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From: pds@lemming.webo.dg.com (Paul D. Smith)
Subject: Re: Infocom
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In-Reply-To: hshubs@cis.umassd.edu's message of Thu, 14 Jan 1993 04:13:51 GMT
Date: 14 Jan 93 20:47:03 GMT
To: hshubs@cis.umassd.edu (Howard S Shubs)
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[] Regarding Re: Infocom;
[] hshubs@cis.umassd.edu (Howard S Shubs) writes:

    hss> In <PDS.93Jan13110000@lemming.webo.dg.com>
    hss> pds@lemming.webo.dg.com (Paul D. Smith) writes:

    >Unfortunately, there are no hints (Mediagenic came up with a silly
    >idea for a fast buck and gives a 900 number you can call to receive
    >hints--bleah!).

    hss> It's things like this that make me hesitant to deal with
    hss> Mediagenic.  I'll -never- call a 900 number unless it's to
    hss> save my corpareal life.  Good thing they've not put anything
    hss> in volume II that I'm interested in, isn't it?

Well, I never use the hints anyway, and even if I needed some I would
find them on the net: like you, I'll never call that 900 number unless
flogged.

But you mean to tell me you're not interested in _Trinity_ or _A Mind
Forever Voyaging_?  In all "rate your favourite Infocom games" I've
ever seen these two always come out near the top.

Admittedly, some of the others are weaker, but...
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                                                                paul
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