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Re:What is ZIL anyway? by bayesian_horse on Saturday April 20, 2019 @05:31AM (#19705589)
When IF focuses on prose, and doesn't contain puzzles, it's harder to actually call it a game.

The one benefit of text games over other types of games is that you can essentially implement whatever world you want, without a trillion Dollar budget for graphics and sounds effects. A holo-deck powered by imagination.

Speaking of games in holo-decks... The killer-app for AI-powered IF may be erotic fiction.

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Re:What is ZIL anyway? by taradinoc on Saturday April 20, 2019 @12:02PM (#19707226)
>When IF focuses on prose, and doesn't contain puzzles, it's harder to actually call it a game.

This debate has been going on for decades. (See Photopia.)

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