Wednesday, December 31, 2003
in which renata begins to question her unquestioning love for educational software
renata: i got new educational software today!
renata: yaay, liberries.
renata: man, and i so suck at it.
mary: why?
renata: lol.. well, it's the mayaquest game, and you have to ride your bike around
renata: and i keep riding off the path and breaking the bike
renata: but it's hard to control with the trackpad.
mary: heheh
mary: so you say now
renata: stupid bike. stupid mayans. stupid quest.
mary: :D :D
mary: http://www.ninecompanions.net/HUMOR/tttsummary.html {note: check this out, you!}
renata: *giggle*
mary: :D
mary: nasty kinky hobbitses
renata: ARAGORN: Hi. You handle pointy things very well.
renata: *amused*
mary: heheheh
mary: nooooo comment
renata: *giggles a lot*
renata: *then goes back to crashing bike*
renata: this game is really bizarre.
renata: i have to ride my bike around mexico... find some clues from ancient mayan artifacts.. in order to stop a meteor from hitting a space thingie.
mary: um
mary: sounds terrific
renata: yeaaaah.
renata: i dunno, i wasn't listening very closely to the intro video
renata: crap. now i'm stuck on top of a sun pyramid.
mary: I hate when that happens
renata: dude, i know.
mary: man
renata: crap. stuck on another one.
mary: well, quit that
mary: badgers badgers badgers
renata: whelp!
renata: stupid game!! i found the stairs! let me go down them!!
renata: man, i'm so jumping.
mary: leap!
renata: if it would let me, i so would
renata: i'd probably just break my stupid bike in the process.
mary: well, get off the bike
mary: how did you get a bike up the stairs anyway?
renata: i'm not on the bike anymore
renata: but i'd probably fall on it.
renata: i got off the pyramid!! yaay
mary: woo!
renata: you know what my biggest problem with this game is?
mary: pyramids?
renata: if there's this big scary meteor thing and i'm the only one who can save the world, why do i ahve a bike?
renata: couldn't they give me a helicopter or something?
renata: well yes, the pyramids are troubling too.
mary: heheh
mary: no technologys
mary: electromagnetic fields
renata: but i have the internet!
mary: *makes eerie technology sounds*
renata: they email me clues!
mary: meh
mary: negates my argument, therefore false
renata: oh. i spent too long biking and the meteor countdown went to "imminent"
mary: you destroyed the world?
renata: okay, i'm trying again, and this time i'm watching the stupid intro video... maybe then the game will make sens
mary: huzzah
renata: mary, this game is retarded. that's all i hve to say.
mary: so sorry
mary: you checked it out
renata: and yet i continue to play.
mary: yes
renata: *finally closes game* yarr.
renata: it ate my brain, mary
mary: sorry
renata: yeah, no big loss
mary: rofl
mary: good attitude
seriously, though, this game? it sounded cool in concept. okay, the meteor thing, that's a stretch. but, you know, searching mayan stuff for clues, archeological mystery, all that, sounded fun. but noooo. it has the most counter-intuitive interface
ever and it's just really super lame. also it focuses way too much on the bike riding aspect. and the bike doesn't respond very well so you're always veering off the path. in short, the mayaquest game gets zero stars and a frowny face.
posted by ~renata~ at 12:20 AM
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