Inside The (Expanded) History Of Zork

So, I’m hoping most of you already spotted Matt Barton’s awesome ‘The History Of Zork’ feature over at Gamasutra, another one in a series profiling the Digital Game Canon titles. But you might not have spotted that Barton put up full versions of his original interviews for the feature on his own Armchair Arcade site.
He handily explains all the people talked to, as well: “Dave Lebling and Marc Blank are two of the original implementors who worked on Zork. Steve Meretzky came in later, and wrote several of the most successful Infocom games. Howard Sherman is president of a modern-day IF publishing company named Malinche Entertainment. Nick Montfort is the author of a book about IF called Twisty Little Passages.”
My favorite quote? This Meretzky commentary on the influence of Zork and its brethren: “Sometimes I see the same sort of humor and irreverence of Zork popping up in games, […]

Original post by editors@gamesetwatch.com (simonc) and software by Elliott Back