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.