Zork rock anthem

Cory Doctorow 4:10 pm Tue Sep 29, 2009

Phil sez, "Errol and Pifie, two members of the 50 Songs in 90 Days songwriting challenge (known as 50/90) have created a nerd-core masterpiece. A rockin' walkthrough to the original ZORK text adventure game."

Walkthrough, MP3 download

(Thanks, Phil!)

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