I'm continuing to make my way through Trinity, this time discussing genre and narrative instability.

https://golmac.org/narrative-surface-features-in-trinity-1/

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Trinity post 3/?

Back to another Infocom post after who knows how long? It's been hard balancing it with Inform 7 content and my own game dev. This time, a survey of audience and critical responses to Trinity concludes.

https://golmac.org/fumbling-through-to-survive-critical-receptions-of-trinity-2-2/

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I'm posing a challenge to anyone who loves old text adventures. I want to see someone complete the entirety of the original Zork. That may seem simple enough, but the catch is, you must do so INSIDE CALL OF DUTY: BLACK OPS!

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Trinity coverage at Gold Machine continues, this time remembering the experience of feeling that nuclear war was inevitable.

http://golmac.org/trinity-a-critical-introduction/

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I think Trinity is one of Infocom's best games, even though it isn't my favorite. The first of several posts is up now.

http://golmac.org/the-big-one-trinity/

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The last bit on Ballyhoo, a large and ranging piece about rhetorical structure, influence, and subjectivity, is up. Trinity is next, though I need to give it some thought.

https://golmac.org/ballyhoo-and-the-epidemiology-of-influence/

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More Ballyhoo, this time about setting and prose.

https://golmac.org/ballyhoo-big-top-noir/

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This is what happens when you punish your friends by making them navigate the zork 1 maze with a bunch of items and the basic commands with the goal of reaching the cyclops all because they have a lower score in your fantasy games league!!!! MUAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHA! https://youtu.be/cyp3v4AkUZI

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Gold Machine's coverage of Ballyhoo begins today with a critical introduction, focusing on Infocom's mystery games and the passage of time.

https://golmac.org/a-critical-introduction-to-ballyhoo/

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