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Ad Verbum
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Official site of Nick Montfort. Includes downloads or browser trial.
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Ad Verbum by Nick Montfort My acceptance speech is available online Ad Verbum also took 4th place of 53 entries in the Sixth Annual Interactive Fiction Competition, Oct 4-Nov 15 2000, and was awarded first place in the Miss Congeniality contest that is, was voted...Capsule review, game information, and downloads.
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Ad Verbum A wordplay game reminiscent in some respects of Infocom's Nord and Bert Couldn't Make Head or Tail of It. Some of the puzzles work better than others--a few are just obscure--but there's one section of the game that's simply astounding....Play the original competition release on-line.
http://www.ifiction.org/games/play.php?cat=46&game=274&mode=html
Reviews of 2000 competition entry by Mark J. Musante and Duncan Stevens.
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SPAG Game Reviews A These reviews are in alphabetical order according to the name of the game reviewed. The index also has a few extra features. First and foremost of these is the instant gratification feature. If you see the SPAG button: Then you...Review of competition release by Mark J. Musante. "This was the game that made the whole competition for me."
http://www.ministryofpeace.com/if/reviews/zcode/adverbum.html