Michael Dornbrook Interview Part 1
Video Game Newsroom Time Machine · Karl Kuras
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Show Notes
He was there at the birth of Infocom, founded the Zork Users Group, the first hint books, and stayed on through thick and thin. Michael Dornbrook is an industry legend and he sat down for a mammoth interview with me. The first half covers his background, the founding of Infocom, his involvement, the creation of InvisiClues, some pretty aggressive advertising and the first signs that something may not be right in the house that Zork built.
Links:
https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,52777/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldornbrook/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lowell_Putnam_Mathematical_Competition
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infocom
https://www.filfre.net/2012/07/the-zork-users-group/
https://www.mobygames.com/company/infocom-inc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisiCorp
https://typewriterdatabase.com/1923-underwood-5.10903.typewriter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Meretzky
https://www.filfre.net/2012/07/the-zork-users-group/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InvisiClues
https://www.filfre.net/2013/03/the-top-of-its-game/
http://www.chrishecker.com/Can_a_Computer_Make_You_Cry%3F
https://www.mobygames.com/game/fooblitzky