"Don't be silly," says the curtain. "Curtains can't talk!"

[andrew_jorgensen]

anadamous points out the Hamlet text adventure. I'm a bit disappointed that I ventured into the basement without a light source and was not instantly killed by a Grue.

Comments

[lynnmonster.livejournal.com]

That *rocks*.

[dherblay.livejournal.com]

Yes, it does.

And I probably would have solved it even without the hints.

[anadamous.livejournal.com]

For some reason, I was all focused on finding out WHAT was in the vegetable garden, with the result that I had the horse following me around in the castle, in the dungeon, while I was shmoozing Desdemona, etc. etc.

And with the result that I didn't even get to hear Richards famous line.

[dherblay.livejournal.com]

Oh, I had been to England before I found the carrot, so that wasn't a problem for me; your situation does, however, remind me that for several of my adolescent years, my best friend in the whole wide world was the turtle in Enchanter.

Grue

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

What the heck is a "grue"? When I hear the term, I think of "grue" and "bleen", two colors that appear in what is known as "Goodman's Paradox", a little bit of philosophical masturbation by a man named Nelson Goodman from his book, "Fact, Fiction, And Forecast".

Gosh, I really do remember the boring bits from grad school!

Re: Grue

[dherblay.livejournal.com]

A Grue is a creature that lurked in the darkness and ate adventurers who were without lamps in Infocom's Zork trilogy, the standard by which text adventure games have to be judged.

Re: Grue

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

the standard by which text adventure games have to be judged.

And geeky video games and role-playing games, as well, apparently! ; )

But!

[anneth.livejournal.com]

I wasn't allowed to draw my sword upon the mist! Boo!