Ratings and Reviews by Mike Ciul
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, by Douglas Adams and Steve Meretzky
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Enchanter, by Marc Blank, Dave Lebling
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Deadline, by Marc Blank
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Beyond Zork, by Brian Moriarty
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Ballyhoo, by Jeff O'Neill
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Flawed, but very entertaining, June 4, 2008by Mike Ciul (Philadelphia)
I played Ballyhoo with a friend of mine, and it was a great way to experience it. I'm sort of a fan of the circus, and I think this game did the atmosphere very well, despite the typical Infocom in-jokes. The game takes great pains to time events so you never miss anything, which has some mimesis-crushing side effects. The puzzles were not ridiculously hard, though I think we used hints once or twice. There a brilliant dream sequence marred by maddeningly tedious puzzles. We had a lot of fun with it, even while we cursed the puzzles that just don't make sense.
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The Space Under the Window, by Andrew Plotkin
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A Change in the Weather, by Andrew Plotkin
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