Zork Returning As a Browser MMO 108
Gamasutra reports that Jolt Online Gaming is teaming up with Activision to revive the Zork franchise in the form of a casual, browser-based MMO. The Legends of Zork website provides some basic background information: "The Great Underground Empire has recently fallen and the land is in disarray. The Royal Treasury has been sacked. The stock market has collapsed, leading even mighty FrobozzCo International to fire employees from throughout its subsidiaries. A craze of treasure-hunting has swept through the remnants of the Great Underground Empire. The New Zork Times reports that trolls, kobolds and other dangerous creatures are venturing far from their lairs. Adventurers and monsters are increasingly coming into conflict over areas rich with loot. It's a dangerous time to be a newly-unemployed traveling salesman, but it's also a great time to try a bit of adventuring." Gamasutra also has a brief interview with Jolt's CEO, Dylan Collins. There's no word yet whether or not players are likely to be eaten by a grue.
Grue! (Score:3, Funny)
You know both the men and the women will be eaten by the grue.
Re:It is dark here. (Score:3, Funny)
Ah, but I have a brass lantern. And a nasty knife. And an elvish sword of great antiquity. I fear nothing...
... hey, is it me or is my light getting dim?
You Are Likely To Be Eaten By A Grue (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Multi-player text adventures? (Score:5, Funny)
So what do you call MUDs that use a java telnet client in your browser.
Stupid.
Re:It's a rare game... (Score:5, Funny)
Coming soon to a gaming rig near your: Guitar Hero, the MMOG version.
You can look forward to many hours of fun whacking goblins with your axe in search of the Golden Mic Stand from Kalimdor. When you have assembled a whole stage, you can hold concerts, and when you meet other players you can do battle.
(Monthly subscription rates may apply, see inside of box for details)
So it's reality based then? (Score:5, Funny)
"The Great Underground Empire has recently fallen and the land is in disarray. The Royal Treasury has been sacked. The stock market has collapsed, leading even mighty FrobozzCo International to fire employees from throughout its subsidiaries
So it's reality based then?
Re:It's a rare game... (Score:2, Funny)
You mean this?
http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath/features/bard/bardclass.xml [worldofwarcraft.com]
Re:Grue! (Score:5, Funny)
throw bottle at grue
There, that should take care of him.
Eat Me (Score:2, Funny)
Auto-Cannibalism will do nothing to improve your situation.
-Float!
Re:It's a rare game... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:It's a rare game... (Score:1, Funny)
> We need a Leisure Suit Larry MMO.
match.com [match.com]
The first question (Score:3, Funny)
Re:You Are Likely To Be Eaten By A Grue (Score:2, Funny)