Re: Time Question..


13 Jul 1995 16:43:47 GMT

Jon A. Preston <gt5048a@prism.gatech.edu> wrote:
> How did Infocom get started anyway? And what was life like in the
> Infocom factory?

There are lots of articles about Infocom available by FTP; look in the
directory ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/infocom/articles. The articles in
the file `articles.zip' contain some hints about how Infocom was
founded, and some feel for what Infocom was like to work for can be
gained from reading the extracts from the `New Zork Times'.

> [...] wondering what Lebling, Blank, and Anderson are up to now? :(

Paul Smith's "Infocom Game Information" article (see
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/infocom/info/gameinfo.txt) includes the
following:

Authors are listed below, along with what they were known to be
doing in March, 1992:

DA Douglas Adams - Working on the 5th book in the HHGttG series
DAn Dave Anderson - ?
BB Bob Bates - President of Legend Entertainment
LCJ Liz Cyr-Jones - ?
MBe Michael Berlyn - Writes SEGA games for Accolade
MB Marc Blank - Owns a ComputerLand store in Bend
AB Amy Briggs - A PhD candidate in Experimental Psychology
JC James Clavell - ? [died in 1995]
SG Stu Galley - Works at Thinking Machines Corp.
JL Jim Lawrence - ?
DL David Lebling - Writes a spreadsheet
SM Steve Meretzky - Writes adventures for Legend Entertainment
BM Brian Moriarty - Works at Lucasfilm Games
JON Jeff O'Neill - ?
JW Jerry Wolper - ?

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Gareth Rees