Jeff of Just Press Start writes:
"I had no idea Steve Jackson was such a cruel, cruel man. If I didn’t know better (and hadn’t seen the achievement that says it IS possible), I’d believe there IS no good ending to Fighting Fantasy: House of Hell, the latest offering from our good friends at Tin Man Games. I can’t count the number of times I’ve either been killed outright or frightened to death during my time exploring the eponymous house, and I’ve never had more fun being scared!"
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Text adventures were some of the earliest forms of video games, but we’ve come a long way since Hunt the Wumpus and Adventure. Some of today’s surviving pockets of the genre are visual novels and gamebooks — two very niche types of games that most people associate with tons of reading. They cringe at the idea and then go peruse libraries in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Despite their name, these games aren’t all about text. Interactive fiction is perhaps a better classification. That misconception can hurt sales, so manipulating the genre to emphasize its versatility and flexibility could be the key to a more successful future.
One of the earliest games I played was Zork I on a Commodore 64 (yes, I'm old). Nice to see the genre making a bit of a comeback.
