Adventureland
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How long does it take to load a saved game of Adventureland on the TRS-80? A little over a year, apparently. Kay and Carrington are back and ready to tackle tricky text adventures once again. It's a Christmas disaster! I mean, a Christmas miracle! Maybe a bit of both. Hosts: and Theme tune: "It Is Pitch Dark" by Find links, notes, and more episodes of Eaten By A Grue at Next episode: Fish!
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Fifi's Big Adventure
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Kay has created a 50,000 word choose your own adventure novel for NaNoGenMo, and Carrington has nothing in his home to sit on. One of the hosts has their life much more together than the other, but who's to say which one. Okay, it's Kay. Hosts: and Theme tune: "It Is Pitch Dark" by Find links, notes, and more episodes of Eaten By A Grue at Next episode: Adventureland
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Violet
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Procrastination is the name of the game when Kay and Carrington play Violet. Okay, technically Violet is the name of the game when Kay and Carrington play Violet, but you know what I mean. Note to self: write a better summary for this podcast episode. I'm sure I'll get around to it before we record. Hosts: and Theme tune: "It Is Pitch Dark" by Find links, notes, and more episodes of Eaten By A Grue at Next episode: Fifi's Big Adventure
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Counterfeit Monkey
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The Grue Gang tackles one of modern IF's most intricate and interesting games, in which letters can be added or deleted from words at any time and anything can be rearranged. Grue can become gruel, games can become gams, and podcasters can become really cool dudes (okay, that one is hypothetical). Hosts: and Theme tune: "It Is Pitch Dark" by Find links, notes, and more episodes of Eaten By A Grue at Next episode: Violet
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Creatures Such As We and Memories of Infocom
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It's time to dim the lights and break out the legally binding waivers, as Kay and Carrington get busy with an interactive fiction dating sim. They'll also get down to some music inspired by Infocom games. Remember when they used to just play Zork? This podcast just keeps getting weirder. Hosts: and Theme tune: "It Is Pitch Dark" by Find links, notes, and more episodes of Eaten By A Grue at Next episode: Counterfeit Monkey
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Dorm: Adventure at the 8-Bit Assembly
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The Grue Crew discuss Carrington's own new text adventure game which he foisted upon an unsuspecting Kay. This is a deep dive into the creation of both the game and Feelies. Can the podcast, and more the point Carrington's ego, survive such a review? As the game itself says, what's the worst that can happen? Only one way to find out. Hosts: and Theme tune: "It Is Pitch Dark" by Find links, notes, and more episodes of Eaten By A Grue at Next episode: Creatures Such As We
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Hadean Lands, Bee redux, and Leviathan
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What do you get when you mix difficult puzzles with intricate storytelling? A pair of defeated gamers, that's what. Kay and Carrington throw in the towel and admit they were bested by Andrew Plotkin's Hadean Lands. Then they replay Emily Short's recently remastered Bee, and tackle Jason Shiga's twisted tale of tentacles and truth. Bonus: Kay may or may not have sent Carrington some malware. Hosts: and Theme tune: "It Is Pitch Dark" by Find links, notes, and more episodes of Eaten By A Grue at Next episode: Dorm: Adventure at the 8-Bit Assembly
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Everybody Dies and Bee
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The guys from Grue tackle another pair of modern Interactive Fiction games, or at least try to. First up is Everybody Dies, by Jim Munroe, in which ... well, everybody dies. Until they don't. And maybe there are ghosts. Next is Bee, by Emily Short, about going to a spelling bee. Except the only version of the game available doesn't include the spelling bee. Infocom games were never this complicated. Hosts: and Theme tune: "It Is Pitch Dark" by Find links, notes, and more episodes of Eaten By A Grue at Next episode: Hadean Lands, by Andrew Plotkin
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Their Angelical Understanding, and 16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds
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Kay and Carrington get a double dose of IF when they play and discuss Twine games for the first time. First up is Their Angelical Understanding, by Porpentine, which comes with both music and warnings. Next is 16 Ways to Kill a Vampire at McDonalds, by Abigail Corfman, a game about french fries and undeath. Hosts: and Theme tune: "It Is Pitch Dark" by Find links, notes, and more episodes of Eaten By A Grue at Next episode: Everybody Dies, by Jim Munroe
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The Secret of Monkey Island
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It's time for pointin' and clicking' and piratin', oh my, as Kay and Carrington play one of LucasFilm's famously funny forays into adventure gaming. Will they become terrors of the high seas, or be stuffed into Davy Jones' locker? All we know for sure is, there will be grog. Hosts: and Theme tune: "It Is Pitch Dark" by Find links, notes, and more episodes of Eaten By A Grue at Next episode: Their Angelical Understanding, by Porpentine
info_outlineIt's another game with a colon in the title, as Kay and Carrington tackle the ninth game in the increasingly inaccurately named Zork Trilogy. This one wraps up the entire Zork series, and (maybe) (kinda) explains everything. It all started long ago west of a white house, but how will it end? And what comes next? Eaten By A Grue: Zork Zero: The Revenge of Megaboz
Hosts: Kay Savetz and Carrington Vanston
Theme tune: "It Is Pitch Dark" by MC Frontalot
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