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Jake Wildstrom wrote:

> In article <20010225200030.20342.00002773@ng-mf1.aol.com>,
> Robotboy8 <robotboy8@aol.com> wrote:
> >In the light of some recent posts about IF being mainly aimed at adults, I
> >thought I was in the minority (I'm in 7th grade...)
> I'm 20, an I know I'm near the lower end but by now means at the bottom of the
> age spectrum. I've always been into IF; of course, I grew up in the 80's in a
> household with a computer, so I was pretty much _raised_ on IF. My childhood
> consisted of mapping out the Zork I maze, getting Starcross as a present when
> I _finally_ lost my first tooth (I lost 'em late...), going on dialup BBSes
> to get help on the Babel fish puzzle (hey, I bet I'm the only person here who
> played HHGTTG before I read the book!).

Heh...Nope.  Tough luck, Jake.  Not only did I not read the book until after
finishing the game, but I didn't do it earlier than you, I'd wager...

Got the HHGTTG game as an "I can't play this--you're supposed to be the smart one"
quasi-gift from a cousin when I was...twelve, maybe?  Then I spent about two years
trying to get through it.  Then, on replaying, I noticed the footnote indicating
the book, at which point I dropped everything to run out to the library...

Oh, and I'm 27, for anyone who cares.


