I have a regrettable snobbery towards modern IF for reasons that I can't fully justify. When it comes down to it, I think Infocom games got me at the right age,

I have a regrettable snobbery towards modern IF for reasons that I can't fully justify. When it comes down to it, I think Infocom games got me at the right age, where almost all grown-up writing (even writing that has to 'work' when chopped into little interactive fragments) seemed very sophisticated and interesting. It's a bit akin to a passage in one of Bret Easton Ellis' (yes, I know) early books where the 20-something protagonist realizes the Playboy centerfold is now _younger_ than he is and finds that it all doesn't work so well. Plus, I've lost the long attention span for this stuff. My 12 year old self would regard his current self as a gibbering, ADHD-addled chimp. I hope to have some time to rectify this, and maybe play some modern IF at some point (or even write some?)...