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[[:Category:Tropes|Tropes]] are recurring conventions and patterns. Interactive fiction has its share of tropes, including plots like [[Family Home Mystery]], game elements like [[maze]]s, and in-jokes like [[red herring]]s and [[xyzzy]]. An overused trope is sometimes called a cliché.
[[Textfire 12-Pack]] was an April Fool's Day hoax in 1998. A new IF company called Textfire released demos of twelve upcoming games, and more Textfire demos appeared even later in the month. [[Suzanne Britton]]'s old website covered the news and discussion in detail as it happened, until finally, [[Adam Thornton]] solved the mystery and was named "Textfire #1 Investigator".


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Revision as of 17:27, 24 April 2006

Textfire 12-Pack was an April Fool's Day hoax in 1998. A new IF company called Textfire released demos of twelve upcoming games, and more Textfire demos appeared even later in the month. Suzanne Britton's old website covered the news and discussion in detail as it happened, until finally, Adam Thornton solved the mystery and was named "Textfire #1 Investigator".

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