The 14th Annual Interactive Fiction Competition has been released. History of the competition. Previously on Mefi. Emily Short reviews this year's entrants.
posted on Oct 3, 2008 - View this thread

Robert Pinsky writing about Zork. Yes, I know its super old.
posted on Jun 10, 2008 - View this thread

Zork - The Original Map. This was too awesome not to post! (via)
posted on Sep 18, 2007 - View this thread

Let's Tell a Story Together (A History of Interactive Fiction)
posted on Sep 2, 2007 - View this thread

Play history: Noughts and Crosses (EDSAC, 1952) begat Tennis for Two (Donner & oscilliscope, 1958) begat Spacewars (PDP, 1962) begat Star Trek (SDS Sigma, 1971) begat Hunt the Wumpus (Mainframe, 1972) begat Maze War (Xerox Atlos, 1974) begat DECWAR [warning:telnet(!)] (DEC-10, 1978) begat Zork (PDP-10, 1979) begat World of Warcraft... with a few steps in between. All names (but Maze Wars) go to playable versions. Dates have information on the game itself
posted on Dec 8, 2006 - View this thread

Play Zork directly in IM. Send an instant message to InfoComBot and choose from a list of available text-based games. You can even save games and return to them later. One thing's for sure: I'm not getting any work done this week.
posted on Mar 21, 2004 - View this thread

You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike...
posted on Sep 18, 2002 - View this thread

All this interest in Zork has reminded me of the old days of lo-fi games like Moria. And don't forget the other text adventure games like The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy - The Adventure Game, always a favorite mainly because I read the book. Any others out there worthy of note?
posted on Nov 6, 2001 - View this thread

Best.
404.
Ever.
[Bear with; it's a little slow but yes it works.]
posted on Oct 23, 2001 - View this thread