GET LAMP: The Text Adventure Documentary

Name: GET LAMP: The Text Adventure Documentary
Description: Jason Scott discusses making his documentary GET LAMP at a Google Tech Talk and screens part of the film. It covers the history of text adventures and interactive fiction, with interviews of Infocom developers and others.

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Jason Scott discusses making his documentary GET LAMP at a Google Tech Talk and screens part of the film. It covers the history of text adventures and interactive fiction, with interviews of Infocom developers and others.

HN recommends it to anyone interested in text adventures, Infocom, MUDs and early computer gaming history.

8 Hacker News mentions · 2014–2026

Topics

Game history & retro gaming
History of computing

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