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by medwards666 1247 days ago
IIRC 'feelies' was a term coined at Infocom by Brian Moriarty for the extra gewgaws that wound up in the boxes. I don't think the term was used much elsewhere in the industry, even though it did become part of the general gamer vernacular at the time.
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I should ask some of the other Infocom folks one of these days. I imagine one of them remember.