Ian Greener is an academic living in Scotland. He played his first adventure game on a Sinclair ZX81 in about 1982, and although he greatly admires Counterfeit Monkey, thinks A Mind Forever Voyaging is still the greatest game he's ever played.
Ian Greener recalls the vibrant early hobbyist IF scene in the UK, briefly discussing The Hobbit, The Philosopher's Quest, and interactive fiction creation tool The Quill, before turning to a long discussion of the 1984 game Hampstead.