Starting Up

Starting up is always a problem. How does one start up without sounding pompous or inane or boring or all three. Ofcourse readers can easily come up with far worse adjectives. And I realise that this post is completely inane and not to mention boring. Infact it reminds me of a blog I encountered back in the dark ages which touted itself as the most boring blog in the world. As Christopher Judge's character Teal'c in Stargate SG1 would succinctly put it: "Indeed it was." His entries consisted of gems like "Today I moved my little toe" or something along those lines. I've been trying to find it so far unsuccessfully. While trying to google it, I did come across a game called The Desert Bus. The objective of this game is to drive a bus from Tucson, Arizona to Las Vegas, Nevada. The action takes place in real time. This translates into 8 hours of continuous play because the game cannot be paused. The Wikipedia entry on the game further states:

"The bus contains no passengers, and there is no scenery or other cars on the road. The bus veers to the right slightly; as a result, it is impossible to tape down a button to go do something else and have the game end properly. If the bus veers off the road it will stall and be towed back to Tucson, also in real time. If the player makes it to Las Vegas, they will score exactly one point. The player then gets the option to make the return trip to Tucson—for another point (a decision they must make in a few seconds or the game ends). Players may continue to make trips and score points as long as their endurance holds out. Some players who have completed the trip have also noted that, although the scenery never changes, a bug splats on the windscreen about five hours through the first trip, and on the return trip the light does fade, with differences at dusk, and later a pitch black road where the player is guided only with headlights."

Imagine the joy of playing this game. 8 hours of mind numbing driving. Probably makes one feel respect for the guys who do this for a living although they certainly have a slightly more exciting time in real life.