“A hollow voice says, ‘Fool.'”
Back in the ancient mists of time (or something like that), there was a computer game called Adventure. In that game, there was a magic word: xyzzy. Since then, a lot of games have included xyzzy in some form as a tribute to the much-loved Adventure game. And I do mean a lot. The xyzzy responses page collects as many examples as possible, and some are pretty funny, such as the goofy Christopher Cross parody. (Gads, I really am showing my age now.)
I’ve been into Adventure, Zork, etc… I’m only 20.
I’d like to program some interactive fiction of my own…
Some day when I have the gumption to do so.
Thanks for that reminder that those games still do exist,
Dom.