Inklings of Addiction...

[Bekah]

Not to neglect the MUDs which were prior to Jackson's birth - and (D)ARPANET which seemed to be Google searched.  There used to be (still is)  an "undernet" where I did some stuff years ago.  It's also called "Deep Web" but I never knew it as that.  

There is a hwgaahwgh.com just recently registered.  (heh)
http://w11.zetaboards.com/thefictionalwoods/topic/9144840/1/

Bek 



On Sep 20, 2013, at 8:21 PM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Pynchon seems reasonably well-versed in gaming history - enough to
> suggest he was at least a hands-on parent when it came to his kids'
> gaming habits. More than just running a wikipedia search on what games
> were popular in the years leading up to 2001.
> 
> Portal 2 (not Portal) offered one of the most engaging experiences
> I've had in any artform. No violence, incredibly gorgeous to look at,
> but the narrative that creeps up organically around all the play is
> deeply affecting if you pay attention to it. Lost of references to the
> myths of Electra, Prometheus etc and the dialogue is laugh-out-loud
> funny throughout. One of only two games I've played that are worthy of
> the boring "are games art?" debate (the other being Journey which had
> me weeping copiously).
> 
> On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 1:00 PM, Michael Bailey
> <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm somewhat ashamed that i never have done much gaming atall ... I was
>> pretty good at one pinball game, long ago won a sub sandwich for high score
>> on Gulfstream, but, well - that game was an easy one.
>> 
>> Guys in my workgroup have been devoted to zelda, wow &c also quake but it
>> seems like a lot of pretend killing ... Hard to get very revved about
>> that...being a militant pacifist & all!!!
>> 
>> Ddr seems like fun, played it a little, then bought the sims a long time ago
>> but never got hooked
>> 
>> Portal is supposed to be cool but am i going to be striving to blow somebody
>> away?? Live & let live...
>> 
>> In bleeding edge i just read a reference to games that were "too beautiful"
>> to be marketable - any idea which games pynchon may have meant?
>> 
>> I remember being humiliated by myst, playing at a friend's house and getting
>> stuck at some limbo full of reproachful phantasms...that was a very pretty
>> game!