Get Lamp: A Documentary about Old Text-Based Games


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I'm sure that a lot of you young whippersnappers don't remember text-based games. Back in my day, we didn't have any of your fancy computer animation or virtual controllers or flush toilets. We had text and keyboards and two-holers and used them to navigate poorly-reasoned puzzles and obstacles, in the snow, uphill, both ways.

So watch this trailer for Get Lamp, a documentary about those early days when games like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy were the epitome of cool. "Before there was the first person shooter, there was the second person thinker."

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I can have conversations with my cat without tricks, per se.

Usually I just go: Fat cats say meow. He could also, sort of, say hello. But he stopped once he realized I'd feed him whether or not he said it.
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Awww. What a cute kitty.

Watching this makes me sad, though. My sweet little girl Kit N. sounded like this cat all the time. We lost her on Thursday. She was 10 years old.

I miss you, Kit N. :-(
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I think the owner is mostly saying the cat's name and nicknames (Matsuko-san, Mat-chan), asking if he wants to eat ("Tabenai no?" "Gohan wa?"), asking if he's sleepy ("Nemui desu ka?") and making cat noises.
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