{"id":86,"date":"2014-01-27T00:37:41","date_gmt":"2014-01-27T07:37:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewebsiteisdown.com\/twidblog\/?page_id=86"},"modified":"2016-12-24T22:20:03","modified_gmt":"2016-12-25T05:20:03","slug":"adventure-game-research-procrastination-epic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thewebsiteisdown.com\/twidblog\/adventure-game-research-procrastination-epic\/","title":{"rendered":"Epic Procrastination Adventure Game Research Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As part of my Rocky Balboa style cheaper-is-better, long-term, meat-punching preparation plan for making The Website is Down Adventure Game I have decided to play\/re-play all the classic adventure games and take notes. The idea being to achieve a zen-like mind meld with the likes of \u00a0<a title=\"William Crowther\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/William_Crowther\">William Crowther<\/a>,\u00a0<a title=\"Dave Lebling\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Dave_Lebling\" target=\"_blank\">Dave Lebling<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ron_Gilbert\" target=\"_blank\">Ron Gilbert<\/a>\u00a0and bear their love child. Let&#8217;s lube up and get started!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Escape From Monkey Island\" href=\"http:\/\/thewebsiteisdown.com\/twidblog\/?p=84\">The Secret of Monkey Island<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Adventure AKA Colossal Cave\" href=\"http:\/\/thewebsiteisdown.com\/twidblog\/?p=105\">Adventure AKA Colossal Cave<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The Secret Of Monkey Island II\" href=\"http:\/\/thewebsiteisdown.com\/twidblog\/?p=135\">The Secret of Monkey Island II<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Disc World I\" href=\"http:\/\/thewebsiteisdown.com\/twidblog\/?p=156\">Discworld I<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Kings Quest I\" href=\"http:\/\/thewebsiteisdown.com\/twidblog\/?p=173\">Kings Quest I<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Kings Quest VI\" href=\"http:\/\/thewebsiteisdown.com\/twidblog\/?p=183\">Kings Quest VI<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Space Quest I\" href=\"http:\/\/thewebsiteisdown.com\/twidblog\/?p=204\">Space Quest I<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"The Dig\" href=\"http:\/\/thewebsiteisdown.com\/twidblog\/?p=202\">The Dig<\/a>*<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Police Quest 1 VGA\" href=\"http:\/\/thewebsiteisdown.com\/twidblog\/?p=219\">Police Quest I VGA<\/a>*<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Zork Zero\" href=\"http:\/\/thewebsiteisdown.com\/twidblog\/?p=222\">Zork Zero<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Nethack\" href=\"http:\/\/thewebsiteisdown.com\/twidblog\/?p=260\">Nethack<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Maniac Mansion\" href=\"http:\/\/thewebsiteisdown.com\/twidblog\/?p=275\">Maniac Mansion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Broken Sword 1: The Shadow of the Templars\" href=\"http:\/\/thewebsiteisdown.com\/twidblog\/?p=281\">Broken Sword 1: The Shadow of the Templars<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Beneath the Steel Sky\" href=\"http:\/\/thewebsiteisdown.com\/twidblog\/?p=234\">Beneath a Steel Sky<\/a>\u00a0(as played by Casey)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Beneath a Steel Sky\" href=\"http:\/\/thewebsiteisdown.com\/twidblog\/?p=311\">Beneath a Steel Sky<\/a> (as played by Josh)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror\" href=\"http:\/\/thewebsiteisdown.com\/twidblog\/?p=304\">Broken Sword 2: The Smoking Mirror<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thewebsiteisdown.com\/twidblog\/?p=918\">Broken Sword 4: The Angel of Death<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Day of the Tentacle\" href=\"http:\/\/thewebsiteisdown.com\/twidblog\/?p=318\">Day of The Tentacle<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thewebsiteisdown.com\/twidblog\/?p=909\">Broken Sword 5: The Serpents Curse<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thewebsiteisdown.com\/twidblog\/adventures-of-bertram-fiddle-episode-1-a-dreadly-business\/\">Adventures of Bertram Fiddle: Episode 1: A Dreadly Business<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thewebsiteisdown.com\/twidblog\/among-thorns\/\">Among Thorns<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thewebsiteisdown.com\/twidblog\/ar-k-the-great-escape\/\">AR-K Great Escape<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/thewebsiteisdown.com\/twidblog\/contradiction\/\">Contradiction<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>* Games played by Casey<\/p>\n<p>On Deck:<\/p>\n<p>Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis<br \/>\nGrim Fandango<br \/>\nShiva<\/p>\n<p>FMV Games:<\/p>\n<p>Her Story<br \/>\nWing Commander 3<br \/>\nThe Dark Room (youtube adventure)<br \/>\nContradiction<br \/>\nMissing<br \/>\nTesla Effect<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As part of my Rocky Balboa style cheaper-is-better, long-term, meat-punching preparation plan for making The Website is Down Adventure Game I have decided to play\/re-play all the classic adventure games and take notes. The idea being to achieve a zen-like mind meld with the likes of \u00a0William Crowther,\u00a0Dave Lebling\u00a0and\u00a0Ron Gilbert\u00a0and bear their love child. 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