a zen joke

November 9, 2003 5:20 AM

a buddhist adventure game
posted by crunchland (20 comments total)

Well that made no sense.
Although I feel oddly at one with the duck.
posted by seanyboy at 5:30 AM on November 9, 2003

So.. anyway this buddhist wants to be one with everything, and he goes up to this hotdog salesman and he says ... damn ... damn ....
No. sorry. I told it wrong.
posted by seanyboy at 5:36 AM on November 9, 2003

I spent more time reconfiging the keys than I did playing...whoops
posted by Orange Goblin at 5:56 AM on November 9, 2003

I learned that human suicide is punished with duckhood.

Yet ducks get bumped up to human status when they top themselves!
posted by kenaman at 7:03 AM on November 9, 2003

kenaman: you are obviously not one with the duck.
posted by signal at 7:08 AM on November 9, 2003

My internet explorer plug-ins (such as flash) are all turned off and so the game, for me, involved staring at a black, blank page.

It was very Buddhist.
posted by troutfishing at 8:21 AM on November 9, 2003

I'm stuck at the beginning, any hints?
posted by bobo123 at 8:56 AM on November 9, 2003

use the JC on the white girl
(anyone who gets this should kill yourself now)
posted by klik99 at 9:26 AM on November 9, 2003

Look carefully - a duck is mentioned, but you're given a goose.

I prefer this Tao instead.
posted by Smart Dalek at 9:43 AM on November 9, 2003

Comparison to Nethack:

Better: fewer ways to die, death less sudden and more predictable, much more time to ponder meaning, more open, less obsessable.

Worse: Izchak's comments and some of the Oracle's are more revealing and enlightening, less freakin' cool stuff.
posted by weston at 11:08 AM on November 9, 2003

Personally I prefer the Google ad for Christian Fundamentalists that is "obviously" related to Buddhist adventure gaming.
posted by Brilliantcrank at 11:45 AM on November 9, 2003

"And in my next life, I would like to be a giraffe."
posted by Blue Stone at 12:10 PM on November 9, 2003

The duck is not moving. Your mind is moving.
posted by fatbobsmith at 12:26 PM on November 9, 2003

I'm stuck at the beginning, any hints?

Yes, let go of your attachements in Life, they will only impede your journey towards Nirvana.
posted by Shane at 12:47 PM on November 9, 2003

Zen.
posted by homunculus at 3:39 PM on November 9, 2003

If you just fall off the edge, you go straight down. However if you jump off some parts of the edge, it sometimes appears you catch briefly onto a ledge of something, before continuing to plummet. However this could just be a glitch.
posted by ZachsMind at 3:46 PM on November 9, 2003

If you just fall off the edge, you go straight down. However if you jump off some parts of the edge, it sometimes appears you catch briefly onto a ledge of something, before continuing to plummet. However this could just be a glitch.

There should be a strawberry to eat before you fall off the edge ( or the tiger eats you).
posted by Shane at 6:48 PM on November 9, 2003

This game is easier.
posted by obedo at 8:52 PM on November 9, 2003

funny! nice link. i like little idea games like this. someone else posted the one where you're a fish eating other fish, gradually getting bigger, until you max out the whole ecosystem... that one was funny too.
posted by jcruelty at 3:03 PM on November 10, 2003

...and that completes our rundown of Buddhist in-jokes.
posted by Shane at 3:57 PM on November 10, 2003