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.
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.
I say: Let's bring back LEMONADE STAND! Wooo!
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!