Brainy Gamer

If you know or care anything about the origins of video games, this is a great and invaluable discovery. Adventure wasn't exactly the first computer game, but it may be the most influential.

Table 5 [Static Game States]

• 201 THERE ARE SOME KEYS ON THE GROUND HERE.
• 202 THERE IS A SHINY BRASS LAMP NEARBY.
• 3 THE GRATE IS LOCKED
• 103 THE GRATE IS OPEN.
• 204 THERE IS A SMALL WICKER CAGE DISCARDED NEARBY.
• 205 A THREE FOOT BLACK ROD WITH A RUSTY STAR ON AN END LIES NEARBY

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The good folks at GameTrailers continue their valuable retrospective series with part 5 of its look back at the Final Fantasy series. These are well-designed and informative mini-documentaries that include tons of gameplay footage and intelligent commentary. If you haven't checked these out yet, you ought to. Be sure to also take a look at their previous two retrospectives on The Legend of Zelda and Metroid. My only wish is that they would edit together a single complete version of each retrospective instead of making us watch 5 separate clips, each with the same intro material.