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My Gazebox is Full of Menhirs

January 21, 2012 at 3:00pm • 59 minutes • Short URL • Wiki Entry

Go north, get lamp, and check your inventory, as guest host Greg Knauss takes you on a journey into the world of interactive fiction, also known as "text adventures." Did families in the '80s really sit around the Apple II playing "Mystery House?" Will saving a game really erase your floppy disc? Listen if you dare, but watch out for grues!

Special guests Greg Knauss, Monty Ashley, and Steve Lutz.

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Hosted and edited by Greg Knauss. Theme by Christopher Breen.

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