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From: erkyrath@netcom.com (Andrew Plotkin)
Subject: Re: ZORK: The Grand Inquisitor
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Date: Thu, 23 Jan 1997 07:13:48 GMT
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Colm McCarthy (illusory@execpc.com) wrote:
> Greetings,

Man, this post arrived late. Everyone else has been reacting to it for a 
couple of days. Well, anyway...

> Apparently Activision will be releasing another Zork title, the Grand
> Inquisitor, in September of 1997.  They claim this one's going to be
> faithful to the original series:

"Hamlet II: The Danish Love Triangle" by Danielle Steele. Mm-hm.

> "you can do things like put steak
> sauce in a toaster oven and get a reaction" (well, how novel boys!),

Yep.

> and that they've done extensive research ("We feel a big
> responsibility to show people THEIR Zork")

If their research included what I've said about _Zork Nemesis_, I can 
only conclude that I was in the minority. This is the opposite of what I 
said they should do.

> and have built a linear
> history of the Zork universe based on all of the previous games.
> Sounds promising. 

Sounds like the sudden spasm of creativity we saw in _Zork Nemesis_ has 
been firmly clubbed, and will be buried in an unmarked grave. To market! 
To market!

--Z

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"And Aholibamah bare Jeush, and Jaalam, and Korah: these were the
borogoves..."
