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> _Gamlet_ won the Golden Banana the year it was released.

Instant respect, then.

>  Probably because a lot of people gave it a 1 because he wrote it.

That's a disquieting notion

> I was one of
> the playtesters; I felt it was a very well-done game, although the
> ending was a bit rushed.  I recommend it.

Snagged and queued.

In article ,
S. John Ross wrote:
>> I need to wait a few years on that one.  I want to give Jacek at least a
>> few years in the sun with _Gamlet_ as the pinnacle of
>> transgressively-sexualized _Hamlet_-derivative Interactive Fiction.
>Pudlo actually made a game? Yikes ... I'd honestly just been assuming
>his medium of choice was Usenet, that he's a kind of troll artiste :/
>
>But man ... "There's the Rub" is a good title

_Gamlet_ won the Golden Banana the year it was released. Probably
because a lot of people gave it a 1 because he wrote it. I was one of
the playtesters; I felt it was a very well-done game, although the
ending was a bit rushed. I recommend it.

Adam

In article ,
Conrad wrote:
>On Jul 4, 12:02 pm, a....TakeThisOut@fileserver.fsf.net (Adam Thornton) wrote:
>> I need to wait a few years on that one.  I want to give Jacek at least a
>> few years in the sun with _Gamlet_ as the pinnacle of
>> transgressively-sexualized _Hamlet_-derivative Interactive Fiction.
>I haven't played _Gamlet_, but I expect it isn't half as
>transgressively sexual as Will's version, if you understand what to
>look for.

One can indeed stage some of the Hamlet/Gertrude scenes in a very, very
disquieting fashion.

Good night, mother.

Adam

> "He hath born me on his back a thousand times";

Someone's been hitting the piggyback-ride fetishist sites again, I
see.

It's just one step from those to flip-book animations of Captain Kirk
and Mister Spock doing playing marbles for keepsies.

Oh my god even I can't tell if I'm being literal anymore.

> (BTW, looking at their names, I suppose Gamlet refers to Gertrude +
> Hamlet?  What is it, their kid?)

I assumed it was a corruption Hamlet + Gimlet, a reference to the
alcohol consumed during the design process.

Or this http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058126/

But if it's that, I'm missing the joke, so, sticking with the booze
theory.

adam DeleteThis @fileserver.fsf.net (Adam Thornton) wrote:

> Conrad wrote:
> >On Jul 4, 12:02 pm, a... DeleteThis @fileserver.fsf.net (Adam Thornton) wrote:
> >> I need to wait a few years on that one.  I want to give Jacek at least a
> >> few years in the sun with _Gamlet_ as the pinnacle of
> >> transgressively-sexualized _Hamlet_-derivative Interactive Fiction.
> >I haven't played _Gamlet_, but I expect it isn't half as
> >transgressively sexual as Will's version, if you understand what to
> >look for.
>
> One can indeed stage some of the Hamlet/Gertrude scenes in a very, very
> disquieting fashion.
>
> Good night, mother.

Gertrude? Just Gertrude? Oh my. Does that mean that you've never even
pondered why Hamlet says that he "knew" Yorick? Oh dear. Are you in for
a treat.

"He hath born me on his back a thousand times"; "Here hung those lips
that I have kissed I know not how oft"; is there any room for doubt,
there? And now consider how old Hamlet must have been when all this
"excellent fancy" took place.

Richard

> Treat's not the word!

I wish I'd thought to phrase it that way.

In article ,
Richard Bos wrote:
>Gertrude? Just Gertrude? Oh my. Does that mean that you've never even
>pondered why Hamlet says that he "knew" Yorick? Oh dear. Are you in for
>a treat.

Wow!

Treat's not the word!

Adam