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Vara, Vauhini (2005-11-15). "Keeping a Genre Alive". Wall Street Journal Online. Dow Jones & Company, Inc. Archived from the original on 2008-11-13. Retrieved 2008-11-13.
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Peter Bright (Jan 20, 2012). "Microsoft keeps it old-school with a pricey text adventure game, Visual Studio 2010".
Chris Kohler (December 19, 2012). "Text Adventure: Zork Creators Honored With Pioneer Award".
Christopher Livingston (Dec 23, 2012). "The Text Adventures That Never Were: Dishonored".
Carolyn Petit (January 21, 2013). "Power to the People: The Text Adventures of Twine".
Michelle Starr (July 25, 2013). "Arcade text adventure game prints out your story: a software developer has created Choosatron, a simple choose-your-own-adventure arcade machine that prints out a record of your story that you can keep".
Andrew Webster (March 8, 2014). "The Classics: 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' text adventure".; see also the television broadcaster's website
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