The Kingdom of Loathing
Wednesday July 27, 2005 at 5:35 pm | Filed under On the Web
I have an online game that is absolutely worth your time. It’s sort of a role playing game, and reminds me of the Empires game I used to play on the old Commodore 64 BBSs. This game is called The Kingdom of Loathing. It features some really funny writing and a really creative, but low-tech, world. Here’s some funny quotes from my travels so far…
“You’re fighting a fiendish can of asparagus. Cans of asparagus aren’t normally all that scary, but this one’s got a knife!”
“Just outside Cobb’s Knob, you encounter an adolescent Knob Goblin waving a paintbrush around. “Look at me,” he shouts. “I’m an artist! I don’t have a real job! I only listen to bands you’ve never heard of!”
“You find a big box of meat, and you don’t even have to fight anything for it. Isn’t that exciting?”
“This is a helmet made out of meatloaf. You feel like a Bat out of Hell when you wear it. You would do anything for this helmet (but you won’t do that.)”
“You are attacked by a Warwelf. A Werwulf. A Worwilf. You can’t pronounce it, but you can certainly lay the smack down upon it.”
“You are attacked by a bar. Yup. I reckon there’s a lot of bar in these here woods. Boy howdy. It gets the jump on you. Well, that ol’ bar tried to claw you right in the neck, but I reckon he missed.”
To play, you sign up for an account (it’s free!), and create your character (I’m an Accordion Thief) on kingdomofloathing.com.
Trust me, give this one 10 minutes of your time, and you’ll be laughing out loud.
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Jason Says:
July 29th, 2005 at 9:32 pm“This is a helmet made out of meatloaf. You feel like a Bat out of Hell when you wear it. You would do anything for this helmet (but you won’t do that.)”
Can I say no?
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Platinum Says:
August 15th, 2005 at 5:24 pmThis is hysterical – Just signed up and played for a while. I’m a Disco Bandit!