Microsoft Keeps It Old-School With a Pricey Text Adventure Game ⇥

As with the Damien Hirst memorial, this is another piece of satirical brilliance. The aptly-named Peter Bright, for Ars Technica:

Microsoft has jumped onto the free-to-play bandwagon with its latest game, a text-driven adventure called Visual Studio 2010. The innovative new game marries the traditional interactive fiction text adventure with its arcane commands and exploration with the free-form, open-ended gaming pioneered by the likes of SimCity.