Eaten By A Grue: Infocom, Text Adventures, and Interactive Fiction

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Co-hosted by Kay Savetz and Carrington Vanston

  • 1 hour 23 minutes
    Fifi's Big Adventure

    Kay has created a 50,000 word choose your own adventure novel for NaNoGenMo, and Carrington has nothing in his home to sit on. One of the hosts has their life much more together than the other, but who's to say which one. Okay, it's Kay.

    Hosts: Kay Savetz and Carrington Vanston

    Theme tune: "It Is Pitch Dark" by MC Frontalot

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    Next episode: Adventureland

    8 November 2023, 1:13 am
  • 1 hour 1 minute
    Violet

    Procrastination is the name of the game when Kay and Carrington play Violet. Okay, technically Violet is the name of the game when Kay and Carrington play Violet, but you know what I mean. Note to self: write a better summary for this podcast episode. I'm sure I'll get around to it before we record.

    Hosts: Kay Savetz and Carrington Vanston

    Theme tune: "It Is Pitch Dark" by MC Frontalot

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    Next episode: Fifi's Big Adventure

    10 September 2023, 9:25 pm
  • 1 hour 10 minutes
    Counterfeit Monkey

    The Grue Gang tackles one of modern IF's most intricate and interesting games, in which letters can be added or deleted from words at any time and anything can be rearranged. Grue can become gruel, games can become gams, and podcasters can become really cool dudes (okay, that one is hypothetical).

    Hosts: Kay Savetz and Carrington Vanston

    Theme tune: "It Is Pitch Dark" by MC Frontalot

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    Next episode: Violet

    31 August 2023, 1:00 am
  • 1 hour 24 minutes
    Creatures Such As We and Memories of Infocom

    It's time to dim the lights and break out the legally binding waivers, as Kay and Carrington get busy with an interactive fiction dating sim. They'll also get down to some music inspired by Infocom games. Remember when they used to just play Zork? This podcast just keeps getting weirder.

    Hosts: Kay Savetz and Carrington Vanston

    Theme tune: "It Is Pitch Dark" by MC Frontalot

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    Next episode: Counterfeit Monkey

    13 March 2023, 2:15 am
  • 1 hour 36 minutes
    Dorm: Adventure at the 8-Bit Assembly

    The Grue Crew discuss Carrington's own new text adventure game which he foisted upon an unsuspecting Kay. This is a deep dive into the creation of both the game and Feelies. Can the podcast, and more the point Carrington's ego, survive such a review? As the game itself says, what's the worst that can happen? Only one way to find out.

    Hosts: Kay Savetz and Carrington Vanston

    Theme tune: "It Is Pitch Dark" by MC Frontalot

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    Next episode: Creatures Such As We

    20 February 2023, 10:03 pm
  • 1 hour 4 minutes
    Hadean Lands, Bee redux, and Leviathan

    What do you get when you mix difficult puzzles with intricate storytelling? A pair of defeated gamers, that's what. Kay and Carrington throw in the towel and admit they were bested by Andrew Plotkin's Hadean Lands. Then they replay Emily Short's recently remastered Bee, and tackle Jason Shiga's twisted tale of tentacles and truth. Bonus: Kay may or may not have sent Carrington some malware.

    Hosts: Kay Savetz and Carrington Vanston

    Theme tune: "It Is Pitch Dark" by MC Frontalot

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    Next episode: Dorm: Adventure at the 8-Bit Assembly

    10 December 2022, 8:12 pm
  • 1 hour 3 minutes
    Everybody Dies and Bee

    The guys from Grue tackle another pair of modern Interactive Fiction games, or at least try to. First up is Everybody Dies, by Jim Munroe, in which ... well, everybody dies. Until they don't. And maybe there are ghosts. Next is Bee, by Emily Short, about going to a spelling bee. Except the only version of the game available doesn't include the spelling bee. Infocom games were never this complicated.

    Hosts: Kay Savetz and Carrington Vanston

    Theme tune: "It Is Pitch Dark" by MC Frontalot

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    Next episode: Hadean Lands, by Andrew Plotkin

    4 June 2022, 8:58 pm
  • 1 hour 11 minutes
    Their Angelical Understanding, and 16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds
    Kay and Carrington get a double dose of IF when they play and discuss Twine games for the first time. First up is Their Angelical Understanding, by Porpentine, which comes with both music and warnings. Next is 16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds, by Abigail Corfman, a game about french fries and undeath.

    Hosts: Kay Savetz and Carrington Vanston

    Theme tune: "It Is Pitch Dark" by MC Frontalot

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    Next episode: Everybody Dies, by Jim Munroe

    25 May 2022, 9:37 am
  • 1 hour 41 minutes
    The Secret of Monkey Island
    It's time for pointin' and clicking' and piratin', oh my, as Kay and Carrington play one of LucasFilm's famously funny forays into adventure gaming. Will they become terrors of the high seas, or be stuffed into Davy Jones' locker? All we know for sure is, there will be grog. Hosts: Kay Savetz and Carrington Vanston

    Theme tune: "It Is Pitch Dark" by MC Frontalot

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    Next episode: Their Angelical Understanding, by Porpentine

    17 May 2022, 7:06 pm
  • 1 hour 25 minutes
    The Meteor, the Stone and a Long Glass of Sherbet

    The Grue Crew delves into a world of noisy elephants and silent Rs, as they discuss Graham Nelson's game The Meteor, The Stone and a Long Glass of Sherbet. Just when they think they're out, Zork pulls them back in.

    Hosts: Kay Savetz and Carrington Vanston

    Theme tune: "It Is Pitch Dark" by MC Frontalot

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    Next episode: The Secret of Monkey Island

    19 April 2022, 10:12 am
  • 1 hour 23 minutes
    A Change in the Weather and Uncle Zebulon's Will

    Kay and Carrington leave behind the world of Infocom and venture into the future! (By which we mean the 1990s.) In this episode they tackle the two winners of the First Annual IF Competition: A Change in the Weather by Andrew Plotkin, and Uncle Zebulon's Will by Magnus Olsson.

    Hosts: Kay Savetz and Carrington Vanston

    Theme tune: "It Is Pitch Dark" by MC Frontalot

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    Next episode: The Meteor, the Stone and a Long Glass of Sherbet

    19 March 2022, 9:29 pm
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