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10/07/09
While it can be played with no prior knowledge, I suspect the experience is more powerful and more intelligible with the play in mind. That said, it also raises a number of questions about the choices made by the creators, the things they could have done, the things they changed, etc.
NOTE: In Wilde's retelling of the tale, it's a (pseudo)-prophet named Iokanaan that is in the jail.
10/07/09
Ohhh, it has an e.
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When this game comes out, I'm just going to let my eyes become unfocused and scroll through the review, seeing if there's more Blue text than Red.
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The book, though, is about Jesus' life and I find that faaaaaaaaaaaaaaar more interesting.
10/07/09
It needed more explosions and chase scenes.
10/07/09
And isn't this supposed to be an artistic interpretation of the story or something? If there is any meaning here, it's far too abstract for me to understand.
10/07/09
Some good ideas, some good moments, indubitably original, but overall the experience is a bit rough around the edges and tends to confuse mystery and illegibility, both in interface design and storytelling. Or maybe I am just dumb, which is something that should never be ruled out.
This being said, very few experiments result in a complete success, so I am fine with paying $7 to get an hour of entertainment and encourage people to continue experimenting.
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10/07/09
I would buy this if I had $7 to spare.
Which I don't after getting laid off due to budget cuts.
Also, question for Glasser:
"She dances what passed for a striptease back in those days"
What do you mean by "what passed for"? I was under the impression that back in those days, people were far more into the whole "clothing optional" thing. What would make it any less revealing back then compared to now?
10/07/09
But like I said, my grasp of the Bible is weak at best. That could have been a reference to playing chess for all I know :)
10/07/09
Which is incredibly awesome when you think about it. What I wouldn't give to live for a couple years in that time period.
...(as a noble obviously).
10/07/09
The girl, however, was a dancer in the court of one of the government officials, so she was probably more elaborately dressed than others.
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[www.thebricktestament.com]
(NSFW in a Lego sort of way)
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Well, actually, I imagine that "the people who wrote the Old Testament" didn't or wouldn't think that the Old Testament was weird, regardless of what other people thought about it -- just as Pastafarians (though I don't think Pastafarians really believe Pastafarianism ["Pasta?"]) likely don't think Pasta is weird.
To put it shortly, "weird" is kind of subjective. Just because Person B thinks that Person A's ideas are warped, doesn't make Person A a hypocrite for disliking Person B's ideas for being "weird" if Person A really doesn't believe that his or her own ideas are weird -- regardless of what person B says about those ideas.
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06/25/09
I'm familiar with the basic premise behind "Pastafarianism," its origins, and what it's spoofing and criticizing. May I ask what, exactly, you were intending to pinpoint via Wikipedia (Wikipedia?) ?
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(but seriously, have you ever read any of song of solomon? paraphrased a bit since its based on what I remember "Your stature is like a tree and your breasts like fruit, how I long to climb the tree and seize the fruit" for the bible thats like straight up porn, lol)
06/24/09
I'm quite familiar with the Song of Solomon, and it distresses me to hear even some Christians referring to the material as pornographic or perverted. There IS a time and place for freedom of sexual expression, and King Solomon and his wife simply choose to hold nothing back from each other.
Good joke, though. That was pretty creative.
Back on topic, though: I'm fairly certain that the Biblical account isn't anywhere lengthy enough to sustain a game story, but I'm not familiar with the Oscar Wilde play, so I don't know how it did or didn't "expand" on the Biblical account ...
06/24/09