This is some spectacular Engrish! posted by jonson at 10:19 PM on February 16, 2004
come now jonson, there is no strange thing about the english that is being written in game.
But the dancing shadow, that was torture to sit through. posted by krazykity16 at 10:22 PM on February 16, 2004
So I opened a box and saw a guy dance, then i couldn't do anything else.
Not since Myst have I experienced the unfulfillment of clicking a mouse in just the right place for no satisfying reason. posted by XQUZYPHYR at 10:24 PM on February 16, 2004
I hit this evil game last Friday. Dear god this was frustrating, but I broke out of the room at last.
Everything happens for a reason - even the dance. posted by blindcarboncopy at 10:30 PM on February 16, 2004
Bloody hell, I can't even get find the dancing - or open the last drawer, for that matter. posted by kickingtheground at 10:33 PM on February 16, 2004
You have to wait for the animation to finish. Ugh.
Otherwise, a pretty neat-o link. posted by trharlan at 10:40 PM on February 16, 2004
That's it...now I'm frustrated...and I should be writing a paper...hints? posted by kickingtheground at 10:40 PM on February 16, 2004
the dancing man points to a special point on the wall. click on it more than once. posted by cheaily at 10:46 PM on February 16, 2004
And you gotta wait till the dancing ends, or you'll never write that paper. posted by trharlan at 10:48 PM on February 16, 2004
that was fun...! took me ages to find the little metal rod tho. posted by t r a c y at 11:03 PM on February 16, 2004
I can't find the metal rod... posted by rhapsodie at 11:20 PM on February 16, 2004
sometimes the tooth fairy has bad aim... posted by t r a c y at 11:27 PM on February 16, 2004
CLICK EVERYTHING, REPEATEDLY. posted by Hackworth at 11:35 PM on February 16, 2004
man, I've got a box with tape but only one battery. I cannot figure out where the extra battery is. I also have an extra key that is just burning a hole in my inventory posted by BackwardsHatClub at 11:42 PM on February 16, 2004
I'm staying in that fucking room forever... and I'm fine with it. posted by cadastral at 12:06 AM on February 17, 2004
made it - finally. Not much of a payoff, but it was better than working. posted by bashos_frog at 12:43 AM on February 17, 2004
You know, if this happened in real life, you wouldn't be able to escape from the room because there's no access to a web browser. Well, I guess you could try all 9999 combinations.
This was pretty fun. I enjoyed it. posted by zixyer at 12:48 AM on February 17, 2004
WHERE IS THE BATTERY posted by Keyser Soze at 1:05 AM on February 17, 2004
Keyser, face the blank wall and click on the bottom of the screen, on the left side. posted by zixyer at 1:15 AM on February 17, 2004
Metafilter: There is no strange thing posted by moonbird at 4:15 AM on February 17, 2004
Wow, this is addictive. How do you open that friggin' box? :) posted by unreason at 5:38 AM on February 17, 2004
the top of the box has shapes in which various items fit. posted by t r a c y at 6:02 AM on February 17, 2004
Yeah, I put in the two rings, but what else do you put in? posted by unreason at 6:10 AM on February 17, 2004
okay, that's really frustrating... posted by bullitt 5 at 7:50 AM on February 17, 2004
Solved it! Can't wait for the next room... posted by unreason at 8:08 AM on February 17, 2004
it really should have ended with the door opening into a busy street or a beautiful garden. nonetheless, i hope he makes more of these puzzle thingies. posted by t r a c y at 8:19 AM on February 17, 2004
That spoiler page isn't totally accurate, regarding picking up the screwdriver. You can do it your first try. posted by zarah at 8:23 AM on February 17, 2004
That blinking metal rod caused me all kinds of pain. I couldn't ever seem to get it to come up. posted by Samizdata at 10:52 AM on February 17, 2004
simple, clear, gameplay
dancing on a crimson wall
Takagism sense
(far better than the really terrible limerick that I might have posted) posted by MisterMo at 10:58 AM on February 17, 2004
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