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From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin)
Subject: Re: How good are you folks at these Infocom games?
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Eric Hansen (ehansen@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
> I'm playing some of the Infocom games for the first time.  I'm having a ball, 
> but I have to admit to needing serious help with a lot of the puzzles.  Often, 
> after learning the solution, I can honestly say I NEVER would have thought of 
> that.

> Are you guys able to get through them without help?

Yes, I got through quite a few games with no help, and most of the rest 
with only minimal help. (One or two spots.)

Part of it is experience. Part is not having the hints available. :) 
Sometimes it just takes two or three weeks of pounding...

--Z

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