Inklings of Addiction...

[Christopher Simon]

As a recovering video game junkie and Linux user, I was surprised at how accurate and familiar the video game, etc.,  references were. The only thing that struck me as a bit off was the mention of Microsoft XP, which would almost always be referred to as Windows XP. This was cancelled out by the reference to Maxine going home from the party, CD tilde home (or something very similar). In Linux, the cd command changes directories in the shell, and the ~ is the default indicator for the home directory. I thought that was pretty clever.

-----Original Message-----
From: "Bekah" <bekah0176 at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: ‎9/‎21/‎2013 12:59 AM
To: "John Bailey" <sundayjb at gmail.com>
Cc: "Michael Bailey" <michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com>; "P-list" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Subject: Re: Inklings of Addiction...

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!

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