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MC Frontalot - It Is Pitch Dark

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What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 5 people recommended it
  • 5 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2012, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “might I suggest you check out "It is Pitch Dark," his rap about Zork.”

    Rap about Zork

    jmcnevin, 2012-01 · Recommendation · in “Indie artist trying to claim his domain name”

  2. “Also starring Steve Meretzky.”

    Zork rap featuring Steve Meretzky

    Intermernet, 2015-11 · Recommendation · in “Get Lamp”

  3. “If you want some more "nerd" or parody rap here's some MC Frontalot[0]”

    Nerd rap HN might enjoy

    krapp, 2018-11 · Recommendation · in “A funny rap song about the pains of pair programming”

  4. “Now enjoy this immortal tribute”

    An immortal tribute to Zork

    musicale, 2023-11 · Recommendation · in “Play the first ever text adventure game in your Linux terminal”

  5. “The song and the video are in service of Jason's upcoming documentary about text adventures”

    Zork rap video made for Get Lamp documentary

    DonHopkins, 2025-01 · Recommendation · in “Zork: The Great Inner Workings (2020)”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: zork, nerdcore, text adventures, get lamp, mc frontalot

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