[game_preservation] The History behind Milliways: Infocom's Unreleased Sequel to the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

[Julia Brasil]

Hi everyone

Usually I'd introduce myself before throwing random links at mailing lists,
but I am sure this article is much more interesting than anything I can come
up with.

For those of you who have not heard of it already, Andy Baio's Waxy.org has
just published the contents of the long since defunct Infocom's shared
network drive that reveal the developer was working on a sequel to their
best selling Hitchhiker's game. It is worth reading just for the backstory
and the opportunity to get an inside look at the inner workings of the
creators of Zork, Planetfall and others.

And without further interruption, here's the
link.<http://waxy.org/2008/04/milliways_infocoms_unreleased_sequel_to_hitchhikers_guide_to_the_galax/>

On a secondary note, some people are not very happy with having their
private e-mail conversation posted online or not being contacted by Mr
Baio's prior to publishing the article. It seems to me the article reflects
the work of a historian piecing facts together than, as some claim,
investigative journalism. What is your take on the matter?

Cheers,

Julia Brasil (who is helping out the SIG atm)
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