Reference and Representation: An Approach to First-Order Semantics

Reference and Representation: An Approach to First-Order Semantics
by Ryan Veeder profile

Historical
2016

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Don't be put off by the title.... , April 30, 2016

by jakomo

... this is actually a classic puzzle-based text adventure with a great sense of humour. You play a prehistoric man on a Quest For Bark... slowly making profound realizations about the world around him. It reminded me of the book "The Evolution Man, Or How I Ate My Father" by Roy Lewis, both in terms of tone and content.

It's a Ryan Veeder joint, so of course the writing is funny as hell. If you haven't played Taco Fiction, The Horrible Pyramid, or Captain Verdeterre's Plunder yet, why not? Go do it, then come back. Some of the descriptions are side-splitting: the first time you examine the cave wall, for example, is perfect comedy. There is only one real "puzzle", but the solution is totally logical and makes perfect sense. Its very satisfying.

It's too short though - the ending is hyper-abrupt (in fact, I'm not even sure if I got the definitive "win"), and there are some mysterious loose ends: does (Spoiler - click to show)the river changing its direction of flow mean something, or is it just a gag about you (Spoiler - click to show)turning around and not understanding what that means? Also, why are there (Spoiler - click to show)tyrannosaurs living alongside humans? They were millions of years apart!

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Andrew Schultz, May 1, 2016 - Reply
Well, Ryan likes dinosaurs. They pop up in Dr Wooby. Plus, he's written a game about talking animals, which is also important.

It seems to fit in well with making a play on the dry sounding title.

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