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sabotabby ([personal profile] sabotabby) wrote2008-04-24 10:25 pm
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My afternoon, Zork-style

You are standing on Augusta Avenue in Kensington Market. It's a sunny Thursday afternoon, and the Market is bustling. Don't these people have jobs?

There are exits to the north, south, east, and west.

>S

You push your way south along Augusta.

>E

You are now on Baldwin St.

>S

You are now on Kensington. A store advertises multicoloured keffiyehs under a sign that says: "Rock the Casbah."

>OH HELL NO

Sorry about that. Fucking hipsters.

>E

You turn onto St. Andrew. You are standing in front of Moonbean.

>ENTER MOONBEAN

There are approximately 200 varieties of fair trade, shade-grown, organic coffee. Is there any one in particular you'd like?

>ALL OF THEM

I'm sorry, I do not understand that command.

>OKAY, ETHIOPIAN

Yum! You are now caffeinated.

>EXIT MOONBEAN

You turn onto St. Andrew. You are standing in front of Moonbean.

>N

You turn onto Baldwin.

>W

You turn onto Augusta.

>BUY EMPANADAS

The spicy salsa verde ones?

>HELLS YES

Good call.

>N

You are standing on Augusta in front of that yuppie craft store; the vanguard of gentrification in the neighbourhood.

>GO IN

Are you sure?

>Y

Holy fuck, they have a Soviet military kitsch stand!

>MY FETISHES HAVE BEEN CO-OPTED

Tell me about it.

>BUY AVIATOR GOGGLES

You cannot has.

>EXIT

You are standing on Augusta Ave.

>N

You walk north and stop at the corner of Brunswick and Bloor. The patio of Future Bakery is almost full. Seriously, where do these people work that they can get a Thursday afternoon off?

>ENTER FUTURES

Your entrance startles a Marxist study group sitting by the front door.

>JOIN STUDY GROUP

Sorry, you are not a grad student.

>BUY MORE COFFEE

Fortunately, the option of mindless consumption is still open to you.

>SIT ON THE PATIO AND DRINK COFFEE UNTIL CLASS STARTS

Fuck yes!



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[identity profile] cacahuate.livejournal.com 2008-04-25 02:33 am (UTC)(link)
lol!

[identity profile] frippy.livejournal.com 2008-04-25 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
You win the internets this time.

BUT NEXT TIME... NEXT TIME... VICTORY SHALL BE MINE.

[identity profile] apperception.livejournal.com 2008-04-25 02:53 am (UTC)(link)
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3

[identity profile] seaya.livejournal.com 2008-04-25 03:03 am (UTC)(link)
Hey, what, no pathways that go in all directions with an endless loop?

;)

I took econ 101 and all i got was this lousy comeback

[identity profile] frippy.livejournal.com 2008-04-25 03:09 am (UTC)(link)
BUT DUDE UNDER COMMUNISM THERE IS NO INCENTIVE TO WIN THE INTERNETS

[identity profile] seaya.livejournal.com 2008-04-25 03:12 am (UTC)(link)
Oh those things (the infinite loops) were present in more than just adventure or zork. There was one in every text adventure.

And xyzzy, anyhow.
Edited 2008-04-25 03:13 (UTC)

[identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_ex_cowboy/ 2008-04-25 03:17 am (UTC)(link)
shitty day. thanks for making it a little better.

this will truly test the geekiness of your friends list.

Re: I counter with Modern Western History

[identity profile] terry-terrible.livejournal.com 2008-04-25 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
In soviet russia the internets surf you!
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[personal profile] ironed_orchid 2008-04-25 03:30 am (UTC)(link)
I'd say it sounds awesome - except that you do not possess googles as a result. BOO.
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[personal profile] ironed_orchid 2008-04-25 03:41 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, well in that case, it's in the running for the best day eva!

[identity profile] ebourland.livejournal.com 2008-04-25 04:05 am (UTC)(link)
Hee. Nice.

[identity profile] one-serious-cat.livejournal.com 2008-04-25 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
I'm still a little bit traumatized by the "grues eat well tonight" ending from the version I sometimes played in the mid-90s.

[identity profile] spuzbal.livejournal.com 2008-04-25 04:38 am (UTC)(link)
My dad made my character walk off a cliff when I was playing that game around 1989 or something. I guess he thought it would be funny? Haha.

[identity profile] human-loser.livejournal.com 2008-04-25 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
Aw! Now I'm all Torontostalgic!

[identity profile] human-loser.livejournal.com 2008-04-25 04:56 am (UTC)(link)
I am! May Long Weekend!

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