The first stage in your Zork journey this semester has been posted, and is due by the stroke of midnight on Saturday, Sept. 28th. This assignment is not for the faint of heart. It will require skill, ingenuity, consistency, dedication, and perseverance to complete.

The first thing you should do — right now, after brewing a cup of coffee or grabbing a Mountain Dew — is read through the entire assignment, calmly and attentively, beginning to end.