tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post2967253146522143439..comments2024-03-28T04:29:49.778-07:00Comments on Gaming After 40: Adventure of the Week: In the Universe Beyond (1980/2013)StillGaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18366215127642090500noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-80053973590864347222013-04-16T19:22:48.365-07:002013-04-16T19:22:48.365-07:00Oh, and one more little tidbit before I forget:
T...Oh, and one more little tidbit before I forget:<br /><br />The cylinder that cuts through trees (or your head) is supposed to be the base of a monofilament blade. You can't see the blade, of course, because it's only 1 molecule thick. I should've made that clearer.Roger M. Wilcoxhttp://www.rogermwilcox.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-49361099792140406802013-04-16T19:21:04.526-07:002013-04-16T19:21:04.526-07:00Curses, you're right! My entire oh-so-careful...Curses, you're right! My entire oh-so-carefully-balanced adventure world has come crashing down upon me! I should have foreseen your need for an alternate oxygen source inside a lightless cave.<br /><br />But seriously, folks -- now that I think about it, the planet also sported a forest of trees. Why didn't those trees make oxygen? [Thinks of an excuse] Oh, of course, silly me! Any oxygen they produce should have fallen off into space, what with the reversed gravity and all. Yeah, that's it, that's the ticket. ("So why does the planet have ANY atmosphere at all, in that case? And how does your lit-nozzle blowtorch burn?") Um ... hey, look over there, it's Scott Adams! [ducks and runs]Roger M. Wilcoxhttp://www.rogermwilcox.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-50067049325782751572013-04-16T18:23:01.902-07:002013-04-16T18:23:01.902-07:00Ah -- okay, I wasn't picturing it kind of fall...Ah -- okay, I wasn't picturing it kind of falling into my hands as much as eagerly leaping to my assistance.<br /><br />I didn't quite understand the role of the cylinder, but I noticed that after I suffocated I would fall off the planet into space, and having to BEAM UP instead of BEAM DOWN was another clue that things were a little upside down here. I agree, you can only reverse so many things before reality stops making sense, but I think you got the idea across!StillGaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18366215127642090500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-59491901598303295372013-04-16T18:19:22.648-07:002013-04-16T18:19:22.648-07:00Ack! I didn't mean to remove this comment, I ...Ack! I didn't mean to remove this comment, I meant to reply to it! Roger's original comment:<br /><br />Chlorophyll manufactures oxygen, you silly goose! <br /><br />My response:<br /><br />Okay, okay. :) I always think of its primary role being photosynthesis, but oxygen IS a by-product. Of course, then that means that in the dark cave we should start suffocating... :)StillGaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18366215127642090500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-50112042430955054452013-04-16T15:38:01.816-07:002013-04-16T15:38:01.816-07:00The reason the Handle with gas nozzle jumps into y...The reason the Handle with gas nozzle jumps into your hands is that gravity is reversed in this universe. You're not so much STANDING on the alien planet as clinging to it. The only reason you don't fall off into space is that the canister you have hooked on your belt is an anti-gravity device.<br /><br />This was a rather weird adventure for me. Every time I thought about what reality would be like in a reverse-gravity universe, I was forced to the inevitable conclusion that planets and stars could never form. I had to sweep that inconvenient fact under the rug to write this adventure.Roger M. Wilcoxhttp://www.rogermwilcox.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-40250040888903502822013-04-16T15:20:08.020-07:002013-04-16T15:20:08.020-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Roger M. Wilcoxhttp://www.rogermwilcox.comnoreply@blogger.com