MSFT Opens Zork; HB Maps Go On Sale
Summary
This week demonstrates a blend of digital preservation efforts and timely content sales targeting niche communities like tabletop gamers and developers.
- Microsoft Preserves Classics Microsoft OSPO and Team Xbox open-sourced the code for Zork I, II, and III text adventures 2.
- Humble Bundle Sales The Map Making Mega Bundle is running until December 2nd, offering resources for virtual tabletop gaming 1.
- Code Visualization Tool The 2014 GitHut project visualized the landscape and growth of programming languages across GitHub repositories 3.
- 3 - Classic Zork text adventures (I, II, and III) were made open source by Microsoft 2.
- Dec 2, 2 p.m. EST - The deadline for purchasing the Humble Bundle Map Making Mega Bundle encore 1.
- 2014 - Year GitHut was created to visualize GitHub programming language data 3.
Key Moments
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The Map Making Mega Bundle... lasts until Dec. 2 at 2 p.m. EST.
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Microsoft’s Open Source Programs Office (OSPO)... have collaborated to release the code for the classic text adventures Zork...
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GitHut, created by Carlo Zapponi and released in 2014, is a tool designed to visualize and explore programming languages...
— Article [3]
Different Perspectives
Opposing View
Microsoft open sources Zork; Humble Bundle sells map assets by Dec 2.
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