Getting Stuck

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Another objection? You learned to communicate with the program just fine but soon became "stuck" in trying to solve a problem and finally decided to save your sanity by giving up? Again, a legitimate objection, but one that we can overcome. First, we must recognize that few readers get through a whole piece of interactive fiction without help from someone else. A problem that seems impossible to me may be intuitively easy for you, and so interactive fiction usually ends up as a social activity. What if there's no one available to work with? Then use the hints and "walkthroughs" that you can find on the World Wide Web, at The Interactive Fiction Page or The Infocom Home Page.

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