I am going to finish my novel about the forced institutionalization of mentally-sound teens in Texas back in the 80s. (And thus also do my small part to support the remaindering industry.)

It's too early for that. But doubt ye not that at this very moment, an ad hoc team of emergency responders in the employ of ABC, powered by adderall and cocaine, is whipping up the pilot script for a new series called "THE OBJECT".

It's official. We've hit "Peak J.J."

I regret to inform you, Luke, that your list of the best sea shanties in AC4 is incomplete.

I'm telling myself he was just baked— he sure seems to have the energy when he's belting out the tunes.

Oh I know!

Well, I don't know about you, but I say spare them the placebo cure of escapist sci-fi fare, and head straight to the bad, sweet medicine of "Freaks & Geeks".

Me, too. My dad brought home an IBM PC in 1981- along with a copy of Zork. My brother and I were so bummed out that he'd picked up some text adventure- since we'd played Scott Adams games on TRS-80s in 4th grade and found them frustrating.

Yeah- it did, sadly- sort of!

I'm an old Infocom fan- and I agree. I just wrote a long entry about this and included the original text, along with a set-up for it, in another comment. Hope you'll take a look at it- if you don't mind weeping at your desk! :-)

I just wrote a long entry about this before seeing your entry- and included the death scene. Hope you'll check it out!

I can't believe the self-sacrificial death of the bubbly, childlike robot Floyd, the player companion character in Infocom's text-adventure "Planetfall" didn't make the cut. Lose Bicentennial Man, yall!

My brother and I, playing Planetfall as very young teenagers, both broke into outright weeping when the constantly…

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As does Bethesda medical technician Paul O'Connor!

As does Dr. Cyril Wecht!

Dr. Crenshaw approves your post!

In his defense, he did do a pretty outrageously hilarious Jabba/Salacious Crumb man-love routine...

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