Notices by Anjune (anjune@chaosfem.tw)

@uoou @ChrisWere When two (or more) pawns are adjacent to an enemy siege tower (rook), they can convert it to one of their own.

The queen can move only one square when on a square of the oppponent’s colour, unless she can “lunge” at and take an enemy piece from that position.

When a knight reaches the opponent’s… home row?… his horse grows wings and the L-shaped “jump” of the knight is extended by two squares in any direction.

Three pawns horizontally or diagonally lined up next to other form an impenetrable shield wall (facing the opponent’s side of the board; they remain vulnerable from behind).

When a bishop is slain, that square becomes cursed, and any enemy piece that carelessly enters it (once it’s been vacated by the original slayer) is “frozen to the spot”. The curse is lifted when a “friendly” bishops moves to an adjacent square.

The king has a single-used reverse-time spell that undoes the previous turn.

My humble dream is to be Autechre and Fields of the Nephilim with the voice of Lene Lovich all at the same time

@HauntedOwlbear My favourite band had a really cool bit that they only played live and that I only had as a bootleg .ra file :/

@kaia Or non-trans compu nerd women…

@rasmusfleischer Do they mean music that doesn’t sound AI-generated? Or music that doesn’t sound electronic at all? Or music with a singer who sounds human?

the best 16 seconds of what I did yesterday

@lookitmychicken Same here! New half-terrace half-corridor half-balcony zones along a quiet meadow, connecting a forgotten OTHER apartment; sprawling cellars with secret passages and cell-like rooms in rough concrete; the downstairs apartment being unoccupied and sometimes underwater with fish living in it…

@HauntedOwlbear in that case I’d assume it to be a courtesy to the player

@HauntedOwlbear Most 8-bit text adventures were pretty rough… but Infocom and Magnetic Scrolls had a reputation as being in a class of their own. They also came with pretty fun manuals that showcased how to play them…

Just saw a YouTuber playfully diss an Infocom game for not understanding "go shack". Made me feel bad. That’s not a proper sentence.

I think half the frustration with the better sort of text adventure stems from players trying to get by with the most broken English possible, assuming that’s how it works.

No getting all the bottles from the bar except for the bottle of whiskey. No it, them, then, and… so sad.

Granted I’m more attuned to TADS and Inform than the first wave classics.

@lookitmychicken Maybe there’s a room you’ve forgotten exists.

@aral The Zuck?

@HauntedOwlbear 1.8 GHz CPU required for Ultima I