Fnords in the Lj, evil metaphorical video games

[scyllacat]

This is Dodge.

Play Dodge here.

It's like this, you see...

You're in a box (playing field). You're the circle. There's a square in the box with you. In order to get points, 1.) all you have to do is touch the square. Every time you touch the square, three things happen:

a. You get 5 points.

b. The square takes up a new position in the box.

c. A red dot appears floating randomly about the box.



Thus, we add a new direction: 2) Don't touch the red dots.

So, the game gets harder and harder the more you play. It's the kind of thing that makes me hate video games. The ultimate end of a solitary game is LOSING. It just gets harder and harder until you die.

In this case, the horrid bit is this: Wanna live forever? Just don't play. No points, no red dots, no death. What does it all MEAN?


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And when I'm over here on LiveJournal, my drop down menus don't exactly line up with their headers, so my mouse is trying to jump this gap into the menu. If I hold down the mouse button so it thinks I'm trying to move the header ONTO the menu, at least the menu stays on so I can click something else. Otherwise, I keep losing the menu. Charlie's works fine. Anyone else seen this thing like?

I very much hated it. I jumped up shouting "Fnord!" I couldn't understand why I couldn't get the site to work AllofaSudden.

Comments

[asbrand.livejournal.com]

"Interesting game. The only way to win, is not to play."

Know what movie that's from? :)))))



-Az

[scyllacat.livejournal.com]

"War Games." Yes, the idealistic 80s when we were all going to live together in peace. :)

[mtn-hermit.livejournal.com]

These two will likely be more satisfying:

http://www.thatcloudgame.com
http://intihuatani.usc.edu/cloud/flowing/

[scyllacat.livejournal.com]

You are very right. Thank you.

[mtn-hermit.livejournal.com]

Welcome!

[thurisazshole.livejournal.com]

i had a few problems like that when i started LJ - it was the templates i chose that woudln't work. which is why i chose the one i have now, it had no problems for me, and wasn't the standard POS default template.

might help. maybe they've updated the template, and you need to select one then back, if your hell bent on this particular template?

[scyllacat.livejournal.com]

I try not to include the idea of "hellbent" in anything regarding computers. It rapidly becomes futile. Thanks for the hint.