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From: thoni@ida.liu.se (Thomas Nilsson)
Subject: Re: Examine is evil!
Message-ID: <1994Feb23.165936.12923@ida.liu.se>
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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 1994 16:59:36 GMT
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goetz@cs.buffalo.edu (Phil Goetz) writes:

>     Interactive fiction should do away with the verb "examine"!

I don't think I agree exactly, but doing what you imply would
certainly bring IF forward. I *do* hate these 'examine this'/'examine
that' type of games.

Not until we stop designing the games as puzzles in which you must
hinder the player in every possible way, will there be Fiction!!

/Thomas
--
Little languages go a long way...
(ThoNi of ThoNi&GorFo Adventure Factories in 1985)
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