In the spirit of "Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy," here's a link to Douglas Adams' text adventure game (thanks to dog_new_tricks for the link). I had heard this mentioned in passing over the years (especially the Babel Fish puzzle), but had never played it until today. The game has been augmented with some graphics to bring it out of the 1980s. Warning: addiction is possible. So far I've only been able to get 25 points (out of 400) before perishing in various ways.
Wait...I'm supposed to be doing work. I'll have to restrain myself until this evening.
You dog. You cad! Here I am, hardworking government lackey that I am, attempting to do my part for the continuing economic recovery, trying to earn enough to justify a level of spending that will create the inflation that Chairman Greenspan tells me I must fear, and you go and totally ruin my productivity.
Well done, sir. Well done.;)
Hey, I warned you.
I'm up to 33 points and I'm pretty sure I'm at the infamous "Babel Fish puzzle"--though it's more "annoying" and less "puzzle" than I thought it would be.
Good luck!
I had to start over because the machine ran out of fish!
Also, :P for ruining my productivity too. -j.
Are you using the save/restore functionality? You don't have to start all the way from the beginning.
And you're welcome ;)
Haha yeah, I was, but I still had to go through the steps and rebuild my babel fish catching setup.
Thanks! :) -j.
So did you get the babel fish? It didn't seem as hard as people made it out to be...though, it's quite the creative "puzzle."