{
  "id": 15392797,
  "title": "The Sunday Papers",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/18/the-sunday-papers",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-18T10:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Rock Paper Shotgun",
    "slug": "rock-paper-shotgun",
    "url": "https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-sunday-papers-832"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Sundays are a time for indulging in Twine, reminiscing about how an advanced interactive fiction (IF) plotting tool could have helped preserve exam revision notes as text adventures during undergraduate years. The author still possesses two substantial boxes of meticulously organized index cards, which could theoretically be arranged to create a maze-like structure navigable via compass commands. Traversing the western corridor, starting from Middle English and progressing through the Renaissance, inevitably leads to an unfortunate and unexpected encounter with a Grue, a creature that consumes adventurers.\n\nUndoubtedly, someone must have conceived of this concept during the years following Twine's release, as 3D museum exhibits have already been created from Wikipedia articles. Sundays also involve attending to the allotment and expressing frustration with tomato plants, which inexplicably begin to act up right at the conclusion of the growing season. The author wondered if the plants had completed their cycle, only to be met with their final burst of activity. Lastly, Sundays are dedicated to sharing insightful criticism, as exemplified by the accompanying text.",
  "summary": "Sundays are for firing up Twine again and thinking you know what, if this swanky IF plotter had been around when I was an undergraduate, I might have preserved all my exam revision notes in text adventure form. I still have two, reassuringly heavy boxes of tabbed and colour-coded index cards that you could plausibly lay out to form a maze, navigable by compass commands. Head down the western…",
  "key_points": [
    "Sundays offer time for Twine and reminiscing about interactive fiction",
    "Author has two boxes of index cards for maze-like plotting system",
    "Tomato plants frustrate author during final growing season burst"
  ],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}