My nine-year-old eyes peered at the off-white “stone” cradled in my father’s hand; The Wishbringer stone, capable of granting its owner seven wishes. This physical manifestation of Infocom’s classic ...

"The great thing about living today," I was telling my coworker, "is that there are things you can buy that could never exist before because they are so far off the mainstream. For example, I just ...

The BBC has released a free online version of Infocom's classic PC text adventure The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, commemorating the 30th anniversary of the game's initial release. Designed by ...

A few months back while participating in a basement cleaning session, I stumbled upon a box of jewel cases full of old game CDs -- Command & Conquer, Doom, X-Com: UFO Defense (one of my all-time ...

Text-based adventure games, known as “interactive fiction” in gamer’s parlance, are making a slow but steady comeback thanks to a Mac-friendly programming tool called Inform 7. “It is pitch black. You ...

In my review of Get Lamp, the documentary about text adventures, I mentioned that the original Infocom employees believed the market for these games could exist for hundreds of years. After all, the ...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Blackstone launched a 275.8 billion yen ($1.74 billion) bid to take Japanese digital comic distributor Infocom private, including a tender offer for a per-share price of 6,060 yen, ...

Blackstone Inc (NYSE:BX) has reportedly agreed to purchase Japanese e-comics provider Infocom Corp. Blackstone is set to acquire a 55.1% stake in Infocom from Tokyo-listed Teijin Ltd., according to a ...

TOKYO, May 9 (Reuters) - Sony Group (6758.T), opens new tab and other parties are considering buying online comic store operator Infocom Corp (4348.T), opens new tab in a deal worth up to 200 billion ...