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COMPLETE: The Milgram Parable
Oct. 8th, 2019 08:25 pmOops, IFComp is on again and I accidentally fell in.
One month, at least five IF games judged and scored for their contest. Can be more--I ended up doing six last year, because even though I'd had my five all done and turned in, I just couldn't not play Animalia. My strategy last year was a semi-random yet still interest-based selection method where I'd randomly shuffle the list, then scroll down and browse the randomly shuffled list until I saw the first one that looked like something I actually wanted to play. (There are 80+ games here and they only want you to judge 5 or more; life is too short to make yourself stick to something you hate just because the RNG picked it first.) It was a good experience, and I've been looking forward to doing it again, so this year I think we'll employ the same strategy.
Anyway, I swear I was just loading the ballot page and testing the random button to see if it still worked, with intention to actually dig into these later, but then I saw one and was like "... these are randomized. If I don't play this one right now, how am I going to find it again next time?" So, with a heavy sigh, I had no choice but to concede that I'd blundered my way into I guess we're starting IFComp now. Damn it.
Speaking of having no choice, first up is The Milgram Parable by Peter Eastman. Named after the infamous Milgram experiment, this is a game about doing exactly what you are told without question or hesitation, with a content warning that states: "Includes violence, both physical and emotional. This story challenges you to confront difficult facts about yourself." So, you know, we're off to an incredibly cheery and uplifting start.
( Open discussion of spoilers within if you want to try this one -I guess- but TL;DR is it's just not a good game, so you're not really missing anything if you spoil it instead. )
One month, at least five IF games judged and scored for their contest. Can be more--I ended up doing six last year, because even though I'd had my five all done and turned in, I just couldn't not play Animalia. My strategy last year was a semi-random yet still interest-based selection method where I'd randomly shuffle the list, then scroll down and browse the randomly shuffled list until I saw the first one that looked like something I actually wanted to play. (There are 80+ games here and they only want you to judge 5 or more; life is too short to make yourself stick to something you hate just because the RNG picked it first.) It was a good experience, and I've been looking forward to doing it again, so this year I think we'll employ the same strategy.
Anyway, I swear I was just loading the ballot page and testing the random button to see if it still worked, with intention to actually dig into these later, but then I saw one and was like "... these are randomized. If I don't play this one right now, how am I going to find it again next time?" So, with a heavy sigh, I had no choice but to concede that I'd blundered my way into I guess we're starting IFComp now. Damn it.
Speaking of having no choice, first up is The Milgram Parable by Peter Eastman. Named after the infamous Milgram experiment, this is a game about doing exactly what you are told without question or hesitation, with a content warning that states: "Includes violence, both physical and emotional. This story challenges you to confront difficult facts about yourself." So, you know, we're off to an incredibly cheery and uplifting start.
( Open discussion of spoilers within if you want to try this one -I guess- but TL;DR is it's just not a good game, so you're not really missing anything if you spoil it instead. )