ABC not MP3

Go N, open door, get watched by bulbous eyes - yes, text adventure games, or "interactive fiction", have been played since the very early days of computer entertainment. Who can forget Zork or Hitchhikers Guide to Galaxy or even the highly frustrating techno marvel - it had graphics! that drew very very slowly - that was The Hobbit. Since those heady days of the 80s the genre has retreated from mainstream gaming and found a niche in various web communities. That could all change now with Kotaku reporting on a new breed of text adventures for the iPod. Yes, Apple's omnipresent device has got a new string to its overloaded bow. No idea on the quality or implementation yet, but the fact that you can play whilst listening to music marks this down as worth a look.