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I vaguely recall seeing a GameFAQs walkthrough that did this, and I think it might have been for a Final Fantasy game of some kind, but unfortunately I can't re

by CM30 2y ago

I vaguely recall seeing a GameFAQs walkthrough that did this, and I think it might have been for a Final Fantasy game of some kind, but unfortunately I can't remember more than that.

dmd 2y ago
GameFAQ was enough! FOUND IT! Thank you! https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/588741-super-metroid/faqs/10114 https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/588741-super-metroid/faqs...
- tvchurch 2y ago
  This is why the internet exists. Incredible catharsis. Love it.
- 5- 2y ago
  this gets discussed, or at least mentioned, often on hn, e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28651093 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28651093 (this very faq) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40773880 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40773880 (jart's commit) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40605970 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40605970 (tom7's gnujpl) and bonus: recently i've been enjoying http://arlyle.sdf.org/ http://arlyle.sdf.org/ (unfortunately, links do not work in preformatted text on hn)
  - immibis 2y ago
    "I could totally hear the first one in singing form" Thanks to AI, now you can.[1] [1] https://suno.com/song/22f52bca-7119-4aac-8f0a-5daf9afa509d https://suno.com/song/22f52bca-7119-4aac-8f0a-5daf9afa509d (Also an amusing waste of time. Here's "a religious folk song in the format of a Cisco configuration file": https://suno.com/song/536fe16f-079c-4cce-921c-c2518f6dedb6 https://suno.com/song/536fe16f-079c-4cce-921c-c2518f6dedb6 )
  - 082349872349872 2y ago
    > unfortunately Don't worry; I pasted your words into vi just to experience their fully justified bricktext glory.
- beautron 2y ago
  Wow, this is wild! Maintaining perfect justification solely through word choice is... quite a writing constraint, lol. I don't think I've seen this done before.
  - gsbcbdjfncnjd 2y ago
    I betcha it wasn’t perfectly through word choice alone as I can think of a few “tricks” that could be deployed undetectably.
    - kstrauser 2y ago
      Like what? I would think you could hide much in mono ASCII.
- nuancebydefault 2y ago
  I would be even more impressed if the TOC and changelog followed the same layout.

by CM30 2y ago

I vaguely recall seeing a GameFAQs walkthrough that did this, and I think it might have been for a Final Fantasy game of some kind, but unfortunately I can't remember more than that.

dmd 2y ago

GameFAQ was enough! FOUND IT! Thank you! https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/588741-super-metroid/faqs/10114 https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/snes/588741-super-metroid/faqs...

tvchurch 2y ago
This is why the internet exists. Incredible catharsis. Love it.
5- 2y ago
this gets discussed, or at least mentioned, often on hn, e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28651093 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28651093 (this very faq) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40773880 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40773880 (jart's commit) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40605970 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40605970 (tom7's gnujpl) and bonus: recently i've been enjoying http://arlyle.sdf.org/ http://arlyle.sdf.org/ (unfortunately, links do not work in preformatted text on hn)
- immibis 2y ago
  "I could totally hear the first one in singing form" Thanks to AI, now you can.[1] [1] https://suno.com/song/22f52bca-7119-4aac-8f0a-5daf9afa509d https://suno.com/song/22f52bca-7119-4aac-8f0a-5daf9afa509d (Also an amusing waste of time. Here's "a religious folk song in the format of a Cisco configuration file": https://suno.com/song/536fe16f-079c-4cce-921c-c2518f6dedb6 https://suno.com/song/536fe16f-079c-4cce-921c-c2518f6dedb6 )
- 082349872349872 2y ago
  > unfortunately Don't worry; I pasted your words into vi just to experience their fully justified bricktext glory.
beautron 2y ago
Wow, this is wild! Maintaining perfect justification solely through word choice is... quite a writing constraint, lol. I don't think I've seen this done before.
- gsbcbdjfncnjd 2y ago
  I betcha it wasn’t perfectly through word choice alone as I can think of a few “tricks” that could be deployed undetectably.
  - kstrauser 2y ago
    Like what? I would think you could hide much in mono ASCII.
nuancebydefault 2y ago
I would be even more impressed if the TOC and changelog followed the same layout.