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Show? I was talking about a video game series that started WAY back in the day as a text-based adventure game.
And yes mgarney, in the first (or maybe 2nd) game you start in front of "the white house" which is literally nothing more than an old beaten up house, that happens to be white. Then you end up later at Flood Control Dam #3, which is underground, and many other landmarks from the Great Underground Empire and the world of Zork.
Yeah, I had a hard time with the text-based adventures too (especially when I go East and end up somewhere, then go West and don't end up where I started before going East.) But they did have some graphical games later on. My favorite is Zork Grand Inquisitor (ZGI for short.) You can get most of them at gog.com (Good Old Games) for around $6 each. If you do download them, know that you WILL need the manual in order to beat them (or a walk-through.) There are pieces of information in the manuals that is necessary to solve some of the puzzles (Especially Zork Nemesis.) I think they include a digital copy of the manual when you buy the game though.