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G.U.E. on Nine Zorkmids a Day

Posted on May 11, 2026 by Nathan

I recently wrote about the Zork gamebooks, but there were also a few novels published back in the day. As far as video game tie-ins go, they’re pretty good. They often feel like pretty standard fantasy with some Zorkian humor … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, craig shaw gardner, Greek Mythology, Humor, infocom, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Norse, Relationships, Video Games, zork | Tagged autoexec, brogmoids, caspar wartsworth, control character, corky crisp, dryads, duncanthrax, enchanter, festeron, franz kafka, george alec effinger, great underground empire, grues, lucien kaine, mirakles of the elastic tendon, morgrom, muses, nymphs, robin w. bailey, satchmoz the incomparable, stribel wartsworth, the lost city of zork, the zork chronicles, time travel, valhalla, violet voss, wishbringer, y'gael, zork iii | Leave a comment

Choose Your Own Grues

Posted on March 31, 2026 by Nathan

I recently wrote about the King’s Quest tie-in novels, and now I’m turning to the Zork gamebooks from the early 1990s. These are referred to as What-Do-I-Do-Now Books, obviously an attempt to capitalize on Choose Your Own Adventure. How you proceed … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Greek Mythology, Humor, infocom, J.R.R. Tolkien, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Names, Video Games, zork | Tagged belboz, bivotar, choose your own adventure, conquest of quendor, cyclopes, demons, doctor dolittle, dragons, ellron, elves, enchanter, exorcism, general thaddeus kaine, great underground empire, grues, hades, hugh lofting, jeearr, juranda, logrumethar, lord of the rings, magic carpet, riddles, sorcerer, steve meretzky, swords, syovar, temple of agrippa, the cavern of doom, the forces of krill, the malifestro quest, trolls, what-do-i-do-now books, zork i, zork ii, zork nemesis, zork zero | 1 Comment

A Sight for Saurus Eyes

Posted on February 26, 2026 by Nathan

Quest for Glory II: Trial by Fire – While the first game placed the town and the wild areas on the same grid, this one takes place mostly within the city of Shapeir. It’s in a Middle Eastern setting where … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, Animals, Arabian, Art, Dragon Quest, Humor, infocom, king's quest, Language, Magic, Maps, Mario, Medicine, Monsters, Monty Python, Mythology, Names, Politics, quest for glory, Relationships, Sierra, Star Trek, Video Games, zork | Tagged ad avis, ali fakir, amusement parks, belboz, bozbarland, circle of enchanters, demons, dinosaurs, elementals, enchanter, ghouls, gloriana, great underground empire, iblis, jackalmen, jinn, katta, liontaurs, locusts, mazes, paladins, potions, quest for glory ii, rakeesh sah tarna, raseir, saurus, scorpions, shapeir, sorcerer, super mario world, time travel, trial by fire, yoshi | 4 Comments

Shoot to Krill

Posted on February 19, 2026 by Nathan

Zork III: The Dungeon Master – I played a fair amount of the first two Zork games, although I never finished either of them. I don’t think I’d really looked at the third one, though, so I figured I should. … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Food, Humor, infocom, Magic, Maps, Video Games, zork | Tagged dying earth, enchanter, frogs, jack vance, planetfall, the dungeon master, time travel, turtles, warlocks, wizards, zork grand inquisitor, zork i, zork ii, zork iii, zork zero | 2 Comments

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G.U.E. on Nine Zorkmids a Day

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