tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post8656128130681505811..comments2024-03-24T16:26:37.755-07:00Comments on Gaming After 40: Adventure of the Week: Followers Adventure (1982/2002)StillGaminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18366215127642090500noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-46399835175427647052013-09-11T15:00:02.560-07:002013-09-11T15:00:02.560-07:00And the thing with raising the almost empty basket...And the thing with raising the almost empty basket to the sky? That came from one of the Jesus movies that was out in the theaters in 1979 (either the one with Brian Deacon, or _In Search of Historic Jesus_). In depicting the loaves-and-fishes episode, this movie showed Jesus holding a basket containing the loaves and fish to the sky, and when he lowered it back down, BAM, there was food aplenty for everyone.<br /><br />The actual story in the synoptic gospels only mentions Jesus LOOKING to heaven and giving thanks, then breaking the bread. There's no point in the narrative where you can say, "Okay, *here* is where the extra food magically appears."Roger M. Wilcoxhttp://www.rogermwilcox.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-71443257605150866632013-09-10T23:12:28.691-07:002013-09-10T23:12:28.691-07:00Unfortunately, it wasn't until I found the slo...Unfortunately, it wasn't until I found the slot in the wall and had run out of other obvious puzzles that I suspected I might have squandered the nickel prematurely, too late to EXAMINE it. I was planning to investigate the slot puzzle specifically when I saw the "Half a nickel" items in the game data, which was enough to get me back on deadline. :) StillGaminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18366215127642090500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-79748071728169447022013-09-10T19:07:24.575-07:002013-09-10T19:07:24.575-07:00Oh ... and before I forget, the "Rooster bar&...Oh ... and before I forget, the "Rooster bar" thing came from an episode of the Three Stooges:<br /><br />CURLY: "Oh, a rooster-bar!" <br />MOE: "Don't you mean a crow-bar?" <br />CURLY: "Don't a rooster crow?!"<br />(whereupon Moe pokes Curly in the eyes)Roger M. Wilcoxhttp://www.rogermwilcox.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7274560874062585311.post-962523771670700822013-09-10T19:04:27.914-07:002013-09-10T19:04:27.914-07:00Tsk tsk tsk -- you should have EXAMINEd the NICKEL...Tsk tsk tsk -- you should have EXAMINEd the NICKEL before you gave it to the beggar the first time. Then, you would've seen that "It has a weak seam."<br /><br />Or peek at the source code. That works too. ;-)Roger M. Wilcoxhttp://www.rogermwilcox.comnoreply@blogger.com