AFGNCAAP (pronounced Afghan-cap) is a satirically politically correct initialism for "Ageless, Faceless, Gender-Neutral, Culturally-Ambiguous Adventure Person" from the computer game Zork Grand Inquisitor, released by Activision in 1997. Zork was one of the first Interactive fiction Computer games and an early descendant of Colossal Cave Adventure. Zork I The Great Underground Empire is an Interactive fiction Computer game written by Marc Blank, Dave Lebling, Bruce Daniels Zork II The Wizard of Frobozz is an Interactive fiction Computer game published by Infocom in 1981. Zork III The Dungeon Master is an Interactive fiction Computer game written by Marc Blank, Dave Lebling, Bruce Daniels Beyond Zork (full title Beyond Zork The Coconut of Quendor) was an Interactive fiction Computer game written by Brian Moriarty and Zork Zero The Revenge of Megaboz is an Interactive fiction Computer game, written by Steve Meretzky and published by Infocom in Spellbreaker is an Interactive fiction Computer game written by Dave Lebling and released by Infocom in 1985, the third Wishbringer The Magick Stone of Dreams is an Interactive fiction Computer game written by Brian Moriarty and published by Infocom Return to Zork is a 1993 Adventure game in the Zork series for the PC and Apple Macintosh. Zork The Undiscovered Underground (or ZUU for short is an Interactive fiction Computer game written by former Infocom Implementors Infocom was a Software company, based in Cambridge Massachusetts, that produced numerous works of Interactive fiction. Activision Inc is an American Video game developer and publisher. FrobozzCo International is a fictional monopolous conglomerate from the Infocom text adventure Zork universe The Z-machine is a Virtual machine that was developed by Joel Berez and Marc Blank in 1979 and used by Infocom for its text adventure games The Zork books were a series of four books written by S Eric Meretzky, which took place in the Fictional universe of Zork. Satire is often strictly defined as a literary genre or form; although in practice it is also found in the graphic and Performing arts In satire human Political correctness (adjectivally politically correct; both forms commonly abbreviated to PC) is a term applied to Language, ideas policies or behavior Acronyms, initialisms, and alphabetisms are Abbreviations that are formed using the initial components in a phrase or name A personal computer Game (also known as a computer game or simply PC game) is a Video game played on a Personal computer, rather Activision Inc is an American Video game developer and publisher. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar The player is given the name AFGNCAAP by the former Dungeon Master Dalboz of Gurth. Zork III The Dungeon Master is an Interactive fiction Computer game written by Marc Blank, Dave Lebling, Bruce Daniels It is a joking reference to many other adventure games, including Infocom's original Zork games and Myst, in which the player's character has no identity, name, or background. An adventure game is a type of Video game characterized by investigation exploration puzzle-solving, interaction with game characters and a focus on Narrative Infocom was a Software company, based in Cambridge Massachusetts, that produced numerous works of Interactive fiction. Zork was one of the first Interactive fiction Computer games and an early descendant of Colossal Cave Adventure. The Stranger is how the Player character of the Myst series of games is known in Myst canon

Definition

The name comes from the select-your-own-adventure style of the early text-based and later puzzle-adventure games, wherein the main character is the player him/herself and not a pre-designed character in the story as is usually the case with videogames. Obviously, as anyone could be playing, these games never make an assumption or reference as to the main character's (the player) identity, gender, ethnic background, age, etc. In light of this, it is also interesting to note that many graphical adventure games of this type are entirely devoid of mirrors.

A more conventional description of this type of game is a second-person game, because players are asked to believe that they themselves are the principal protagonist in the game, and are addressed directly as "you" by the game. The term derives from the fields of grammar and linguistics, where the 'second person' describes pronouns which speakers use to refer to the addressee. Grammar is the field of Linguistics that covers the Rules governing the use of any given natural language. Linguistics is the scientific study of Language, encompassing a number of sub-fields Grammatical person, in Linguistics, is deictic reference to a participant in an event such as the speaker the Addressee, or others Similarly, in the field of literature, Second person narrative describes a text in which the reader is also a character within the story. Literature is the Art of written works Literally translated the word means "acquaintance with letters" (from Latin littera letter The second-person narrative is a Narrative mode in which the Protagonist or another main character is referred to by employment of second-person Personal pronouns

In comparison, in a third-person game, players participate by controlling an in-game character, or 'avatar,' which has its own pre-written personality and history. Avatar or Avatara (अवतार IAST Avatāra) is often inaccurately translated into English as incarnation In a third-person game, players do not always see from the point of view of the principal protagonist, but often see from an another perspective (often called a 'third-person perspective') from which they can view the protagonist from outside. Console games such as the Final Fantasy series and similar typically use this format. Although a default name is provided, typically, the player is given the option to change the name the character although this does not affect the gameplay in any way. This is similar to third-person narrative in literature. The third-person narrative is a Narrative mode applying the third person.

The distinction of a 'first-person' or a 'third-person' game is separate from the graphical viewpoint presented by the game. For instance, most first-person shooters, such as Wolfenstein 3D, Doom, Quake, and others, have names and backstories for the characters controlled by the player (Wolfenstein 3D's BJ Blazkowicz, for example), and are, therefore, third-person narratives presented in first-person perspective. A first-person shooter ( FPS) is an action Video game from the Shooter game The initial development of Maze War Doom (officially cased DOOM) is a 1993 Computer game by Id Software that is a landmark title in the First-person shooter Quake is a First-person shooter Computer game that was released by Id Software on June 22, 1996.

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