Defective Yeti sat down and wrote up what the time line to the Iraq war might be like if it were a text adventure computer game:
- Oval Office
You are standing inside a White House, having just been elected to the presidency of the United States. You knew Scalia would pull through for you.
There is a large desk here, along with a few chairs and couches. The presidential seal is in the middle of the room and there is a full-length mirror upon the wall.
What do you want to do now?
> INVADE IRAQ
You are not able to do that, yet.
> LOOK MIRROR
Self-reflection is not your strong suit.
> PET SEAL
It’s not that kind of seal.
> EXAMINE CHAIRS
They are two several chairs arranged around the center of the room, along with two couches. Under one couch you find Clinton’s shoes.
> FILL SHOES
You are unable to fill Clinton’s shoes.
Good stuff. Link found via Boing Boing.
Oh please continue with the game, it is the only way I can play too.
Shouldn’t be too hard to code this in Inform…
When you need him, where’s the grue?
I can’t seem to find it on Boing Boing Les but here is another link for those of you who want to read the full “game”.
http://www.defectiveyeti.com/archives/001561.html
Great stuff, I still play IF games all the time. Many of these lines are so familiar in structure.
IF Archive http://www.ifarchive.org/ Free fun for all!
Oh wow I am an idiot. I somehow managed to miss the entire first line of your post and attempt to click the boing boing link… So now we both have the same link posted.
Not to forget:
http://www.infocom-if.org/
Brought back memories.
Step through the mirror and down the rabbit hole
No hang on,that’s what George did.