Comments on: Os-woah!-sis

By: Tyson Wood

Tyson Wood — Thu, 13 Nov 2008 02:37:28 +0000

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By: JM

JM — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:51:07 +0000

Oh, I know the MGS box was for Meryl’s codec number. My post stated that to help my friends realize the pull of a game past “player + input device + screen” though I told them about the Mantis encounter. The codec on the case was a good approach, but the game itself making an out-of-game reference seemed to suit my argument more.

By: Jack @ The Tech Teapot

Jack @ The Tech Teapot — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 13:49:31 +0000

Great post! Zork sure brings back a few memories…

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 09 Oct 2007 11:19:56 +0000

Forever the pedant, I think you’ll find reading the MGS box wasn’t that helpful for the Psycho Mantis encounter, but requried to find Meryll’s codec number. A nightmare if you played the game in Japanese!

By: Ross

Ross — Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:17:52 +0000

I read this, and had to re-read it to make sure I understood (its Monday, my brain starts about mid Tuesday). As for real life tie ins, i remember buying Yu-gi-oh cards to type the number at the bottom into my Playstation to use the cards ingame… why im not so sure.

As for the dipping map in Startropics, i remember buying ‘Where on earth is Carmen Sandiago’ (they made a cartoon that was pretty good) second hand that didnt have a map book, rendering it useless. Memorising the flags in Geography helped with the game… but not with the GCSE, what that tells you about me is anyones guess

By: JM

JM — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 20:13:42 +0000

I enjoyed this entry. I’m trying to help bring my friends to the realization that gaming is more than an on-screen dynamic, citing Eternal Darkness and also the Psycho Mantis encounter and how they tie in a feeling of realism to the game and situation, respectively. I always enjoyed Mantis reading my memory card for other Konami titles (“I see you have been playing Castlevania!”).

My favorite, however, is the map you dip in water for Startropics, as it was the first gaming “real-life tie-in” I experienced. I laugh to think that during the early-90s, a typical time without Internet for most, one could be completely screwed for a good while if he or she bought that game used.. Good times.

-jm