Comment It would eat most of today's civilization (Score 1) 68
Haha - would love to see eaten shelfs of bottled water or car interior en masse :-)
Interactive Text Adventures Come To the Kindle 84
dotarray writes with news that Amazon's Kindle will now play text-based adventure games, such as Zork. From the article:
"... And it makes a ridiculous amount of sense: text is gorgeous and easily-readable on the e-ink screens, the lack of color isn’t a problem, and – let’s face it – the sort of people who are likely to buy an e-reader are exactly the sort of people who are likely to love vintage games. ... The developers have also integrated a save-game feature so you can pick up where you left off, using Amazon’s Whispernet feature – and promise that they are looking to put more modern Z-machine games into the system, too. (Squee!) Unfortunately, it’s not perfect. The Zork family of games are notoriously frustrating (even when you’re not eaten by a Grue), and the Kindle’s text entry system doesn’t help with that, especially when entering numbers. A full keyboard would make things more fluid, but – really – if you want that, why not just play on your PC?"
Comment Re:It has a very good chance of passage... (Score 1) 282
oh .. you must be kidding - I'm czech, living in USA for 10 years .. if I should compare the level of corruption .. US would win 1000% .. the only difference is the level of understanding by common people. In US corruption is so high and invisible .. embedded into "hidden agendas" of so many individuals it's barely traceable .. nevertheless, impact on daily life is so eminent that anyone who has traveled outside US has to admit.
btw: what about this argument? Corruption is US has been continuously evolving within the same environment for 300 years. In Czech for 20 years (because of major-major shifts in 1120, 1621, 1918, 1948, 1989-not to be considered as one) .. where would be the corruption better hidden???
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