Once upon a time in a land called 'the 1980s', there was a revolutionary text-based game called Zork. One of the most interesting things about this game (to me, at least) is that it was not, in fact, referred to as a 'text game' in this wonderous and strange land of the 1980s. Instead it was referred to as interactive fiction. Zork enthusiasts have said in interviews that games like Zork are, "more like playing a book," and would enthusiastically describe it to i love my friends graphics as, "a type of literature [they] may or may not have seen before" (Get Lamp).
