Oct 15, 2026, 1:47 PMsomeone needs to turn the "places adjacent" infobox on Wikipedia into a really bad text adventure game
YOU ARE IN MARTIN'S LOCATION
> LOOK
THERE ARE TWO PEOPLE HERE (ACCORDING TO THE 2020 CENSUS). TO THE EAST IS A GRAVEL PATH LEADING TO BEAN'S PURCHASE.
> NORTH
YOU WALK NORTH. YOU ARE NOW IN GORHAM
@mjk I sort of did this! I used a list of towns in the UK instead of the wikipedia data, but it's basically the same idea: https://uk-the-text-adventure.think.somethingorotherwhatever.com/
@christianp @mjk bonus points if you can integrate references to Mornington Crescent.
Oct 15, 2026, 6:17 PMExcellent! Someone on bluesky also pointed me to https://kevan.org/wikitext/
@mjk
Why does Gorham smell like Wumpus?
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