#zork — Public Fediverse posts
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The "Zork Number", 69,105, has the property that 69 in decimal equals 105 in octal, and 69 in hexadecimal equals 105 in decimal.
I've brute-forced my way through a large range of numbers to see if they had this property and could only find the one.
The challenge, if you will accept it, is to provide proof that 69,105 *is* in fact the *only* Zork Number.
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eenk Provides eInk, ESP32 Powered Text Adventures
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I've updated all the Visible Zorker pages to include a search field. You can search for objects, routines, variables, and game text.
https://blog.zarfhome.com/2026/08/visible-zorker-search
Yes, the word “Zork" is temporarily swamped in gaming news due to some FromSoftware article. Big deal.
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Oh, rejoice! 🎉 Some brave soul updated #Wikipedia about Zork's name, because clearly, that's what the #internet was missing. Now, thanks to valiant #keyboard #warriors, we finally have #clarity on 1970s #MIT #jargon that absolutely no one asked for. 🚀
https://www.dpolakovic.space/blogs/zork-part2#update #Update #Zork #HackerNews #ngated -
Zork name origin got an update on Wikipedia
https://www.dpolakovic.space/blogs/zork-part2#update
#HackerNews #Zork #Wikipedia #Update #Gaming #History #Text #Adventure #Game
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Interactive Fiction Top 50 of All Time (2023 edition) https://ifdb.org/viewcomp?id=moqx12hlzkitvb73
1st Place: Counterfeit Monkey, by Emily Short
2nd Place: Anchorhead, by Michael Gentry
3rd Place: Spider and Web, by Andrew Plotkin
4th Place: Hadean Lands, by Andrew Plotkin
5th Place: The Impossible Bottle, by Linus Åkesson
6th Place: The Gostak, by Carl Muckenhoupt
6th Place: Photopia, by Adam Cadre (as Opal O'Donnell)
8th Place: Eat Me, by Chandler Groover
8th Place: Lost Pigby Admiral Jota -
Share Your Arcane Knowledge Wednesday
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🎮 Ah, the great #Zork detective saga: our intrepid hero finally clears the cobwebs from his save game file and embarks on a thrilling journey of... #blogging about trivia from the 70s. 🤦♂️ Because when you're neck-deep in virtual dungeons, what everyone truly craves is a riveting exposé on Wikipedia's source citations. 📚🔍
https://www.dpolakovic.space/blogs/zork-part2 #Saga #70sTrivia #SaveGame #VirtualDungeons #HackerNews #ngated -
@kyonshi I looked around at various lists of best loved Infocom adventures and added them to my plan (https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/z1xo8c163g5bfd9p0lt7w/Adventure-game-plan.md?rlkey=5vp89hdyrymkrsij29o0hup0d&st=n9ca76cb&dl=0). I have found a friend willing to play through them with me, so I'm going to start off with another crack at Zork, invisiclues in hand - even though it's probably not the best it's just so influential and I really want that context.
#adventuregame #videogames #infocom #interactivefiction #textadventure #zork
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Visible Zork 3 is now available!
https://eblong.com/infocom/visi/zork3/
Status of the Visible Zorker project: This is fun! I want to keep going. More notes and previews of upcoming games:
https://blog.zarfhome.com/2026/05/visible-zork-3
ObNote: The Visible Zorker is a Patreon-supported project. I just released Starcross for Patreon supporters.
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Wrote about my silly if-pal project: https://whitebeard.blog/posts/playing-interactive-fiction-with-an-ai-companion/
Ideal if you need a gen-alpha zork-playing ai companion in your life.
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Status: Visible Zork 3 is now in progress. Patreon supporters will see it on March 1st. Unless you're in the "see it right away" tier, in which case you'll be getting a link shortly.
I am now committing to finish Zork 3, Deadline, and Starcross by the end of May. Woot!
https://blog.zarfhome.com/2026/02/visible-zorker-status
