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by forgepoet
If there were zero stars, this would be the time for it.
There's an error message on the first screen. Nothing is implemented except exits. The content is unfunny, unpleasant and repetitive. The dialogue is hard-coded into the room descriptions.
I've already wasted too much time on this, but hopefully it'll save someone else the hassle.
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Mostly Useless, February 24, 2014 - Reply
On the contrary, I had to see for myself! There's a comment from the author on the textadventures.co.uk page:
"The game (narrative?) was a project for a Digital Writing class that I took in Spring 2013. I had to move on to our other projects. It was an English class, and I'm an English major, so the elements are strictly narrative. I chose a platform that would allow me to simply tell a story. It was, and still may be, a choose your own adventure style game rather than a perverted narrative.
That being said, I had no idea that people were browsing/playing the game still. I hope I made you laugh."
An English major! Good grief.
On the contrary, I had to see for myself! There's a comment from the author on the textadventures.co.uk page:
"The game (narrative?) was a project for a Digital Writing class that I took in Spring 2013. I had to move on to our other projects. It was an English class, and I'm an English major, so the elements are strictly narrative. I chose a platform that would allow me to simply tell a story. It was, and still may be, a choose your own adventure style game rather than a perverted narrative.
That being said, I had no idea that people were browsing/playing the game still. I hope I made you laugh."
An English major! Good grief.
forgepoet, February 24, 2014 - Reply
That explains why the words were strung into recognizable sentences in a coherent order, and why the programming was useless (he didn't care enough about his project to put any effort into the actual mechanics). I wonder if that logic will fly in the real world? "I didn't bother having this report bound, I figured the stockholders could collate it themselves. All the information is in there." And it's interesting to see the reasoning behind leaving it up where people can read it. I would be embarrassed to have this out where people could read it and think it represented the kind of work I did.
Most people seem to leave the really bad stuff unrated, and I understand the reasoning there. When a work is below a certain standard, it just feels unkind (and pointless) to take it apart -- like kicking a puppy. But then it becomes difficult when deliberately looking for unrated games to review; do you just slap one star on anything really crappy and call it done?
I wish there was a "standards" button you could click, and everyone could see "X members think this is not up to ratable standards" or something. I suppose one could leave an unrated review saying something to that effect.
The only reason I actually reviewed this one is because it was distasteful enough that I figured anyone else who thought the title was funny deserved a warning!
That explains why the words were strung into recognizable sentences in a coherent order, and why the programming was useless (he didn't care enough about his project to put any effort into the actual mechanics). I wonder if that logic will fly in the real world? "I didn't bother having this report bound, I figured the stockholders could collate it themselves. All the information is in there." And it's interesting to see the reasoning behind leaving it up where people can read it. I would be embarrassed to have this out where people could read it and think it represented the kind of work I did.
Most people seem to leave the really bad stuff unrated, and I understand the reasoning there. When a work is below a certain standard, it just feels unkind (and pointless) to take it apart -- like kicking a puppy. But then it becomes difficult when deliberately looking for unrated games to review; do you just slap one star on anything really crappy and call it done?
I wish there was a "standards" button you could click, and everyone could see "X members think this is not up to ratable standards" or something. I suppose one could leave an unrated review saying something to that effect.
The only reason I actually reviewed this one is because it was distasteful enough that I figured anyone else who thought the title was funny deserved a warning!
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