Well, obviously there's a level of literacy required, and some of Infocom's games--not to mention some of the post-Infocom interactive fiction--would go over the heads of a fair number of players. (And probably did.) But the basics of playing a text adventure barely require high school reading levels. I really think the wane of text adventures just had more to do with our ongoing fascination with the cool and new, and of course, the desire to keep pushing computer hardware: once you have Myst, where does that leave Zork?
'Egoboo' is old fannish slang. I don't use that sort of thing too often, but sometimes it just fits--MUCKs are pretty fannish endeavors, after all. But I'll make note of your aversion. :)
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Date: 2005-10-05 02:53 (UTC)'Egoboo' is old fannish slang. I don't use that sort of thing too often, but sometimes it just fits--MUCKs are pretty fannish endeavors, after all. But I'll make note of your aversion. :)