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From: liz@marvin.contex.com (Elizabeth Cyr Jones)
Subject: Re: Infocom "brain" ad
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Date: Tue, 26 Mar 1996 18:51:36 GMT
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In article <4itq9a$8do@news.lth.se>,
Magnus Olsson <mol@marvin.df.lth.se> wrote:
>In article <4ishmt$9l4@news.wco.com>,
>Jeff Lodoen <jlodoen@mega.megamed.com> wrote:
>
>(quoting an old Infocom advert)
>
>>You'll never see Infocom's graphics on any computer screen. Because
>>there's never been a computer built by man that could handle the
>>images we produce. And, there never will be.
>>
>>We draw our graphics from the limitless imagery of your imagination --
>>a technology so powerful, it makes any picture this's ever come out
>>of a screen look like graffiti by comparison. And nobody knows how
>>to unleash your imagination like Infocom.
>
>How very true. And yet, how ironic, considering "Arthur", "Shogun", 
>and "Journey"...
>
>-- 
>Magnus Olsson (mol@df.lth.se)

Yes, well, the "brain ad" worked for Infocom during the early years, when the
games were purely IF.  I don't remember exactly, but I don't think the ad ran
once graphics were part of the game.  The decision to include graphics, even
as much as static pictures, was a tough one.  But Infocom had lost so much
money due to trying to lift Cornerstone off the ground, that the games side
was starting to sag.  The thought was that graphics were the hot thing around,
so games with graphics would attract another part of the marketplace.

liz jones
liz@contex.com


