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Engadget: Creators of Zork to accept Pioneer Award at DICE Summit, hide WIRED interview behind new text adventure

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Creators of Zork to accept Pioneer Award at DICE Summit, hide WIRED interview behind new text adventure
Dec 20th 2012, 15:31

Creators of Zork to accept Pioneer Award at DICE Summit, hide WIRED interview behind new text adventure

If you've ever been eaten by a grue, you can blame Dave Lebing, Marc Blank and and a small team of their friends -- Zork, and the notoriously frustrating text adventure game genre that followed is all their fault. The games were challenging, but they were also the most complex narratives told through video games at the time, and their creators are finally getting their dues. Early next year, Blank and Lebing are slated to receive the Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences' Pioneer Award at the DICE Summit. The name implies the details: the award honors those who helped pioneer the gaming industry with their early work, ultimately paving the way for the titles and hardware we enjoy today. How influential was the title? Too young for nostalgic reminisces of "interactive fiction?" Head on over to Wired for a lesson in history -- it's hidden its entire interview with Dave Lebling behind a text adventure of its own design.

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