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And this is because there wasn't a lot to talk about from my Monday. Sad but true.
So, what is there? Firstly, there was a Dianetics ad on TV earlier. I was amused by this, since they're selling it as a self-help book. A self-help book by an author who famously claimed that the easiest way to make money is to start a religion. I'm considering offering an alternate title - maybe Jumping On Couches For Dummies.
But! That's of secondary importance. I've started playing NetHack again, and it's more fun than ever. Not that it ever wasn't fun, but every time I start playing it again I realise how much I've missed it. Just need to get out of the Gnomish Mines intact, one of these days. And maybe even Ascend, but that's not for ages and ages yet.
I've got a notion to play Rogue again. If you have a link for a win32-friendly Rogue binary, or for the Rogue source (how hard can it be to find a C compiler?), then please, please post it here.
And that's it for the moment. Off to go and set foot in the Dungeons of Doom all over again.
So, what is there? Firstly, there was a Dianetics ad on TV earlier. I was amused by this, since they're selling it as a self-help book. A self-help book by an author who famously claimed that the easiest way to make money is to start a religion. I'm considering offering an alternate title - maybe Jumping On Couches For Dummies.
But! That's of secondary importance. I've started playing NetHack again, and it's more fun than ever. Not that it ever wasn't fun, but every time I start playing it again I realise how much I've missed it. Just need to get out of the Gnomish Mines intact, one of these days. And maybe even Ascend, but that's not for ages and ages yet.
I've got a notion to play Rogue again. If you have a link for a win32-friendly Rogue binary, or for the Rogue source (how hard can it be to find a C compiler?), then please, please post it here.
And that's it for the moment. Off to go and set foot in the Dungeons of Doom all over again.
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Date: 2005-08-08 07:43 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-08-08 08:02 pm (UTC)It still used an object-verb style parser for interface, but instead of guessing or typing, you used the mouse cursor to select objects from inventory or the scene, and selected verbs from a predefined list.
This meant you never had to sit there trying different nouns, wondering what the name for that plant on the wall was for months (only to realize, a year later, that it was a plastic fern). If something couldn't be interacted with, it didn't register with a mouseover. On the flipside, a gazillion red herrings DO register with mouseovers, but that's half the fun.
A modern fan-remake of Maniac Mansion is availiable here for free. It's a great game, has countless paths to victory, multiple endings... multiple ways to win in fact. All dependent on which characters you choose to play with. And it's not "all paths eventually lead to the final scene", but "the game can end as a result of radically different things" ranging from getting the villain arrested, to publishing his autobiography and making him famous.
Yeah, download, right: http://www.lucasfangames.de/games_eng.htm
It's well worth playing.