POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Black Mesa : Re: Black Mesa Server Time
29 Jul 2024 04:26:05 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Black Mesa  
From: Darren New
Date: 23 Sep 2012 23:03:19
Message: <505fcd77@news.povray.org>
On 9/23/2012 16:11, waggy wrote:
> Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>> On 23/09/2012 10:14 PM, Darren New wrote:
>>> On 9/19/2012 0:27, Orchid Win7 v1 wrote:
>>>> "I have /two/ PhDs. I cannot stand these menial tasks any longer. 'Stand
>>>> here, push this button, go over there, pull that lever.'
>>>
>>> I cracked up from that too.
>>
>> Yeah, you can tell who this game is aimed at. ;-)
>
> I thought this monologue was also poking a bit of fun at the player through the
> fourth wall, since it describes the solution to many of the puzzles in the game.
> :)

I figured it was breaking the fourth wall in that he doesn't realize he's an 
extra in a video game. I'm not sure if you're laughing at something different?

-- 
Darren New, San Diego CA, USA (PST)
   "They're the 1-800-#-GORILA of the telecom business."


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