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From: jwj001@acad.drake.edu
Subject: INFIDEL
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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 17:42:43 GMT

Even though everyone has been ragging on Infidel, I have to add this to stand
up for Michael Berlin.  Wasn't the inside Diary one of the most humorous works
infocom has produced?  The game may not have much reply value, but I've read
that diary a billion times, and still find it very funny each new reading. 
Also on the subject of inside books, I LOVED the AMFV story about PRISM and his
creator.  The game itself was more of a story then anything else infocom had
done until then, and the short-story before it added a much needed touch.

***SPOILER*****





















One more naggin Infidel question.  Both my friend and I came to the same end on
that game - death in the final chamber.  Did anyone else successfully complete
this game by staying alive?  If not, I rank this game and ending as one of the
worst in Infocom's history.  I must have replayed the end 100 moves over and
over searching for a way to stay alive.  Somebody, PLEASE, tell me that you can
survive the desert!!


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John Jordan
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"Be Free With Your Tempo, Be Free..." - Queen
