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From: mkinyon@peabody.iusb.indiana.edu (Michael Kinyon)
Subject: Re: Best Post-Infocom Text Adventures
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In article <1994Feb9.115921.20135@oxvax> nelson@vax.oxford.ac.uk 
(Mathematical Institute, (0865) 2-73525) writes:
>> : I am interested in how people feel about recent text-adventures. Which
>> : are the best, worth buying or downloading (if shareware)? Do any compare 
>> : to some of infocom's best? 
[list deleted]
>> 
>"Curses" is indeed free.  I think it probably compares with some of
>Infocom's mediocre.  But ask someone who's played the thing.
>
>Jemima Meldrew
>Meldrew House,
>England 

Jemima is far too modest.  "Curses" is better than almost all of
Infocom's games.  I do not wish to be more specific regarding 
comparisons to Infocom, but in the interest of writing something
highly controversial, I will add the following:

"Curses", a freeware game written in Inform (and as far as I know,
the only complete game written in Inform), is better than any
publicly available game written in TADS.

Flames should be directed to me, not to any member of the Meldrew family
or to Graham Nelson.  Consider me the Huxley to his Darwin.




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