1992: Silverwolf - 50 Years of Text Games
▻https://if50.substack.com/p/1992-silverwolf
The story of how St. Bride’s School came to release not one but eight full-length text adventures between 1985 and 1992—most with female protagonists, all cleverly written and well-reviewed—is one of the strangest in the history of gaming. It’s a complicated story where no clear heroes emerge, or even a clear cast of characters. The stories of their nearly-lost game Silverwolf and its creation are both about the beguiling and dangerous power of becoming someone else. They are stories full of frustrating riddles and beautiful imagery that never quite resolve into coherent wholes. They blur the boundaries of the everyday world with fantastic intrusions. They are stories it can be hard, at times, to believe.
How Victorian Cultists in Rural Donegal Created the World’s First 18 Rated Video Game — Skag Magazine
▻https://www.skagmagazine.com/articles/victorian-cultists-rural-donegal
