The Blogtastic Blogfest That Is Getmeoutofthis.net!

I keep going on about how bad of a game Legends of Zork is. “There’s art, sure, but there’s no interesting text. It has absolutely nothing to do with Zork. It’s just a grind-fest with very little strategy available to use, where you get bothered in PvP over and over and…”

Still, I play it religiously, even more often than games I flat-out love, like KoL and Twilight Heroes, and certainly a lot more than games that deserve my time and money, like ForumWarz. I’m excited to play my turns every day, and glad that they go so quickly.
It’s actually almost frustrating that I like it so much.

The key is that I can only play for about 10 minutes a day, and can easily play while doing other things. People might say that the almost extreme level of automation makes it un-fun, but in practice, it just seems to keep me from obsessing over it. I’m not worried about what I’m doing wrong when I fail, because I am doing nothing wrong. There is nothing wrong to do. I’m just not high enough in level, so I need to adjust the difficulty of the area I am in or adventure somewhere else or come back later. Numbers go up, and I get more powerful. It’s all the fun of a lewt-fest without all the tedium.

But then I ask myself, why not just play motherfucking PROGRESS QUEST if I like this non-interaction so much. Well, because… there is some interaction. I have to adjust my equipment. I have to choose what to upgrade next. I have more investment in my character than I do in Progress Quest. Apparently it’s enough to keep me going.

So gods, I don’t know. I can’t explain it well, but I am completely hooked. I thought I’d play it for a week, maybe, but I’ve been playing it CONSTANTLY since it opened. And it doesn’t look to be dying down any time soon. Help me, other games! Let me finish up my Hamster runs, let Ryme put in some new content, let a new ForumWarz episode be released! Something unhook me from this obsession!
Or maybe I’ll just revel in it and keep playing. Who knows.