Outsided -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Author(s): Chad Elliott Genre: Espionage Language: en First Publication Date: 1999 License: Freeware Rating: 2.0 (based on 1 rating) ABOUT THE STORY "You are about to have the worst day of your life..." [--blurb from Competition '99] EXTERNAL LINKS outsided.z5 Requires a Z-Code interpreter[1] solve.htm Release 1 EDITORIAL REVIEWS >INVENTORY - Paul O'Brian writes about interactive fiction > Aw, here I am being all harsh and I didn't even mention one of the game's > main redeeming features: its author apologizes for it right up front. Before > the first prompt of the game even arrives, we see this: > > A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: Hi, first I would like to say 'sorry.' Good! Now > that I have gotten that out of the way, Please 'enjoy' the game. > > I laughed when I saw that, especially following as it did on the heels of > the error-riddled opening paragraphs. And I appreciated it too, I really > did. But I have to say it confused me a little as well. Obviously the author > knows that the game isn't up to par. So instead of releasing it with an > apology, why not instead fix it, then release a good version that he > wouldn't have to apologize for? I would have appreciated that a lot more. REFERENCES [1]