Bureaucracy (computer game) - Definition

Bureaucracy is a text-based computer game released by Infocom in 1987, scripted by popular comic science fiction author Douglas Adams.

In the game, the player is challenged to confront a long and complicated series of bureaucratic hurdles from a bank, arising from a change of address. The game includes a measure of simulated blood pressure which rises and falls according to the player's actions. Passing a certain level would result in death of the character and therefore losing the game.

The game was based on a real experience of Adams with a bank.

External links

• MobyGames' entry on Bureaucracy (http://www.mobygames.com/game/sheet/p,2/gameId,474/)
• Bureaucracy information from the Infocom Gallerywith (http://infocom.elsewhere.org/gallery/bureaucracy/bureaucracy.html) photos of the entire contents of the game (manual, feelies, etc.)
• Bureaucracy information from Infocom-if.org (http://www.infocom-if.org/games/bureaucracy/bureaucracy.html)