tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344068351653946740.post3503487742571162221..comments2024-01-07T18:12:05.881-08:00Comments on Versus CluClu Land: Sweaty Delerium is the Worst Videogame EverIroquois Pliskinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14324582950813408440noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344068351653946740.post-75797733064837008632009-01-26T06:27:00.000-08:002009-01-26T06:27:00.000-08:00Glad you're feeling better, Pliskin.I've had a phe...Glad you're feeling better, Pliskin.<BR/><BR/>I've had a phenomenon like the one you describe happen as well, and I think it was almost as horrifying...playing Sonic Adventure 2: Battle on the GameCube while I was recovering from hernia surgery. Every time I closed my eyes all I could see was a little blue ball hurtling down a hill at speeds that made me ill. Of course, that probably had more to do with the medication than the ailment.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344068351653946740.post-43274725031848355912009-01-24T02:04:00.000-08:002009-01-24T02:04:00.000-08:00Hey man, you know me I'm always up for a bit of go...Hey man, you know me I'm always up for a bit of gonzo first person narrative in a blog post.<BR/><BR/>Keep on getting better, IP.Ben Abrahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04146790136740709664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344068351653946740.post-2566649435390646472009-01-23T15:53:00.000-08:002009-01-23T15:53:00.000-08:00@thesimplicity: yeah, I blame you for my monthlong...@thesimplicity: yeah, I blame you for my monthlong shiren the wanderer obsession and the subsequent nightmares. the ominous feeling of futile non-progression actually meshes pretty well with the game itself. <BR/><BR/>@ben: zing! seriously though I should have stayed away from the games while I was feverish. found something that was totally incorruptible and pure, like when Dan Ackroyd imagines the Stay-Puft Marshmellow Man in Ghostbusters. Shiren the Wanderer (and A New Hope, apparently) do not fit the bill. <BR/><BR/>@Karl: thanks! You know, the lady and I were both like: thank good god we didn't both come down with this shit while we were in Belize, it would have been the worst. I actually came down with Portuguese Death Flu when I was alone in Lagos Portugal a few years ago and that shit was rough.Iroquois Pliskinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14324582950813408440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344068351653946740.post-32160165933123955632009-01-23T13:38:00.000-08:002009-01-23T13:38:00.000-08:00Dude, my first weekend home from the holidays I wo...Dude, my first weekend home from the holidays I woke up with the worst case of food poisoning I have ever had. I didn't even know what it was at the time, I honestly thought that my organs were shutting down and I was dying. Right then I resolved to live my life totally differently, but it's been pretty much the same so far.Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14614781669653308454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344068351653946740.post-79643654457814373702009-01-23T10:26:00.000-08:002009-01-23T10:26:00.000-08:00Glad to see you back and I'm glad for you that the...Glad to see you back and I'm glad for you that the sickness didn't hit while you were on your trip.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344068351653946740.post-87043146266603369792009-01-23T07:56:00.000-08:002009-01-23T07:56:00.000-08:00Let me guess, right before you got sick, you ate a...Let me guess, right before you got sick, you ate a rotten riceball in Shiren. *Twilight Zone twist!*<BR/><BR/>I definitely identify with the fevered mind's failure to disengage, although in my case it was a book. I recall in high school I was reading the novelization of Star Wars (A New Hope) when I had a nasty bout of the flu. I woke up sweating one morning positive that I, Han Solo, had to get to the Millennium Falcon to save Luke Skywalker. Needless to say, my possession faded as I realized I was supposed to go to school that day.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12333328342483122521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344068351653946740.post-7548251887883683362009-01-23T06:47:00.000-08:002009-01-23T06:47:00.000-08:00God damn Iroquois, glad you're on the mend. As bad...God damn Iroquois, glad you're on the mend. As bad as the death flu may be, at least you didn't contract malaria. A good friend of mine was in Peru a few years ago and got ridiculously sick. They prescribed Lariam just to be safe.<BR/><BR/>While he never contracted malaria, the Lariam had its own side effects. For months afterwards, he'd had episodes where one emotion would become completely dominant (e.g. happy, sad, cruel, etc.). He said it had a bit of a game-like nature to it but also shared your sentiment that it's absolutely horrifying when it's beyond one's control.<BR/><BR/>Aside from a few horrific dreams (you know the ones where you wake up, and you're <I>in another dream</I>), I've been spared such so far. No offense intended, but hopefully this is an experience I can keep third person.Nels Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484436433023780229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344068351653946740.post-82485443818545241052009-01-22T23:46:00.000-08:002009-01-22T23:46:00.000-08:00"Ludic delirium." That's a good one, and I know ex..."Ludic delirium." That's a good one, and I know exactly what you mean. The instance that's stayed with me the longest involves Genghis Khan II for the SNES, which I played while fully banged-up with the flu in high school. I distinctly remember brutal loops of broken sleep, ineffectual units, and puny harvests. It sounds like Shinren's occupation of your fragile sleep wasn't quite so uniformly oppressive. For me and Genghis though, it was all stick, no carrot.<BR/><BR/>Glad you're better!Miguel Lopezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04369686068218617095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344068351653946740.post-4143338700322403612009-01-22T22:41:00.000-08:002009-01-22T22:41:00.000-08:00I was sick last weekend, too, and I definitely had...I was sick last weekend, too, and I definitely had some anxiety-inducing dreams. Funny how that happens. <BR/>Any-hoo, while you were away I finally traded my Wii for an Xbox360. Thumbs up: COD4, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Halo 1. Thumbs down: Perfect Dark Zero, which was a bummer 'cause I spent hundreds of hours fragging Meatsims on the original N64 version back in the day. I just started GTAIV, and my first impression is that I miss the cartoonish silliness of the previous incarnations, but I'm along for the ride anyway; the series has always been a favorite. <BR/><BR/>Welcome back, my friend--glad you beat the death flu!Brian O'Blivionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04132415773450239595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7344068351653946740.post-57467164768291653182009-01-22T17:00:00.000-08:002009-01-22T17:00:00.000-08:00Woah. Of all the imaginary spaces to escape to du...Woah. Of all the imaginary spaces to escape to during illness, you chose the one built around relentless and unending death. I can not even begin to imagine how terrifying that would be.<BR/><BR/>I had freaky nightmares about Assassin's Creed once. That's all I got.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com