You are likely to be eaten by a grue

By Adam Stanhope in Music, Toys, Video Clips on Sep 14, 2007 at 9:54 am

Yes – I poached this from BoingBoing, but only because I found it to be so NEAT.

If you’re of “a certain age,” – and you’re a geek – then you might remember playing the text adventure game Zork (you can play an online version here). MC Frontalot remembers, apparently, and he’s recorded a catchy and cool nerdcore rap tune and video in honor of Zork – It Is Pitch Black.

The YouTube version of the video is fine, imo, however for the REAL nerds out there, higher-res downloadable versions are available on MC Frontalot’s website, including a 474 meg HD version. Fresh.

Neat stuff from the NeatoShop:

nate
Sep 14th, 2007 at 12:21 pm
The best nerdcore I’ve heard in awhile…WÃ˜Ã˜T!
Bryan
Sep 14th, 2007 at 3:56 pm
Love the classic //e featured in the video. I just gave one away a couple of weeks ago.

Zork and the other Infocom games had bits that, in retospect, were astoundingly unfair. Recently, I was fooling around with Zork and Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy on an emulator (AppleWin) and I was blown away by how many parts of the games totally depended on blind luck to get through. If it wasn’t for the walkthroughs I downloaded I never would have finished, but I bashed my head out over them in the 80′s.

Remember those dopey hint books Infocom would sell where you would use a special pen to uncover the hints? But the ink would fade and so after a year you were left with nothing but blank paper.
Adam Stanhope
Sep 14th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
I do!

I say: Let’s bring back LEMONADE STAND! Wooo!
Scribble
Sep 14th, 2007 at 8:11 pm
TRUCKIN’ USA FO LIFE
Chris
Sep 14th, 2007 at 11:28 pm
nerds…
Darque
Sep 15th, 2007 at 6:06 am
The actual title of the song is IT IS PITCH DARK

You whippersnappers know nothing about quality games, man. Infocom’s text adventures were the standard of the day.

Props to Steve Meretzky for the cameo. Don’t know who Steve Meretzky is? google him, then pay worship.
If it weren’t for him, most of the games you enjoy now wouldn’t be as good.

And remember…

THE GEEKS SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH!
Rattleshirt
Sep 15th, 2007 at 11:41 am
The first versions of the Infocom games came in really cool packages with neat little tchotchkes included. My favorite of all time was Suspended. The box had this creepy molded face, and the game was so complex it had a map of the complex with little chits that represented the robots you were commanding.
The Slapster
Sep 15th, 2007 at 10:30 pm
Ahhh, mapping out the dungeons on grid paper for hours on end. Those were the days.
Jezebel
Sep 18th, 2007 at 8:30 pm
This is solidly one of the neatest things i’ve ever seen. I actually had to go download Zork and me and my 20-something friends stared at it for hours. I ended up drowning. pressed the blue button.
fuck you
Jun 8th, 2010 at 1:29 am
i can’t find 1 link for this game damit. you all need to get a fucken life. games are not everything. your eyes are probrably blood red and bleeding from these games, maby worse if you where glasses. you nerds and assholes don’t know the first thing about life. now grab a girl and have some fun on the bed. and no videogames.

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