Ricochet Member in Wii Form
James Lileks ·
Jan 2, 2011 at 10:08pm
Saw this tonight at Target, and thought: whoa. Our own Pat is in GAME FORM.
My Wii avatar looks like dorcus humunculus, so I have to admire anyone who can translate to the medium without looking like an unrecognizable digital simulacrum. Imagine you could be a game: what would your character do? What would be the plot, the quest, the goal?
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May '10
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Online Community Organizer. The goal would be to get ten people to agree on anything. If you succeed, you lead them in a denial-of-services attack on a Virtual City Hall, demanding that their website be wheelchair accessible. It's a race against time. And as Einstein pointed out, time is not distributed equally...at least until YOU overthrow the system.
Jun '10
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My game would not be a big seller, but I would enjoy having more control in the gaming world than is possible in the real world. My character is The Mom. The plot: Nagging my kids but trying to disguise it as casual conversation. The quest: Guiding them safely through school & their social world & dating & career decisions. The goal: Short term --- to hear an occasional "You were right about that, mom." Long term --- Healthy & happy adult children of good character who visit frequently with their spouses & my grandchildren.
Jun '10
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I actually gave my sons (ages 9 and 13) this game for Christmas. Believe it or not, it was THE hit of Christmas morning. My older son's eyes lit up, and my younger son said: "JAWDROP." It was the first thing they wanted to play with after all the wrapping paper was cleared up. (Pat, if you're reading this, the Wii Speak function needs some work!)
Aug '10
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Does Cyber-Vanna get to keep the cyber-dresses she wears?
Jul '10
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Finding things in my house. The levels:
1. Copy of Norton Anthology of English Literature that I've had since college to read Addison & Steele essay.
2. Bottle of distilled water for child's science experiment, due tomorrow.
3. Youngest child's left sneaker five minutes before basketball practice.
Boss round: locate and get rid of the black hole that all these things disappear into.
Jul '10
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I would be in a game called Super Downtown Bike Cop Challenge.
There would be a sweet slo-mo crash feature, and Halloween Night would be a boss fight.
I also suggest we all start lobbying Nintendo to rush development on Dave Carter's 18 Wheels of Fury.
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Excellent, KayBee. We Got Wii Wheel for Christmas from my sister. I didn't say "Jawdrop," but only because I didn't realize this was cool to say. Rigorous Poulos family testing permits me to provisionally conclude that Player 1 faces invidious discrimination -- in the form of constantly being made to land on BANKRUPT. Spread the wealth around, Pat!
Sep '10
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My version of the game appears to be defective.
Nov '10
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Tripedis Canis: Finding things in my house. The levels:
1. Copy of Norton Anthology of English Literature that I've had since college to read Addison & Steele essay.
Tripedis, I can relate to missing the anthology. But not the Addison and Steele essay.
Re: Ricochet Member in Wii Form
I've been thinking about this post for several days, but I only opened the comments today. StickerShock, I love your idea! My idea was also to be a Mom, but to do it through the eras. Like, navigate the Middle Ages as a mom, or the 1800s American prairie, or ancient Egypt, etc. Success in certain eras would be nurturing/protecting all children so they live to be adults (probably nearly impossible in some eras), or pulling off farmwork while also parenting, cooking, and cleaning a house with a dirt floor (!) ... Your version could be part of the modern era, where ensuring survival or success is passing on our wisdom effectively! And, I disagree, your game would be a HUGE seller. (Maybe even become a reality show!)