To celebrate Halloween this year, former Game|Life contributor Susan Arendt has written a text adventure game, dubbed Phantom of the Arcade. As usual with the classic genre, the majority of the ...

Text adventure games may seem like ancient history but they have aspects in common with today's casual and social games.

The 1980s were the height of text-based adventure games. These titles are among the best the decade produced, and influence gaming to this day.

Video games have always pushed the visual capabilities of computers, but text adventure games like Zork pushed boundaries using nothing but words.

Enterprising gamers are formatting vintage text-based adventure games such as Zork I, II and III for the Kindle and other dedicated e-readers. “Many people cut their teeth on the imagination ...

The news that old-school adventure game pioneers Roberta and Ken Williams are returning to gaming after 25 years with a virtual reality version of c ...