the other kids were doing drugs; I had the MUD
Tomorrow, I have to buy a new graphics card for my computer, so that I can play Second Life.
I have to play Second Life because I am taking a class on persistent virtual worlds, and it is an ASSIGNMENT.
Yes, that’s right: when I am playing Second Life, I will be DOING HOMEWORK. I win at life.
I actually tried to get onto Second Life a couple of years ago, and thought that my connection was too slow, but it was probably actually a graphics card problem then, too–they’ve just improved diagnostics so it tells you when you try to log on why that’s not a good idea. I think it should be really cool, and I’m looking forward to trying it, although I still think fondly on the old days of being a junior high school MUDder.
I used to play Ancient Anguish all night long, the summer between 7th and 8th grade. My father played it too, and he would check my character’s age to make sure that I wasn’t playing all night. So of course I had a secret secondary character, with whom I would log in at about 11 pm and then play with until DAWN. Ah, memories.
…I just realized that, referring to my secondary character, I said “with whom” rather than “with which.” Interesting.
January 21st, 2006 at 7:25 am
You suck! :p
Don’t forget all the hours you spent playing King’s Quest.
January 21st, 2006 at 12:32 pm
Yeah, but King’s Quest wasn’t multi-player.
GOD, when are those AGD Interactive people going to reconstruct KQIII, dammit? Thanks, Matt, now I have the shakes.
January 22nd, 2006 at 6:26 am
Sorry.
I have to stay away from those multi-player reality simulators and war simulators and… anything simulators… Addiction is a bad thing and I wasn’t so worried about it until I read an article about a woman who had spent so much time sitting on her couch that her ass skin had become fused with the fabric. It’s like the cautionary tale for gamers I guess.
January 22nd, 2006 at 1:08 pm
I think this is one of the most pathological homework assignments in the history of the academy, right up there with those narcopharmacology classes that require that one develop an addiction to heroin as a final project.
January 22nd, 2006 at 3:44 pm
I don’t want to think about how much heroin you could buy with the cost of my new graphics card.
January 23rd, 2006 at 11:35 am
You sneaky little weasel. Actually one of the main reasons I needed a character on AA was so I could call home from work. With dial-up, the phone was always busy every afternoon, so I had to get on Ancient Anguish and yell HEY CABELL! DO WE NEED ANYTHING FROM THE GROCERY STORE?
January 25th, 2006 at 6:42 pm
Actually, you’ll have won the game of life for real when you get tenured for your research on persistent virtual worlds. As it happens, such jobs do exist, and are even held by UW-Madison graduates!