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  IF YOU GET THE "NEW ZORK TIMES" FROM INFOCOM THEN YOU KNOW ABOUT A NEW GAME
THAT INFOCOM IS PUTTING OUT CALLED "FOOBLITZKY" - THIS IS THE FIRST GAME THAT
INFOCOM HAS EVER RELEASED THAT USES GRAPHICS...IT'S NOT AN ADVENTURE EITHER!  IT
LOOKS PRETTY GOOD FROM THE PANPHLET I GOT WITH THE LAST ISSUE OF NZT BUT A
FRIEND OF MINE WHOSE OLDER BROTHER WORKS FOR INFOCOM (NOT IN THE SOFTWARE
DEVELOPMENT PART-TOO BAD!) TELLS ME SOMETHING NASTY ABOUT IT...

  FOR THE FIRST SIX MONTHS THAT THE GAME IS OUT YOU CAN ONLY BUY IT THROUGH THE
NEW ZORK TIMES DIRECT FROM INFOCOM.  BY ITSELF THATS NOT TOO BAD BUT THIS GUY
SAYS THAT INFOCOM WILL BE USING THAT FACT TO HELP THE SOFTWARE PUBLISHERS
ASSOCIATION SHUT DOWN AE LINES!  SEE, THEY WILL ENCODE THE SERIAL NUMBER IN THE
GAME IN SOME WIERD WAY THAT'LL BE HARD TO TRACK DOWN, AND THEN THEY'LL DOWNLOAD
CRACKED COPIES OF THE THING FROM ANY AE LINES THAT THEY FIND AND CHECK THE
SERIAL NUMBER-IF THE SYSOP IS NOT A REGISTERED OWNER OF THE GAME THEY'RE GOING
TO SHUT HIM DOWN, AND SUE THE PERSON IT WAS SOLD TO AS WELL, BECAUSE THEY'LL
RECORD ALL THAT SHIT WHEN THEY SELL A COPY (JUST LIKE THE GUYS WHO MAKE SIDERS
DO).  SINCE ITS ONLY BEING SOLD DIRECT FROM INFOCOM THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOU CAN
GET A COPY LEGALLY EXCEPT FROM THEM SO YOU'D BETTER **LOOK OUT** IF YOU SEE THIS
GAME ON YOUR BOARD SOME MORNING!  ONLY GIVE IT TO PEOPLE YOU KNOW **VERY** WELL
OR YOUR SYSTEM MIGHT END UP IN SOME POLICE PROPERTY ROOM SOMEWHERE...

  I DON'T KNOW HOW TRUE THIS IS BUT IT SURE SOUNDS POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY SINCE
INFOCOM IS REALLY BIG IN THE SOFTWARE PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION.  NO GAME IS WORTH
LOSING YOUR COMPUTER FOR SO LOOK OUT...WHAT THE HELL...INFOCOM STUFF IS USUALLY
WORTH BUYING ANYWAY.

> WEAKBIT <