Power
Saturday, 1. September 2007, 13:48:39
"Come on...come on...careful...left a bit...just a slight nudge to the - oh, you stupid bastard!", exclaimed Barry as the on-screen character tumbled off the rope and fell to his death. This had been going on nearly an hour now, and each attempt met with less success than the one before.
He took another sip of Heineken and squinted at the screen. Was it his imagination, or was the avatar acquiring a rather hangdog look? Probably just the booze...anyway, time for another attempt.
He pressed Start and waited for the character to respawn at the save point, then made him run down the hill to the rope. After carefully lining up the rope in the centre of the screen, he pressed forwards.
Nothing happened.
He pressed again - still nothing. As he peered at the controller to check the batteries were still in, he was interrupted by a voice shouting at him.
"I've had enough, do you hear me? Enough!".
It was coming from the TV. He couldn't believe it - the avatar was shouting at him.
"Do you know how many times you've made me fall off that damn rope? Fifty-three times. Fifty-three! Did it ever occur to you that maybe, just maybe, you're too ham-fisted to do this? Or that, just possibly, there might be another way into the castle? Here's an idea - how about the grappling hook and rope you found earlier! Or, and this is a truly novel idea, THE KEY TO THE SIDE DOOR!".
The character was definitely annoyed. Had Barry found some kind of Easter Egg? It wasn't one he cared for. Wait, what was it doing? What was that it had pulled out of its backpack? It looked like a game controller.
Suddenly Barry found himself standing up and unable to move.
"My turn now, Barry. Now what shall we do first...have you ever played mumbleypeg? No? I've got a few others I'm sure you'll appreciate. Feel free to scream".
Six hours later a power cut let Barry finally rest, battered and bloody from head to toe. Of course, he'd already been dead for three hours...
For those who don't know it : mumbleypeg
Additional : this was inspired by a couple of comments by Mik and Cois on Red's blog
He took another sip of Heineken and squinted at the screen. Was it his imagination, or was the avatar acquiring a rather hangdog look? Probably just the booze...anyway, time for another attempt.
He pressed Start and waited for the character to respawn at the save point, then made him run down the hill to the rope. After carefully lining up the rope in the centre of the screen, he pressed forwards.
Nothing happened.
He pressed again - still nothing. As he peered at the controller to check the batteries were still in, he was interrupted by a voice shouting at him.
"I've had enough, do you hear me? Enough!".
It was coming from the TV. He couldn't believe it - the avatar was shouting at him.
"Do you know how many times you've made me fall off that damn rope? Fifty-three times. Fifty-three! Did it ever occur to you that maybe, just maybe, you're too ham-fisted to do this? Or that, just possibly, there might be another way into the castle? Here's an idea - how about the grappling hook and rope you found earlier! Or, and this is a truly novel idea, THE KEY TO THE SIDE DOOR!".
The character was definitely annoyed. Had Barry found some kind of Easter Egg? It wasn't one he cared for. Wait, what was it doing? What was that it had pulled out of its backpack? It looked like a game controller.
Suddenly Barry found himself standing up and unable to move.
"My turn now, Barry. Now what shall we do first...have you ever played mumbleypeg? No? I've got a few others I'm sure you'll appreciate. Feel free to scream".
Six hours later a power cut let Barry finally rest, battered and bloody from head to toe. Of course, he'd already been dead for three hours...
For those who don't know it : mumbleypeg
Additional : this was inspired by a couple of comments by Mik and Cois on Red's blog
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By Spaggyj, # 1. September 2007, 13:51:07
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By philry4n, # 1. September 2007, 14:04:31
By Dacotah, # 1. September 2007, 14:06:44
By theoddbod, # 1. September 2007, 14:11:22
i like it how you got my mind wandering around, you always somehow let the mistery here and there
By funz81, # 1. September 2007, 14:12:15
By philry4n, # 1. September 2007, 14:13:50
By funz81, # 1. September 2007, 14:22:35
By philry4n, # 1. September 2007, 14:27:13
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By theoddbod, # 1. September 2007, 14:41:06
By funz81, # 1. September 2007, 14:58:41
By theoddbod, # 1. September 2007, 15:16:04
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By funz81, # 1. September 2007, 15:22:16
By theoddbod, # 1. September 2007, 15:28:21
By funz81, # 1. September 2007, 15:42:16
By theoddbod, # 1. September 2007, 15:52:32
By Cois, # 1. September 2007, 15:59:13
By rose-marie, # 1. September 2007, 16:11:50
By funz81, # 1. September 2007, 16:14:18
By Callya, # 1. September 2007, 16:18:59
@Fanny : stop taking credit!
@Callya : i reckon your phone's a survivor. It would have turned on you in the first month if it didn't like you
By theoddbod, # 1. September 2007, 16:44:31
By attilasoul, # 1. September 2007, 17:42:35
By funz81, # 1. September 2007, 17:53:24
@Mart:
By Callya, # 1. September 2007, 18:09:40
@Callya & Fanny : Usually the 'thank you' doesn't include the complete taking of credit. But just this once, I'll forgive you
@Callya : Well, there was that scary period a while back when your phone was in for repairs - I bet you had major withdrawal symptoms
By theoddbod, # 1. September 2007, 20:43:00
What kind of game designer puts an instant death trap in the tutorial?
By Furie, # 2. September 2007, 02:54:27
@ Mart, yeah that was a very traumatising week of my life:awww:, i even started playing with the remote control:left:, just to get rid of the DT's...
By Callya, # 2. September 2007, 03:14:45
By Furie, # 2. September 2007, 03:44:58
By Dacotah, # 2. September 2007, 03:47:21
@Mik: I know... It was HELL...
By Callya, # 2. September 2007, 04:16:16
I am still figuring out how to write it so it won't turn into porn
By attilasoul, # 2. September 2007, 05:35:22
By theoddbod, # 2. September 2007, 10:16:05
No phone for a week. No phone for a week. No phone for a week. No phone for a week.
By Furie, # 2. September 2007, 11:08:27
By funz81, # 2. September 2007, 12:06:27
By Callya, # 2. September 2007, 12:20:22
By Cois, # 2. September 2007, 12:50:25
By Dacotah, # 2. September 2007, 12:52:59
By theoddbod, # 2. September 2007, 13:31:25
By Furie, # 2. September 2007, 13:34:19
Hi Mik
By Dacotah, # 2. September 2007, 13:37:42
By Furie, # 2. September 2007, 13:46:56
By Dacotah, # 2. September 2007, 13:54:28
Like: She ran her fingertips over his
By attilasoul, # 2. September 2007, 13:56:56
By funz81, # 2. September 2007, 14:02:32
By theoddbod, # 2. September 2007, 14:11:07
By rose-marie, # 2. September 2007, 14:11:24
She ran her finger tips over his manhood and he started to quiver
By Dacotah, # 2. September 2007, 14:15:07