Dissertation-Writing in Zork
West of Apartment Complex
You are standing in an open field west of a white apartment complex, with a boarded front door. There is a small mailbox here.
I’m posting this link especially for the benefit of Mark, who is not only a long-time fan of Zork (like me!) but who also spends much of his “free time” working on various scholarly papers that will, eventually, become part of his PhD dissertation.
Read the entire parody. If you know anything about Zork at all you will laugh.
Oh… and if you want to learn about Zork, just click on the screen shot below:
Posted by RebeccaHartong on April 21, 2006 under Uncategorized
Eek – Muds are very addictive! At 16 I spent an entire year on one called Wotmud (I was housebound – which is my excuse). It became my life sadly and it was only in university that I was tempted away.
Respect for Mark – I’m currently working on a PhD as well and I certainly couldn’t juggle that as well as train up a wizard/ranger – hmm maybe I should give the game a go first?…
Zork’s no MUD — but you might enjoy it anyway! There’s a link for downloading it free on the Wikipedia site (just click on the screen shot in the post above.) You’ll need either Windows or Mac OS 9 (or earlier).
If you want a truly fun MUD type game, check out Urban Dead. Mark and I both play Urban Dead pretty much every day. It’s good for people with a busy schedule because you’re limited to only 50 action points per day.