Get Lamp

Nan
1h 18m
2010
6.5 /10 (12)

Before the first-person shooter there was the second-person thinker.

Overview

GET LAMP is a documentary about interactive fiction (also known as text adventures) filmed by computer historian Jason Scott.

Country : United States of America
Languages : English
Released Date: 2010-03-26
Cast : Not Available

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