http://driph.com/words/2009/04/live-nibbler-world-record-attempt/ gaming, etcetera, and so forth Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:24:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://driph.com/words/2009/04/live-nibbler-world-record-attempt/comment-page-1/#comment-7966 crschoop Mon, 13 Apr 2009 15:21:38 +0000 http://driph.com/words/?p=1107#comment-7966 I used to play Nibbler at the recreation hall (Next to the elementary school for US Service kids in Bremerhaven, West Germany (back then)), back when people would line up and put credits in the game to reserve the next game. I can't remember the points or the levels, but I was not dying and the levels kept repeating over and over just a little faster each time through (I think there were 20 or so mazes). Well, I played one game from after school until they had to kick us out (I think we were kicked out at 5 or 6 for the teenagers to use the arcade). I was upset - (I still had lives left and the formation of a nasty blister was not of any concern) and the kids who called the next games by putting their quarters in the game were upset. A quarter was big money to me, so it did not matter that I got hours of entertainment from it, it didn't matter that it was time to go...I invested a quarter into this device and I wanted to complete the game that I had payed for-no matter the circumstances. The reasoning of a 3rd grader is not to be questioned, it is to be validated and not shut down by pulling the plug on the machine that the little brat has been playing for too long. I used to play Nibbler at the recreation hall (Next to the elementary school for US Service kids in Bremerhaven, West Germany (back then)), back when people would line up and put credits in the game to reserve the next game.
I can’t remember the points or the levels, but I was not dying and the levels kept repeating over and over just a little faster each time through (I think there were 20 or so mazes).
Well, I played one game from after school until they had to kick us out (I think we were kicked out at 5 or 6 for the teenagers to use the arcade). I was upset – (I still had lives left and the formation of a nasty blister was not of any concern) and the kids who called the next games by putting their quarters in the game were upset.
A quarter was big money to me, so it did not matter that I got hours of entertainment from it, it didn’t matter that it was time to go…I invested a quarter into this device and I wanted to complete the game that I had payed for-no matter the circumstances.
The reasoning of a 3rd grader is not to be questioned, it is to be validated and not shut down by pulling the plug on the machine that the little brat has been playing for too long.

]]> http://driph.com/words/2009/04/live-nibbler-world-record-attempt/comment-page-1/#comment-7857 Andy Baio Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:32:37 +0000 http://driph.com/words/?p=1107#comment-7857 I was switching back and forth between the stream and other windows, and missed the moment he gave up... Apparently, he had 14 lives left, so it must've just been sheer exhaustion. I was switching back and forth between the stream and other windows, and missed the moment he gave up… Apparently, he had 14 lives left, so it must’ve just been sheer exhaustion.

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