Andrew Plotkin's Hadean Lands. Then they replay Emily Short's...


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 December 10, 2022  1h4m
 
 

Hadean Lands, Bee redux, and Leviathan


Interactive Fiction Review


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 December 10, 2022  1h4m
 
 

episode 49: Everybody Dies and Bee


The guys from Grue tackle another pair of modern Interactive Fiction games, or at least try to. First up is Everybody Dies, by Jim Munroe, in which ... well, everybody dies. Until they don't. And maybe there are ghosts. Next is Bee, by Emily Short,...


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 June 4, 2022  1h3m