tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post2794500652083718174..comments2024-03-28T10:20:02.929+03:00Comments on Gnome's Lair: Fragile Shellsgnomehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03497613771780431048noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-15499501625273181422011-06-18T14:22:34.348+03:002011-06-18T14:22:34.348+03:00Still, it would make sense dear David...Still, it would make sense dear David...gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497613771780431048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-81775862813214896642011-06-18T14:20:12.134+03:002011-06-18T14:20:12.134+03:00Why yes, Wadjet, but I think the original term was...Why yes, Wadjet, but I think the original term was <i>second person thinker</i>, as opposed to <i>first person shooter</i>, because many IFs were and are written in the second person. Maybe I'm wrong.David T. Marchandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17639026849289970756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-222178906754487382011-06-17T20:39:37.402+03:002011-06-17T20:39:37.402+03:00Glad you liked it dear Ithmeer. And congrats too!Glad you liked it dear Ithmeer. And congrats too!gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497613771780431048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-76595142899623813352011-06-17T20:38:40.349+03:002011-06-17T20:38:40.349+03:00Ah! Beat it without hints. A very interesting game...Ah! Beat it without hints. A very interesting game.Ithmeerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13602566071175509797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-30324460416126217482011-06-16T20:41:23.532+03:002011-06-16T20:41:23.532+03:00A first person thinker! Yes. I like that. A lot.A first person thinker! Yes. I like that. A lot.gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497613771780431048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-1154966786802433892011-06-16T20:35:45.460+03:002011-06-16T20:35:45.460+03:00I always pronounced it as "if" for years...I always pronounced it as "if" for years. It wasn't until last year when I went to PAX that I heard everyone refer to it as "eye eff".<br /><br />I like the term "first person thinker" myself. :)Wadjet Eyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06999082508434214753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-84429140011797739672011-06-16T18:58:36.470+03:002011-06-16T18:58:36.470+03:00(it was a real pleasure dear Stephen; excellent ga...(it was a real pleasure dear Stephen; excellent game, excellent)<br /><br />Indeed, Infocom did call their games interactive fiction as opposed to most European developers that preferred the term text adventure. I'm glad we more or less agree on what separates the term nowadays though.gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497613771780431048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-57453438166971914092011-06-16T18:05:56.691+03:002011-06-16T18:05:56.691+03:00I dunno that it's the correct term, but Infoco...I dunno that it's the correct term, but Infocom called their games "interactive fiction" back in the day and that term then got appropriated and propagated by the IF community in the late 80s-early 90s. If you want to make a division between IF focusing on story and text adventures on traditional puzzling, I'd definitely agree that Fragile Shells is more text adventure than interactive fiction.<br /><br />(And thanks for the play and review, gnome!)Stephen Granadehttp://granades.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-84987536852203161722011-06-16T16:32:00.657+03:002011-06-16T16:32:00.657+03:00The intricacies of the average terminus technicus ...The intricacies of the average terminus technicus is indeed above me dear Jonathon. I'm just more accustomed to the term text-adventure. I feel it implies the puzzlier nature of games such as, uhm, well, these.gnomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03497613771780431048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20638322.post-72502340154588404122011-06-16T16:08:42.517+03:002011-06-16T16:08:42.517+03:00Never did understand why the correct term is suppo...Never did understand why the correct term is suppose to be interactive fiction when interactive fiction could actually be applied to any game with a fictional story and any text adventure based in fact would not be technically an IF title.<br /><br />But then this is true of many of the "correct" titles of things.Jonathon Wisnoskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07384745589382334139noreply@blogger.com