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  • Summary: A computer mystery/romance set five minutes into the future of 1988.

    I can guarantee at least ONE of the following is a real feature: - Discover a vast conspiracy lurking on the internet! - Save the world by exploiting a buffer overflow! - Get away with telephone fraud! - HACK THE
    A computer mystery/romance set five minutes into the future of 1988.

    I can guarantee at least ONE of the following is a real feature:

    - Discover a vast conspiracy lurking on the internet!
    - Save the world by exploiting a buffer overflow!
    - Get away with telephone fraud!
    - HACK THE GIBSON!

    Which one? You'll just have to dial in and see. Welcome to the 20th century.
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  1. Jul 28, 2015
    10
    I disagree completely with the other reviewers, for anyone who remembers dialing into BBS systems and reading email on a monochrome monitorI disagree completely with the other reviewers, for anyone who remembers dialing into BBS systems and reading email on a monochrome monitor this will bring back a wave of nostalgia (love the modem sound!). Throw some hacking and a good AI story (ala William Gibson) into it and you've got a very unique game. Expand
  2. Jun 24, 2015
    6
    Christine Love is a talented writer, but even with the short run time the "gameplay" quickly becomes repetitive and the puzzles aren'tChristine Love is a talented writer, but even with the short run time the "gameplay" quickly becomes repetitive and the puzzles aren't anything special. The game is also aggressively linear, which isn't necessarily a bad thing but it doesn't fully utilize the interactive nature of the medium. All in all, an interesting and well-written game that serves as a decent way to spend an hour of your time. Expand
  3. Sep 6, 2012
    3
    The actual gameplay is just a bunch of mundane hurdles (remember strings of numbers so you can access text bits) and the graphics/presentationThe actual gameplay is just a bunch of mundane hurdles (remember strings of numbers so you can access text bits) and the graphics/presentation only serve to bring you the story. A chatty text game that teaches you nothing, wants nothing, achieves nothing, and costs nothing (except TIME). Expand