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Revisiting BBC s The Adventure game. Updated on 14 February 2021 It s a little-known fact but the sight of a wobbling aspidistra plant can bring on quite powerful flashbacks for anyone who grew up in the first flushes of the early 80s home computer era, and it s all thanks to a kids TV show called The Adventure Game. A selection of episodes of this almost-forgotten oddity were recently added to the Britbox streaming service, while there s also a DVD boxset containing all the surviving episodes. If you have any interest in how gaming evolved it s a fascinating case study. The Adventure Game was created in 1979 by veteran BBC children s producer Patrick Dowling, who had previously delivered such era-defining shows as the summer holiday staple Why Don t You.? and brought genteel artist Tony Hart to our screens in Vision On and later Take Hart. The idea came from his interest in Colossal Cave Adventure, the genre-defining computer gam ....
To revist this article, visit My Profile, then View saved stories. Lilybet Skatilar is a level 9 human bard wearing a shimmering rainbow cloak, fur-lined snow boots, a stylish purple scarf, sunstone earrings, baggy blue polka dot pants, a blue ruby ring, a jeweled engagement ring, and various other accessories accumulated in the town of Wehnimer’s Landing in 1997. If you checked her out by typing “LOOK LILYBET,” you would get a large descriptive paragraph of text no images, just words that made the world come to life. I played this character in GemStone III, an early online role-playing game, for a precious six-month period when I was a 13-year-old learning how to relate to friends and strangers in my newfound teenage skin. What I didn’t know at the time was that ....
From The Tribune staff reports MONTGOMERY Alabama’s All-Stars ended a three-year drought Saturday afternoon with a convincing 19-7 win over the visiting Mississippi All-Stars in the 34 th Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Football Classic at Cramton Bowl Saturday afternoon. Alabama, coached by Steve Mask of St. Paul’s Episcopal, used a big-play defense and time-consuming offense to pile up 357 total yards to Mississippi’s 133. The Alabama secondary, led by Alabama’s game MVP Ga’Quincy McKinstry of Pinson Valley, had an All-Star Classic record. McKinstry recorded two interceptions to match Saraland defensive back Terrente Hinton. Auburn’s Noah Warren also grabbed an interception for the Alabama all-stars, who broke a three-game skid to improve their series record to 23-11 overall. ....
From The Tribune staff reports MONTGOMERY – There was no break for Pinson Valley standout Ga’Quincy “Kool-Aid” McKinstry. The 5-star Alabama commit ended last week with the Super 7 Championships in Tuscaloosa, where he earned MVP honors in the Class 6A finals Friday night, and began this week with Alabama-Mississippi All-Star Football Classic practice in Montgomery. The 34th annual All-Star Classic is scheduled for Saturday at noon at Cramton Bowl in Montgomery. McKinstry, the top-rated senior in the state, has drawn rave reviews from Alabama All-Star head coach Steve Mask, who loves the collection of talent on this year’s roster. ....