My “Games Completed” list this year is quite good. Part of that is that my total number of games played is inversely proportional to the amount of time I play World of Warcraft. Meaning I didn’t play much Warcraft this year, so I played a lot of other things. The other reason is that I really tried to put an emphasis on completing games this year. I pick up a lot of games and tend to dabble a lot, but I’m easily distracted by the next thing and leave many games hanging. This year I dabbled less and finished more. So without further ado…
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Zork My Kindle
October 11, 2010
One of the things I love about the Kindle is that it does one thing really well, which is be a book reading device. It doesn’t have to make bacon and change my oil and do a dozen other multimedia functions, so long as reading on it is a superlative experience. So while it does have a browser on it, I really haven’t cared much, other than to buy books. Until today, when I stumbled upon the perfect marriage of new tech and old.
PortableQuest is a game engine made for text-based interactive fiction that can be played on the Kindle. Just fire up Whispernet and browse to PortableQuest.com on your Kindle to get started. You can play Mini-Zork I, Zork I, Zork II or Zork III.
Best of all, you won’t have to worry about being eaten by a grue. Who said the Kindle needs a backlight!
