Text Adventures in Politics
Lyndon Hood has a very amusing feature at Scoop where NZ Politics is a text adventure. Extracts:
There is a small mailbox here.
> open mailbox
Opening the mailbox reveals a leaflet.
> get leaflet
Taken.
> examine leaflet
I see nothing special about the leaflet.
> See if leaflet breaches electoral finance act
I don’t understand that.
> You’re not the only one. …
A HUGE GREEN FIERCE SNAKE BARS THE WAY!
> kill snake
WITH WHAT? YOUR BARE HANDS?
> slap snake with ‘slippery’ tag
THE TAG STICKS TO THE SNAKE. YOU HAVE INJURED THE SNAKE.
> slap snake with ‘slippery’ tag
YOU ALREADY DID THAT
> slap snake with ‘slippery’ tag
NOTHING HAPPENS
> slap snake with ‘slippery’ tag
NOTHING HAPPENS
> slippery slippery slippery slippery …
and then the conclusion:
NOTHING HAPPENS
> slip-slip-slip-slippery
YOU HAVE BEEN EATEN BY THE SNAKE.
NEW GAME? (Y/N)
> explain snake was suffering from confusion
Read the whole thing. It should become a regular series.