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Hamlet
No, not Hamlet the play. Hamlet the text-adventure.
Here’s how my younger son describes it:
It’s a text game, like Nord & Bert, but with less wordplay and more sarcasm. You (as Hamlet) wander around trying to collect what you need to kill everyone off (including yourself). Other Shakespeare tragedies intrude — you have to get past Othello, you encounter Richard III and Macbeth, and you wheedle something out of Juliet. There’s an allusion to Midsummer Night’s Dream, too.
It’s full of sarcasm and innuendo. I had fun for a while.
My elder son said only, “I beat it in about an hour.” There’s pragmatism for you.
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2 Comments
1. Eliz replies at 19th September 2005, 8:41 pm :
I’m ashamed that I cannot remember for certain which one is the younger. I am thinking it is T.C.–correct?
2. sherry replies at 20th September 2005, 9:17 am :
Yep — the one who thinks in paragraphs is younger by ten minutes.
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