🧭 THE ARCHIVES

Quote of the day

As the door swings open you are blinded by intense light and incredible pain. Just before everything overloads and you fade from existence, you can make out a shape outside, holding onto the door of the cylinder, and then everything goes dark.

-- Suspended

Factoid of the day

For most Infocom games, the packaging and "feelies" were designed to complement the story. For Wishbringer, though, the packaging was conceptualized before the game. Brian Moriarty reasoned that a magic ring or a glowing stone would make a great "feelie" to include in a game box. His peers thought it was a great idea, too, so he began developing Wishbringer, a story about a glowing magical stone.

Link of the day

Zarf Updates

IF author Andrew Plotkin's blog about all things IF.

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Invisiclues

Sherlock

Covent Garden

(Click or tap on any clue to reveal the clue.)

What is the matter with the girl?

She has a bad heart.
Perhaps some medicine....
Be careful. Drugs are dangerous.

How do I revive her?

Have you made a positive diagnosis?
Listen to the girl with your stethoscope.
If her heart is abnormally fast, give her something to slow it down.
An unusually fast heartbeat is known as tachycardia.
If her heart is abnormally slow, give her something to speed it up.
An unusually slow heartbeat is know as bradycardia.
Belladonna will speed up a slow heart.
Digitalis will slow down a fast heart.
The drugs are in your medicine bag.

Where is the stethoscope?

Where do most doctors carry their stethoscopes?
You are not most doctors.
You have it when you start the game.
Sorry about this. It turns out that Watson always carries his stethoscope in his hat. Really. (Read "A Scandal in Bohemia.")