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Get Lamp(2010)
Status: Released
Date: 2010-03-26
65%
12 Votes
Time: 1h 18m
Before the first-person shooter there was the second-person thinker.
Overview:
GET LAMP is a documentary about interactive fiction (also known as text adventures) filmed by computer historian Jason Scott.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Bovine Ignition Systems
Movie: Get Lamp
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GET LAMP: Richard Bartle on text and imagination
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