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Gavin Wed Aug 10 08:54:03 2016 A Midwinter Carol |
To quote the final boss of Outsider's husband, its better than a loan shark. |
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bcyy Wed Aug 10 03:44:28 2016 A Midwinter Carol |
Born to an extremely privileged family, I have little experience with how pawn brokerages work, but the entire concept just seems so ethically wrong to me. If people who are capable of returning a loan need to borrow money, a bank would lend it to them, ergo people who go to a pawnbroker's are not expected to repay a loan. If they do not repay the loan, which has already been demonstrated to be what the pawnbroker expects in the first place, then the transaction serves only to relieve them of their most treasured possessions at a discount price relative to their market value. Even more damaging this transaction is when the sentimental value of those possessions are factored in. This sentimental value must be very high, or else the owners would have gotten a much better deal by selling the items outright, instead of pawning the items in vain hope of redeeming them at a later time. Yet even more damaging this practice is to the society when one considers that those who pawn their possessions are usually the most fiscally responsible of the poor, who would rather lose those possessions than default on their debts, and who are consequently more likely to be driving engines of the economy in general. In short, I really don't see why pawn shops ought to be legal in the first place. Maybe someone who is more familiar with the pawning business can enlighten me by presenting an argument to the contrary? |
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Robert Douglas Tue Aug 9 16:11:53 2016 A Midwinter Carol 
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A well-written, witty and interesting FF version of A Christmas Carol. Would probably have liked more items and choices - even if eventually they led to the same conclusion as in the novel. Being a gamebook, the player's choices are accepted as the Baron's history being reviewed. Good idea about having the Baron's mind/spirit form being assailed by varied opponents during the deja vu, all of which eventually help in transforming his worldly opinion. Finding certain items might help jolt his memory, and for example I'd like to give a little scenario: a certain locket from a past love to be remembered by when he announced his departure to work/study at a certain guild that promised better wages than what her father offered - only that he later sold the trinket to help pay his rent. You can see the downward spiral to his dark position. But 'finding' the trinket in her dead hand (age, plague, suicide?) during his 'spiritual' journey fills him with deep regret and improves his nature. It also becomes painfully apparent to the Baron that she actually went to visit his lodgings...and in passing found the precious locket in a pawnbroker's window! Still helplessly in love, she purchased back the trinket and returned home in tears. Meanwhile, the younger Baron is oblivious to all this, desperately working hard to accumulate money in preparation for marriage...that will never happen. The love of his life never visits as promised. He becomes heartbroken, then bitter, and gives every ounce of himself to attaining money. Yet for his spiritual self all this is a sudden revelation. The spirit explains how the Baron's greed blinded him to true love and happiness, how 'less' money would have given his far greater 'rewards', a family heir for example. The Baron at first protests by saying how was he to know, but acquiesces that his focus on money certainly drove him to sell the beloved locket. It's possible that, once in funds, he tried to get the locket back - by which time, of course, it had long been sold to the very person he wronged. Very dark stuff. But just an example of how items and story scenarios can complement each other. |
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Gavin Tue Aug 9 05:37:37 2016 Outsider! |
Ta. Coffee Dragon he called himself, wrote some really funny stuff and a really fair review of Outsider. And I'll never forget 'You pull a hot elf babe, unfortunately she is a psychic ninja vampire Lenswoman and she's out to get you. You laugh as you pull out your cross n' garlic. But that crap only flies in the books. Your adventure ends here.' It's as though I wrote it myself.... |
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MikeFont Tue Aug 9 00:08:15 2016 A Knight's Trial
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Not one medkit or meal to restore any health at all. ugh, that was rough. lol But fun! |
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Gaetano Mon Aug 8 20:11:21 2016 Outsider! |
@ Gavin Per Jorner |
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Carazar Mon Aug 8 00:22:15 2016 Hellfire
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Pretty good. |
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Yaztromo Sun Aug 7 20:42:02 2016 A Midwinter Carol 
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It's reassuring to see that an evil madman can become a good madman, but will always be a madman ;-) |
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Yaztromo Sun Aug 7 20:12:31 2016 A Midwinter Carol
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Having fun! |
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Yaztromo Sun Aug 7 20:03:13 2016 A Midwinter Carol
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Nice to re-live this old story impersonating the wicked one ;-) |
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Jonathan Sun Aug 7 13:03:42 2016 A Midwinter Carol
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Good take on A Christmas Carol |
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Gavin Sun Aug 7 05:10:37 2016 Outsider! |
Back in the day Per Jansen (think that was his name, 2003) worked out that the occasional dagger strike was hardly worth having. To me it was historical flavour of an authentic sword style from the mimiced time period, and a homage to Ni To Kenjutsu from Sword of Samurai. Much later I was to learn this was Miyamoto Musashi's own sword style: I also learned Taiji Sword / Knife of Chang Yiu Chun, the master of my late master. The left hand boot knife is actually bloody useful, though in real life I actually avoid fights (and religiously observe Offensive Weapons Act 1951, being a sensei and all) |
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david_solomon1 Sun Aug 7 04:05:14 2016 Outsider! |
Just wondering if the Florentine style could ever be added to the online version of this gamebook? I know it doesn't add much accept cosmetics and an occasional possible advantage in combat but it'd still be neat. |
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Player Sat Aug 6 09:30:42 2016 A Knight's Trial
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A centipede is not an insect it is a Myriapod. |
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Jonathan Sun Jul 31 22:12:23 2016 Hunger Of The Wolf
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Good adventure. |
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rose Tue Jul 26 16:19:23 2016 Escape Neuburg Keep
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It's a short game but a good one. The trick is to endure and hope your luck holds out and your skill. Not bad though. at least there is a way of completing this one. I'm not sure that's the case with all of them. |
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Rose Tue Jul 26 14:26:43 2016 Golem Gauntlet
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This is not a bad game but I wonder that the designer of the game didn't vary the script. after all if you've been baked by a fire salamander as happens at one point in the story your 'arms' wouldn't become 'slick and slippery with the rain'. Also you can't lose the same arm twice which I have done while playing the game without restarting. Just a thought. |
| I've now fixed it so you can't lose your left arm twice, thanks for pointing it out. |
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Gavin Sat Jul 23 21:31:08 2016 Outsider! |
And I can only wonder if the adventure 'Shrine of the Salamander' (which is really good incidentally) is a reference to my craft name, though there are a few more Space Vice Marshals and Bar Plum Nudges in there which I blatantly made up, just like Mr Crowley and McGregor Mathers before me. |
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Gavin Sat Jul 23 21:29:20 2016 Outsider! |
No way, there is not a remake of Blair Witch Project. It's funny... everyone always remembers the weird mansion in Outsider, even though it was a totally throwaway reference to Blair Witch Project and the fact when Eddora and I went to see the film in Oxford, during the last bit she rushed to the toilet and was sick. Now we have Mrs Brown off the television telling us to watch Fawlty Towers, Dads Army and Only Fools and Horses. The more it stays the same the less it changes. Or something. |
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Shadow Fri Jul 22 20:23:23 2016 Contractual Obligation |
How do you get the coin from the grate, I think I've explored everywhere, but can't find anything useful. Also can't find a way upstairs, though I think I know where to get there just not how. Something to do with the torture room items? And finally, does the mirror have any use, without revealing what it's use is if it has one. |
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