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    MC Frontalot - It Is Pitch Dark

    MC Frontalot

    5 HN recommenders · recommended in 8 months, 2012–2026

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    5:09 · 1.2M views · Sep 13, 2007

    MC Frontalot's nerdcore rap about the text adventure Zork, made for Jason Scott's Get Lamp documentary and featuring a cameo by Steve Meretzky. It was filmed over an evening in a basement.

    HN shares it whenever Zork or text adventures come up, as a fun tribute for geeks.

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    9 comments from Hacker News

    1. @DonHopkinsJan 2025· in “Zork: The Great Inner Workings (2020)”

      MC Frontalot - It Is Pitch Dark: this video >Front geeked around for an evening in a basement in Massachusetts. It got filmed in HD. Then Jason Scott made a whole video out of it. The song and the video are in service of Jason's upcoming documentary about text adventures, Get Lamp, but you get to enjoy it now. Peek the cameo by Steve Meretzky. "Get Lamp" documentary: [LINK] Trailers: [LINK] Full archive: [LINK] Interviews: [LINK]

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    2. @krappNov 2018· in “A funny rap song about the pains of pair programming”

      Rap can be as diverse in terms of subject matter and style as any other musical genre. If you want some more "nerd" or parody rap here's some MC Frontalot[0] and Optimus Rhyme[1] that HN might enjoy. [0] this video [1] [LINK]

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    3. @jmcnevinJan 2012· in “Indie artist trying to claim his domain name”

      For those who aren't familiar with MC Frontalot, might I suggest you check out "It is Pitch Dark," his rap about Zork. this video

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    4. @IntermernetNov 2015· in “Get Lamp”

      I feel that this post also needs a link to MC Frontalot's It Is Pitch Dark[1]. Also starring Steve Meretzky. [1]: this video

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    5. @musicaleNov 2023· in “Play the first ever text adventure game in your Linux terminal”

      Wrong game, but I expect that's the joke! Now enjoy this immortal tribute: MC Frontalot - It is Pitch Dark this video

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