A piece of interactive fiction written by J. Robinson Wheeler, featuring IF luminary Andrew Plotkin in a parody of the movie Being John Malkovich.
AdventureComedyinteractive fictiontext adventureWeb browser, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
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Character
Ironic, cool, warm and comic.
- earnestironic
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
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About the game
- Platforms
- Web browser, Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Developer
- J. Robinson Wheeler
- Released
- December 31, 2000
- Modes
- Single player
- Perspective
- Text
- Engine
- Inform
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