Zork: The Rock Opera?

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First there was the Portal song. Then some Plants vs. Zombies invaded your lawn. Now we have the Zork Rock Anthem! Zork was a text-based game from the ’80s where you basically had to type keys to move your non-graphic character around imaginary rooms. And boy did it look pretty:

Man, those graphics are awesome! But it’s missing something. Oh, yes — a song! Luckily, a couple of very talented songwriters by the name of Errol and pifie have come up with a pithy little tune that just so happens to be a walkthrough of the entire Zork adventure from 1987. Listen in and see if your inner nerd doesn’t rock out [via Boingboing]: