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Text adventures: what are they, and where did they hide all the graphics? Until now, these questions have gone unanswered. But this week, we'll be looking at the world of games that existed before any kind of mandatory visual component—and continue to exist to this very day. And we have a real expert on hand: Aaron Reed, author of the upcoming comprehensive text adventure respective, 50 Years of Text Games: From Oregon Trail to A.I. Dungeon. So listen in as host Bob Mackey helps steer the Retronauts podcast ship through these formerly uncharted waters. (By us, anyway.)

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David Louis

Man that book kind of spoils those games though!! Would it be better to beat every game (outside of Dwarf Fortress obviously) before buying it?

Bob Mackey

If you have time to finish 50 text adventures just to read a book, godspeed sir