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Outsided

by Chad Elliott

Espionage
1999

About the Story

"You are about to have the worst day of your life..." [--blurb from Competition '99]


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>INVENTORY - Paul O'Brian writes about interactive fiction

Aw, here I am being all harsh and I didn't even mention one of the game's main redeeming features: its author apologizes for it right up front. Before the first prompt of the game even arrives, we see this:

A NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR:
Hi, first I would like to say 'sorry.' Good! Now that I have gotten
that out of the way, Please 'enjoy' the game.

I laughed when I saw that, especially following as it did on the heels of the error-riddled opening paragraphs. And I appreciated it too, I really did. But I have to say it confused me a little as well. Obviously the author knows that the game isn't up to par. So instead of releasing it with an apology, why not instead fix it, then release a good version that he wouldn't have to apologize for? I would have appreciated that a lot more.
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  v.4: 06-May-2022 15:14 - Paul O'Brian (Current Version) - Edit Page - Normal View
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v.3: 02-May-2008 17:32 - Paul O'Brian
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v.2: 27-Feb-2008 22:02 - David Welbourn
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v.1: 16-Oct-2007 01:49 - IFDB
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