Hi Dark, I don't recall the comment you are talking about Stephen King making in It, but in any case it is quite accurate. Things are always much worse when imagined than seen.
As for the grues while other games have borrowed the concept they have not stuck to the original concept Infocom originally created so in my opinion those other grues are only grues in name only. They are different creatures and belong to their individual universes. The only true grue in my opinion that are grues are those in the Infocom text adventures as a whole not just Zork. Cheers! On 8/13/14, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Steven King actually makes the same point in It if I remember rightly, that > > anything horrible is much worse when you don't really know what it is, > idneed my sighted friends who have played shades of doom and swamp said that > > was part of the appeal, not being able to see the mutant humans or zombies, > > and Somethinelse have capitalized on that slightly for marketing of their > games to sighted players. > > As I have said, I'm not the biggest Zork fan ever due to the puzzles, and > Infocom aren't the only people to employ concepts of the grue.In the Mutants > > and Masterminds tabletop game universe for example, the Grue are a race of > shape shifting aliens who live on the moon. > > So to me, The Grue will never be understood and always remain mysterious, > actually I would love to voice act one for an rpg as I have a very clear > idea what a grue sounds like :D. > > Beware the grue! > > Dark. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > [email protected]. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to [email protected]. > --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
