If this predicament seems particularly cruel,
consider whose fault it could be:
not a torch or a match in your inventory.
I never, ever imagined in my youth the day when Infocom text adventures would spawn nerdcore songs, but that day has arrived.
Presenting: MC Frontalot’s “It Is Pitch Dark.”
Lyrics are also online, of course.
That’s funny. Just today I was thinking of nerdy rap titles:
Heisenberg N-Effect
Straight Outta Rohan (Crazy muthafucka named Eomer, from a gang called Da Rohan Riders…)
Heehee this thread reminds me of Jophiel…
The title of your thread sure brought back some memories. Back when I worked on a HP minicomputer and our opportunities for goofing off while seeming to be working were limited to text-based games.
Gotta give it up for my homies, The Lords of the Rhymes.
Elf girls got soul! Elf booty like to rock and roll!
Dear God. It’s my life in rap form.
I submit Fett’s Vette.
Cool. Lots of twisty song passages, all different.
Dude reminds me of my homeboy from Toledo.
That was awesome!
Ok, I was able to pick out references to…
The Zork series
Leather Goddesses of Phobos
Suspended
Infidel
Deadline
Nord and Bert Couldn’t Make Head or Tail of It
Ballyhoo
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
With a shout out to Adventure and general references to the Invisible Clue books and assorted box tchotchkes. Did I miss any?
Planetfall and/or Stationfall (the part about a dropship and a mop)
Trinity (the midget in the park)
A Mind Forever Voyaging (the rhyme forever voyaging)
Damn. I played Trinity, too. Never did Planet/Stationfall or Mind Forever Voyaging.
That’s amazing. Their songs are actually quite good, and not just gimmicky. I wanted to like Harry and the Potters, but just didn’t think their songs were any good. This I can get into.
Finally saw the video (YouTube is blocked at my office).
That’s really Steve Meretzky in the video! An actual Implementor!
I believe I’m on record on this very board as being an advocate for the Front. 
Thanks for the youtube link Interrobang!?, it’s a cool video.
Jophiel and tanstaafl, when you mention Adventure and Trinity, are you talking about the White Wolf tabletop games? Or perhaps adaptations of them?
If so, are you familiar with Aberrant! and Exalted?
I’m not much of a tabletop gamer, but while WW’s “World of Darkness” line is generally put down for attracting a lot of goth and emo types for players and being ridiculously overwrought in general, all of the titles mentioned above are often-cited as exceptional RPG’s, in my experience.
After watching the video, I bought his “Nerdcore Rising” album through my emusic.com account. Off that album I think I like “Which MC Was That?” and “Penny Arcade Theme” the best.
No, we’re talking about Adventure and Trinity. The entire song is nothing but references to “Adventure” type computer games from the '70s and '80s, primarily those released by the company Infocom. Steve Meretzky, the other guy who shows up in the video, was one of their developers.
I knew all of this, but I was wondering at the possibility of a coincidence since two of the titles mentioned also happen to be the titles of tabletop games by the same company. Especially considering Adventure and Trinity (along with Aberrant! inbetween) were part of a single timeline (that progresses from pulp action to a superhero style setting to full-blown space opera themes). I thought there might have been some connection. shrugs