Ben and Jason take on the text adventure distillations of two uniquely British phenomena.
First up is the "prolific musical innovator" genre with Number 9 Software's Beatle Quest, a psychedelic trip into lots and lots of Beatle song concepts and name-checking.
For the main course, the duo explore the "slobs in space" phenomenon through the storytelling of shareware highlight Jacaranda Jim by modern-day InfoSec celebrity Graham Cluley. It's one of Ben's all-time games, but can he convert his American collaborator?
Beatle Quest by Garry Marsh (IFDB)
Beatle Quest (playable online, ZX Spectrum)
Jacaranda Jim by Graham Cluley (IFDB)
Jacaranda Jim (play online or download)
Christopher Drum's Infocom Zork on Cosmopolitan
Graham Cluley's computer security news (YouTube)
Cover photo CC-BY 2.0 khakidoggy
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