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@physicsrunner.bsky.social

Long-distance runner, musician, retro computing enthusiast, Star Wars fan, lover of physics and all science.

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I thought I knew Infocomโ€™s Activision era history well enough, but I had not been previously aware of Mini-Zork! I enjoyed hearing your remembrances and experiences with both Zork variants.

15.01.2026 02:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Text based Racing game under development (The Debt): Please note this project is under joint development by @DUNGEON_MASTER and me Story This is all about street racing, you will be playing as a boy/girl who is younger brother/sister of a business ma...

And from your interactive fiction peanut gallery, I found ASCII Cars and Speed Racer at IFDB. For musings on how they can work, hereโ€™s a thread on an abandoned text adventure about auto racing called โ€œThe Debt.โ€ So as Jason said, they certainly exist! forum.choiceofgames.com/t/text-based...

12.01.2026 12:39 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Floppy Days Vintage Computing Podcast: Floppy Days 78 - Interview with Stewart Cheifet, Computer Chronicles Stewart Cheifet, Computer Chronicles Links: Stewart Cheifet Productions -   Email - Twitter - Facebook - Watch episodes of COMPUTER CHRONICLES - Watch episodes of NET CAFE - Stewartโ€™s inte...

Thanks, @jasoncompton.bsky.social, for recommending the 2017 Floppy Days interview with Stewart Cheifet. It is wonderful and I recommend it to all TWIRlers! floppydays.libsyn.com/floppy-days-...

10.01.2026 19:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Utterly delightful episode. Retro podcast heaven! Thank you! In terms of IF merch, @aaronareed.bsky.social has some great offerings. www.redbubble.com/people/aaron...

27.12.2025 23:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

An eye-opening and horizon-expanding episode. It made me realize how little I know about IF so it motivated me to dip my toes a bit more into the IFDB pool. Mathbrushโ€™s reviews on the site provide a good entry point for a panoramic view of the IF scene, and Iโ€™ll try some of his recommendations.

20.11.2025 03:35 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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I also have an iPad Air 2 but it had been updated to 64-bit iOS and sadly there is no way back to 32-bit with that device after updating it.

27.10.2025 21:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

And maybe my iPad sluggishness is due to throttling, akin to your battery issue. Itโ€™ll be interesting to see how long a charge lasts on mine nowadays.

27.10.2025 21:46 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, I love how the boxed elements and the Invisiclues are integrated into the game! My 4th generation iPad seems sluggish compared to the modern iPads but Iโ€™m not complaining!

27.10.2025 21:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Very happy to have the 32-bit iOS version of Lost Treasures of Infocom back up and running after reviving my 4th generation iPad earlier today. Such a fantastic implementation of this compilation. @retroadventurers.bsky.social @jasoncompton.bsky.social @tuftymctavish.com

27.10.2025 20:57 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Disk version. I am in the US so I was unaware of the tape version until you mentioned it on the program. Very interesting!

08.07.2025 15:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You were an awesome guest and it was a fascinating and fun discussion!

08.07.2025 03:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I bought the C64 Robots of Dawn while in high school. My simpleminded reactions: I didnโ€™t think that Lije was a plausible nickname for Elijah โ€˜cause it didnโ€™t sound cool enough for the future. A friend and I also privately used the title of R. instead of Mr. for a teacher with a robotic personality!

08.07.2025 03:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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@retroadventurers.bsky.social While listening to your interview with Andrew Plotkin, I found this insert in my copy of The Book of Adventure Games II, which I recently obtained on eBay. (Btw, I just joined BlueSky in order to follow your account here!)

22.06.2025 13:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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