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Darwin is a city in Meeker County, Minnesota, United States. The population
was 350 at the 2010 census. It is one of several places claiming to be home of the
largest ball of twine in the world.

You can go west (Darwin Township, Meeker County, Minnesota).

>_
posted by nebulawindphone (25 comments total) 24 users marked this as a favorite
 
I saw this going around earlier (probably via waxy) and oh my gosh yes.
posted by cortex at 1:55 PM on June 30, 2017


Well, FFS, if it doesn't go "whee!" when I type "jump" then it's not worth my time.
posted by grumpybear69 at 2:02 PM on June 30, 2017 [3 favorites]


I was very disappointed when I saw pictures of the various World's Largest Balls of Twine, and they weren't nearly as big as the one from Sam & Max Hit the Road

Also, this thread needs a soundtrack.
posted by SansPoint at 2:02 PM on June 30, 2017 [6 favorites]


This is fun!
posted by SyraCarol at 2:09 PM on June 30, 2017


I hoped this would be a Giant Ball Of Twine game built with Twine, but this is very good too.
posted by BungaDunga at 2:10 PM on June 30, 2017


Thought I'd try my home town:
Laurel, Nebraska

Laurel is a city in Cedar County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 964 at the 2010 census.
You can go nowhere from here.
On point.
posted by brennen at 2:12 PM on June 30, 2017 [22 favorites]


Clever, but it falls apart quickly. Love the images though.
posted by demiurge at 2:16 PM on June 30, 2017 [1 favorite]


Yeah, I appreciated them offering curated starting points, because a lot of places (including, alas, Darwin as it turns out) end up being dead ends.
posted by nebulawindphone at 2:16 PM on June 30, 2017


Holy crap, there are many more wikipedia articles for my hometown than I expected.
posted by infinitewindow at 2:19 PM on June 30, 2017


   > go west
   
   Embassy of Morocco, Washington, D.C.
   [...]
   
   > Take morocco
   
   You take Morocco.
posted by Westringia F. at 2:28 PM on June 30, 2017 [3 favorites]


Unfortunately Morocco simply disappeared when I tried to drop it at the Phillips Collection (sorry about that, Moroccans). I do have a Rothko in my inventory now, however.
posted by Westringia F. at 2:32 PM on June 30, 2017 [1 favorite]


This is so cool! I'm trying to get from LA to SF, but I keep running into dead ends. Guess I'll meander a little more.
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 2:34 PM on June 30, 2017 [1 favorite]


Hmmph. My home town doesn't have coordinates.
posted by tavella at 2:34 PM on June 30, 2017 [1 favorite]


> ex postmodernism

You see nothing unusual.
posted by carter at 2:50 PM on June 30, 2017 [3 favorites]


I went from the Peter Parker House southeast into the Presidential Emergency Operations Center, and now I can't seem to get out of the White House.

I have the troubling sense that I am about to be eaten by Agnew.
posted by Westringia F. at 2:52 PM on June 30, 2017 [21 favorites]


> xyzzy

Collosal Cavern
Colossal Cavern is a cave in Kentucky, United States, the main entrance of which is at the foot of a steep hill beyond Eaton Valley, and 1.5 miles from Mammoth Cave.

You can go north (Mammoth Cave Baptist Church and Cemetery) or west Mammoth Cave National Park).
posted by You Can't Tip a Buick at 2:56 PM on June 30, 2017 [9 favorites]


I went south from Toronto three times and ended up on St Clair st.

Entirely too much like Zork really.
posted by GuyZero at 3:15 PM on June 30, 2017 [1 favorite]


while wandering around in san francisco I found a gallery I really wanted to go to, but when I did
> x gallery
I found that it had closed in 2012.
posted by You Can't Tip a Buick at 3:17 PM on June 30, 2017


> inventory

You are carrying:
 Two of the three previous structures
 century
 quintessential building
 bears
posted by ckape at 3:25 PM on June 30, 2017 [2 favorites]



> take Manhattan

You take Manhattan.

posted by freelanceastro at 3:34 PM on June 30, 2017 [9 favorites]


How many nights I prayed for this, to let my work begin
> i

You are carrying:
 Manhattan
 Berlin
posted by GuyZero at 3:37 PM on June 30, 2017 [12 favorites]



> xyzzy

Collosal Cavern
Colossal Cavern is a cave in Kentucky, United States, the main entrance of which is at the foot of a steep hill beyond Eaton Valley, and 1.5 miles from Mammoth Cave.


OH WELL PLAYED
posted by nebulawindphone at 4:38 PM on June 30, 2017 [2 favorites]


A hollow voice says "Plugh"
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 4:46 PM on June 30, 2017 [3 favorites]




You are in a maze of twisty little passages, all alike.
posted by radwolf76 at 12:27 AM on July 1, 2017 [1 favorite]


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