April 13, 2006

Grad School as Text Adventure

Disadventure chronicles the life of a grad student in the form of a text adventure:

> w

You are in the study of the townhouse. A desk has recently been used to write a dissertation. A door leads to a closet. To the east is a litter box which needs to be cleaned. There is a day old brownie on the desk which smells of cat urine. A book is open on the desk.

> read book

Read. There is a book underneath it that concerns a related topic.

> read book

Read. There is a book underneath it that concerns a related topic.

> read book

Read. There is a book underneath it that concerns a related topic.

> verbose

There are seventy four books on the desk about evolutionary theory. A laptop is open on the desk.

> look laptop

There seems to be a dissertation chapter on the laptop.

[via Boing Boing]

Posted by johndanseven at April 13, 2006 11:22 PM