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* ''For the author of'' [[The Four Symbols]], ''see [[The Grue!]]'' | |||
* ''Also,'' [[Grue (game)|Grue]] ''is the name of a game entered in [[2K Comp 2004]].'' | |||
* ''Grue is a nickname of [[Timofei Shatrov]].'' | |||
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From the Scots verb <i>grue</i> meaning "to shudder," also the root word of <i>gruesome</i>. | From the Scots verb <i>grue</i> meaning "to shudder," also the root word of <i>gruesome</i>. | ||
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* [ | * [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grue_%28monster%29 Grue (monster)] at Wikipedia. | ||
[[Category: | * [http://zork.wikia.com/wiki/Grue Grue] at Zork Wiki. | ||
[[Category:Game characters]] [[Category:Glossary]] [[Category:Zork]] | |||
Latest revision as of 09:03, 21 May 2011
- For the author of The Four Symbols, see The Grue!
- Also, Grue is the name of a game entered in 2K Comp 2004.
- Grue is a nickname of Timofei Shatrov.
From the Scots verb grue meaning "to shudder," also the root word of gruesome.
A legendary creature in Infocom games that would inevitably eat a player-character who spent too long in the darkness. [ES]
The reason for this was to discourage the PC from wandering between dark rooms and getting to places he shouldn't (or forcing the programmer to code lots of extra responses when the player tries to do things in the dark) in much the same way that the threat of falling into a pit did in the original Adventure. [DC]
Links
- Grue (monster) at Wikipedia.
- Grue at Zork Wiki.