Sins Against Mimesis
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| Sins Against Mimesis | |
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| Game | |
| Main links | |
| Published | 1997 |
| Credits | |
| Author | Adam Thornton |
| Reception | |
| Events | |
| IFDB rating | 3 out of 5 (22 ratings) |
| Gameplay | |
| Interaction style |  Parser |
| Literary genre |  Surreal |
| Location |  Home |
| Language | English |
| Accessibility | Colour: none. Graphics: none. Sound: none. |
| Technical details | |
| Authoring system | Inform 6 |
| Format | Z-code 5 |
| License | Freeware |
| IFID | ZCODE-1-970925-3FF3, ZCODE-3-980110-D1D0 |
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Sins Against Mimesis
An Interactive Theosophy
How it begins
You are in your living room, extremely depressed because your lover has left you. Perhaps you'd feel better if you got out and did something.
Your variegated mimesis plant is sitting in the corner of the room, slowly photosynthesizing.
Trivia and Comments
- For more about where the "kunkel" came from, see Text Adventures DEAD?!?, a thread on rec.arts.int-fiction (begun June 14, 1996), where people discuss Bill Kunkel's review of Infocom's Sci-Fi Collection.
- See also: Mimesis, Illusion of freedom and Immersion.
Versions
Release 1
Date: 1997
- Sins Against Mimesis (Adam Thornton as "One of The Bruces"; 1997; Z-code 5).
- Release 1 / Serial number 970925 / Inform v6.14 Library 6/7
- IFID: ZCODE-1-970925-3FF3
IFID links: IFDB - IF Comp 1997: 9th place of 34 entries.
- XYZZY Awards 1997: Finalist for Best Individual NPC (the devil), Best Individual Puzzle (defeating the Kunkel), and Best Setting.
Release 3
Date: 1998
- Sins Against Mimesis (Adam Thornton; 1998; Z-code 5).
Links
N.B. IF Archive games are temporarily unavailable in the UK.
General info
- Sins Against Mimesis (archived) - at Baf's Guide.
- Sins Against Mimesis - at IFDB.
- Sins Against Mimesis - at ifwizz interactive fiction (in German).
Reviews
- Sins Against Mimesis - at IF Ratings.
- Review - by Paul O'Brian.
- Review (archive) - by Duncan Stevens.
Spoilers
Date: 1997
Date: 1998