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  "html": "<blockquote cite=\"http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/000168.html\">The next documentary I am working on is about Text Adventures, or Interactive Fiction. It is called \"Get Lamp\".</blockquote>\n\n\n<p><small style=\"text-align:right; display:block\">Source: <a href=\"http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/000168.html\">ASCII by Jason Scott: There is a Shiny Brass Lamp nearby</a></small></p>\n<p>Sweet merciful crap!  Man, aren't I smack-dab in the middle of Jason Scott's target demographic?  I snatched up his <a href=\"http://www.bbsdocumentary.com\">BBS Documentary</a> with the quickness, but I got my initiation into Zork a very long time before I ever heard the dulcet tones of my first 300 baud modem.</p>\n<!-- tags: bbs interactivefiction zork ifiction if gaming games oldschool -->\n\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\"><h3>Archived Comments</h3>\n<ul class=\"comments\">\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221088058\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.darcynorman.net\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=4f523b36360882764462462cc95f040d&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.darcynorman.net\">D'Arcy Norman</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221088058\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-10-21T04:47:02\">2005-10-21T04:47:02</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>Hehe. I was a Zork addict. Still have a copy on my Powerbook... My /. sig is:</p>\n<p>It is pitch dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.</p></div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221088059\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2377f34a68801b861c3e54e1301f0dce&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\">l.m.orchard</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221088059\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-10-21T10:56:04\">2005-10-21T10:56:04</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>I think I spent some short period as a little kid actually wondering whether or not there were grues in dark rooms.  :)</p></div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221088061\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.8dot3.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2d870e8df3af0d62fa636b336b17cd60&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.8dot3.com\">Nick</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221088061\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-10-21T15:11:26\">2005-10-21T15:11:26</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>I'm going to have to pick that one up.. How is the BBS DVD?  I might have to grab it, as I was known to visit a BBS or two in my past..</p></div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221088064\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.textfiles.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=a1f131cb4b90d31bf78f7450404ab317&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.textfiles.com\">Jason Scott</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221088064\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-10-25T06:55:44\">2005-10-25T06:55:44</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>I need more than 1.5 films to have a target demographic, Les!</p></div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221088066\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2377f34a68801b861c3e54e1301f0dce&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\">l.m.orchard</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221088066\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-10-25T14:54:22\">2005-10-25T14:54:22</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>@Jason:  Pssh...  Years from now, when you've released your 10th documentary, your master plan will be clear for all to plainly see!</p></div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221088067\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2377f34a68801b861c3e54e1301f0dce&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\">l.m.orchard</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221088067\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-10-25T14:55:43\">2005-10-25T14:55:43</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>@Nick:  Oh, and the BBS Documentary very much rocks.  You should definitely pick it up.  I've got it, of course, and could lend it should we ever get together for that beer.  :)</p></div>\n\n\n</li>\n<li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221088068\">\n<div class=\"meta\">\n<div class=\"author\">\n<a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.coarseblog.blogspot.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=9f4ee019e82a520e3b5de87e0edd6f29&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\" width=\"\" height=\"\"></a>\n<a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http://www.coarseblog.blogspot.com\">Robert</a>\n</div>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"#comment-221088068\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-07-01T20:02:47\">2006-07-01T20:02:47</time></a></p>\n</div>\n\n\n<div class=\"content\"><p>Zork!  I grew up on the BBS, learned so much about ignoring my family there!  I'll be picking up the BBS Documentary...  I just wish I could fire up QModem and hit the boards still...</p></div>\n\n\n</li>\n</ul>\n\n\n</div>\n\n\n",
  "body": "<blockquote cite=\"http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/000168.html\">The next documentary I am working on is about Text Adventures, or Interactive Fiction. It is called \"Get Lamp\".</blockquote>\r\n<small style=\"text-align:right; display:block\">Source: <a href=\"http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/000168.html\">ASCII by Jason Scott: There is a Shiny Brass Lamp nearby</a></small>\r\n\r\nSweet merciful crap!  Man, aren't I smack-dab in the middle of Jason Scott's target demographic?  I snatched up his [BBS Documentary][bbs] with the quickness, but I got my initiation into Zork a very long time before I ever heard the dulcet tones of my first 300 baud modem.\r\n\r\n[bbs]: http://www.bbsdocumentary.com\r\n\r\n<!-- tags: bbs interactivefiction zork ifiction if gaming games oldschool -->\r\n\r\n<div id=\"comments\" class=\"comments archived-comments\">\r\n            <h3>Archived Comments</h3>\r\n            \r\n        <ul class=\"comments\">\r\n            \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221088058\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.darcynorman.net\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=4f523b36360882764462462cc95f040d&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.darcynorman.net\">D'Arcy Norman</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221088058\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-10-21T04:47:02\">2005-10-21T04:47:02</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>Hehe. I was a Zork addict. Still have a copy on my Powerbook... My /. sig is:</p>\r\n\r\n<p>It is pitch dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.</p></div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221088059\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2377f34a68801b861c3e54e1301f0dce&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\">l.m.orchard</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221088059\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-10-21T10:56:04\">2005-10-21T10:56:04</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>I think I spent some short period as a little kid actually wondering whether or not there were grues in dark rooms.  :)</p></div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221088061\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.8dot3.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2d870e8df3af0d62fa636b336b17cd60&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.8dot3.com\">Nick</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221088061\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-10-21T15:11:26\">2005-10-21T15:11:26</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>I'm going to have to pick that one up.. How is the BBS DVD?  I might have to grab it, as I was known to visit a BBS or two in my past..</p></div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221088064\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.textfiles.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=a1f131cb4b90d31bf78f7450404ab317&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.textfiles.com\">Jason Scott</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221088064\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-10-25T06:55:44\">2005-10-25T06:55:44</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>I need more than 1.5 films to have a target demographic, Les!</p></div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221088066\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2377f34a68801b861c3e54e1301f0dce&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\">l.m.orchard</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221088066\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-10-25T14:54:22\">2005-10-25T14:54:22</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>@Jason:  Pssh...  Years from now, when you've released your 10th documentary, your master plan will be clear for all to plainly see!</p></div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221088067\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=2377f34a68801b861c3e54e1301f0dce&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.decafbad.com\">l.m.orchard</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221088067\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2005-10-25T14:55:43\">2005-10-25T14:55:43</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>@Nick:  Oh, and the BBS Documentary very much rocks.  You should definitely pick it up.  I've got it, of course, and could lend it should we ever get together for that beer.  :)</p></div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        <li class=\"comment\" id=\"comment-221088068\">\r\n            <div class=\"meta\">\r\n                <div class=\"author\">\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar image\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.coarseblog.blogspot.com\"><img src=\"http://www.gravatar.com/avatar.php?gravatar_id=9f4ee019e82a520e3b5de87e0edd6f29&amp;size=32&amp;default=http://mediacdn.disqus.com/1320279820/images/noavatar32.png\"/></a>\r\n                    <a class=\"avatar name\" rel=\"nofollow\" \r\n                       href=\"http://www.coarseblog.blogspot.com\">Robert</a>\r\n                </div>\r\n                <a href=\"#comment-221088068\" class=\"permalink\"><time datetime=\"2006-07-01T20:02:47\">2006-07-01T20:02:47</time></a>\r\n            </div>\r\n            <div class=\"content\"><p>Zork!  I grew up on the BBS, learned so much about ignoring my family there!  I'll be picking up the BBS Documentary...  I just wish I could fire up QModem and hit the boards still...</p></div>\r\n            \r\n        </li>\r\n    \r\n        </ul>\r\n    \r\n        </div>\r\n    ",
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