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  • Infocom Ownership

    From adam.sommerfield@gmail.com@21:1/5 to All on Tue May 16 14:34:05 2017
    Infocom as a brand name and logo are now back in the ownership of an Implementor ... Bob Bates.

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  • From David Griffith@21:1/5 to adam.sommerfield@gmail.com on Sat Jun 17 03:36:28 2017
    adam.sommerfield@gmail.com wrote:
    Infocom as a brand name and logo are now back in the ownership of an Implementor ... Bob Bates.

    URL?

    --
    David Griffith
    davidmylastname@acm.org <--- Put my last name where it belongs

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  • From Adam Thornton@21:1/5 to David Griffith on Sat Jun 17 16:36:20 2017
    In article <oi283p$o1q$1@frotz.eternal-september.org>,
    David Griffith <davidmylastname@acm.org> wrote:
    adam.sommerfield@gmail.com wrote:
    Infocom as a brand name and logo are now back in the ownership of an >Implementor ... Bob Bates.

    URL?

    The game is Thaumistry: http://www.thaumistry.com/

    I haven't found anything indicating the bought the name and logo,
    though. And the game is written in TADS, so it doesn't have a z-machine-or-descendant back end. But it did seem pretty cool. I
    backed the Kickstarter.

    Adam

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  • From woolcross@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Adam Thornton on Mon Jun 19 15:03:15 2017
    On Saturday, June 17, 2017 at 10:36:21 AM UTC-6, Adam Thornton wrote:
    In article <oi283p$o1q$1@frotz.eternal-september.org>,
    David Griffith <davidmylastname@acm.org> wrote:
    adam.sommerfield@gmail.com wrote:
    Infocom as a brand name and logo are now back in the ownership of an >Implementor ... Bob Bates.

    URL?

    The game is Thaumistry: http://www.thaumistry.com/

    I haven't found anything indicating the bought the name and logo,
    though. And the game is written in TADS, so it doesn't have a z-machine-or-descendant back end. But it did seem pretty cool. I
    backed the Kickstarter.

    Adam

    Reveal details the instant you become aware.

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  • From namekuseijin@21:1/5 to All on Mon Sep 11 08:52:41 2017
    text-adventures are finally back! Hurrah! I was left out cold for the past 30 years!

    I'll grab a dosbox

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