The classic Zork text adventure games have been made open source by Microsoft. The original trilogy, consisting of Zork I, Zork II, and Zork III, is now fully available for play, exploration, and ...

Microsoft has officially opened the source code of the original Zork trilogy—Zork I, Zork II and Zork III—making the foundational text-adventure games freely available under the MIT licence. The ...

Video game manuals provided essential information beyond just instructions, including lore tidbits, helpful tips, and original artwork. Modern games have replaced instruction manuals with tutorials, ...

Xbox Game Pass has added new retro games, bringing its library of retro classics to nearly 100 games, which includes SNES ...

The Game Awards has concluded, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is the big winner, taking home Game of the Year and nine awards in total. The last big Game Awards sweep was Baldur's Gate 3 in 2023, but ...

In 1662 Charles married Portuguese infanta Catherine of Braganza, daughter of King John IV (she is buried in Portugal). They had no children but Charles had 13 children by various mistresses. Charles ...

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Richard was born at Bordeaux in France on 6th January 1367, the son of Edward the 'Black Prince' (eldest son of King Edward III) and Joan, called the 'Fair Maid of Kent'. The death of his elder ...

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