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"Wobbler had written an actual computer game like this once. It was called 'Journey to Alpha Centauri'. It was a screen with some dots on it. ... He'd seen on T
by ajlburke 14y ago
"Wobbler had written an actual computer game like this once. It was called 'Journey to Alpha Centauri'. It was a screen with some dots on it. ... He'd seen on TV that it took three thousand years to get to Alpha Centauri. He had written it so that if anyone kept their computer on for three thousand years, they'd be rewarded by a little dot appearing in the middle of the screen, and then a message saying, 'Welcome to Alpha Centauri. Now go home.' "
- Terry Pratchett, Only You Can Save Mankind
- huhtenberg 14y agoWhat was that game when you had to drive for several hours on a straight road to get to the destination, only to get a bonus level of traveling back home (and then needing to swerve around a single stray dog in the last hour just to stay on the road)?
- ajlburke 14y agoThat would be "Desert Bus" - an attempt to make the worst video game ever. Of course people have formed leagues and tournaments to play it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_%26_Tellers_Smoke_and_Mirrors#Desert_Bus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_%26_Tellers_Smoke_and_Mirr...
- jkubicek 14y agoAre you talking about Penn and Teller's Desert Bus? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_%26_Tellers_Smoke_and_Mirrors#Desert_Bus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_%26_Tellers_Smoke_and_Mirr...