Last night I was pretty tired, but me and my friend were watching A Fistful of Dynamite (awesome movie) until 2am so i decided to turn on my computer and try playing the text based games we have from class. I was playing them strictly for fun , and found that when I played them not as trying to complete the story, but to see what kind of stupidity i could do in this text based world it was actually a lot more enjoyable. Now I promise that my stupidity and good mood was only enhanced by caffeine, but once I started simply trying to test out the boundaries of the game, it became much more enjoyable than actually trying to get thru the story. For example In Zork, i had fun trying to see what you could do to the Grue that was about to eat you, even when you couldn't see it. For example, you can not eat it because he would disagree with that. You flat out just cant talk to it, and in a fit of immaturity I found that you cant fart on it, because the game doesn't know the word"fart". also it is possible to give someone the bird, but only if you catch one. I know we discussed this in class, so i did in fact spend a good five minutes jumping, skipping, leaping, and kicking, just to get the condescending remarks. My Favorite is "Very Good. You can now go to the second grade". I also had fun sitting down every set of stairs I found. Thats right, i didn't walk down them, i said "sit down" and I was at the bottom of the stairs.I guess I fell, or maybe i rode down on my butt. Also i managed to fight with the ogre in the basement for a good 5 minutes (im guessing it was five minutes, i measured it by the scene on the movie. there was a lotting of shooting and dynamite involved, so five minutes sounds right)
Finally I killed him once again by throwing the knife at him, which he eats. He basically dies of the worst kind of indigestion.
Also In snacktime, i drank out of the toilet bowl for the first and only time in my life, tested how house trained Hardy (the dog) was, chased my own tail, and found it humorous that I wagged my tail for the first time in my life (no I can't dance in real life).
All In all, what I learned is that Text based games are a lot more fun when you dont take them seriously, and look at them as a text based game, than a game to win. And Redbull gives my immaturity wings.