The "I can't sleep" thread

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Sometimes I wonder what your childhood was like…

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Now I’m glad that it’s noon in Germany. Time for a nap!

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I love dark “children´s” stuff. I´ve been meaning to read more Neil Gaiman, lately. But I don´t know where to start.

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I started with Good Omens and American Gods… The Ocean at the End of the Lane is full of dark fairy tales too. You can’t go wrong with any of those.

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Good night, people.
I’ll try to sleep in bed… alone… again.

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Don’t forget to draw a map tomorrow morning!

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At one point I was this close to troll Kate by describing the Zak dream here and selling it as my own, but eventually decided she hadn´t deserved that…yet. At least not until the next annoying nitpick… :smiling_imp:

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Another reason you should play the C64 version @PiecesOfKate (or the CGA). The FM towns has the whole order in the beginning messed up, cutting that sentence

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Eheh, you know… when I was playing Zak McKracken (I was 13, with no knowledge of English) I had ignored the sentence “I should draw a map”. So I continued to play until a point where I felt lost. Then I played the game from the beginning once again (I knew that in the dream there were a bunch of answers), and finally… I drew a map!

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Yes, this puzzle was a little bit mean from David. :wink:

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@PiecesOfKate : when you will play Zak McKracken And The Alien Mindbenders, watch the intro. More than once. Even when you will be at a good point, watch it again.
And again.
And again.

while (true) do
   watch the intro;
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Ehm… Is the drawing every time the same?

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In Seattle, yes. But it´s such a basic shape, that it really is no problem. I wouldn´t waste time to watch the intro countless times.

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But it’s so beautiful…

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I don’t know if I’m going to remember all these tips :wink: I’ll definitely let everyone know when I start playing it though.

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It is, there is youtube now for that.

Other than the Maniac Mansion hint poster, you should definitly check out the Zak Newspaper before playing.

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We are talking about a classic adventure game. You have to play it in proper style!

We could play it together, if you like. I haven’t played Zak for years - time for a revisit on Mars. :wink:

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I mean for rewatching because “it is so beautiful”.

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Do I give hints to do you both then, always using spoiler tags because you´re at different stages of the game?

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Exactly! The long loading times on the C64 were meditative. :slight_smile:

Hm… Good question. I’ve played Zak several times. So it would be interesting to see how much I remember… :thinking:

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