May 08, 2004
videogame vaporlock
| ROB staggers away from his PlayStation2, eyes glazed, HANDS cramped into CLAWS. | ||
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I have such a videogame headache! Aaarrrggg! I've been playing Samouraii, the Home Front for 3 days straight. I need help! Samouraii, the Home Front is a highly realistic role-playing game set in the heyday of the Shogunate. It's designed to fill in the experiential gaps in other games --- it deals with everything but fighting. Here's where I'm stuck --- Mitsuko's mother has moved in with us and is bankrupting the household with her retinue and driving everyone nuts. How do I earn enough Face Points to get Mitsuko's mom to move back to her family's estate before Lord Yamata pays his yearly visit --- without making Mitsuko angry???!!! Also --- what the heck is the key to making point-winning Festival Verse? I'm counting syllables, I've got metaphors and metonyms up the wazoo, I've got surprising imagery that stays within traditional norms. But my bouquet always wilts! What gives? |