Bureaucracy
Infocom 
1987
- Language:
- English
- Authors:
- Douglas Adams
- Systems:
- ZIL
- Platforms:
- C64/128 , Apple II, Amiga, PC, Atari ST, Z-Machine
- Genres:
- Humour
- Entered by:
- Gunness, Alex, Eriorg, Mr Creosote, Dorothy
- Added:
- 10-05-2010
- Edited:
- 02-05-2012
Synopsis
Once upon a time, a man moved from one apartment in London to another. He dutifully notified everyone of his new address, including his bank; he went to the bank and filled out a change of address form himself. The man was very happy in his new apartment. Then, one day, the man tried to use his credit card but couldn't. He discovered that his bank had invalidated his credit card. Apparently, the bank had sent a new card to his old address. For weeks, this man tried to get the bank to acknowledge his change of address form. He talked to many blank officials, and filled out new forms, and tried to get a new credit card issued, but nothing worked. The man had no credit, and the bank behaved like, well, a bank.
It's a sad story, one that gets replayed every day for millions of people worldwide. Of course, sometimes it's not a bank at fault: sometimes it's the postal service, or an insurance company, or the telephone company, or an airline, or the Government. But all of us, at one time or another, feel persecuted by a bureaucracy.
Commodore version is C128 only.
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Excellent first half, but the whole journey can't quite measure up.
Agreed. Adams' humour is spot on, and the theme is relevant, but it felt like the game ran out of steam along the way.