I wondered if at least some of Gilbert's criticism was aimed at HHGttG. I'm sure there's at least one case of "pick it up early on or you'll later find out you'

I wondered if at least some of Gilbert's criticism was aimed at HHGttG. I'm sure there's at least one case of "pick it up early on or you'll later find out you've wasted most of the game" and one of his 'bad puzzle' descriptions sounded like it could have been a nod to the infamous Babel fish puzzle. HHGttG was incredibly well written and creative, but I think it was probably a bit 'mid' as an adventure game.