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I know it's a quote from a pencil-and-paper game, but what's the source of that meme? "It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue."

FlameTroll said:

I know it's a quote from a pencil-and-paper game, but what's the source of that meme? "It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue."

I think it was Zork?

I remember it also being in a text adventure computer game.

FlameTroll said:
It is dark. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.

It's from the video Infocom computer game Zork (1977). Officially, the quote starts "It is pitch black".