Michael Dornbrook Interview Part 1

Michael Dornbrook Interview Part 1

He was there at the birth of Infocom, founded the Zork Users Group, the first hint books, and stayed on through thick and thin. Michael Dornbrook is an industry legend and he sat down for a mammoth interview with me. The first half covers his background, the founding of Infocom, his involvement, the creation of InvisiClues, some pretty aggressive advertising and the first signs that something may not be right in the house that Zork built.

Links:

https://www.mobygames.com/developer/sheet/view/developerId,52777/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaeldornbrook/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Lowell_Putnam_Mathematical_Competition

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Infocom

https://www.filfre.net/2012/07/the-zork-users-group/

https://www.mobygames.com/company/infocom-inc

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VisiCorp

https://typewriterdatabase.com/1923-underwood-5.10903.typewriter

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Meretzky

https://www.filfre.net/2012/07/the-zork-users-group/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InvisiClues

https://www.filfre.net/2013/03/the-top-of-its-game/

http://www.chrishecker.com/Can_a_Computer_Make_You_Cry%3F

https://www.mobygames.com/game/fooblitzky

https://appleinsider.com/articles/19/01/24/apple-launched-macintosh-on-january-24-1984-and-changed-the-world----eventually

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornerstone_(software)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas_Adams