Italics
Donkey Kong
Frogger.
There's Sadie,
Yes.
This?
The things people find amusing.
This is what time travel is.
Solution.
not playing
Solution?
Mortal Kombat, Tekken, Street Fighter.
Solution.
was
I like Marx's rad name. I like the way Sadie comes back to Sam after Sam thinking she was gone. I like Marx ordering enough take out food for the both of them. I like the name of the game 'Solution'. I like Gabrielle including Marx assuming that a 'he' made the game.
A great deal of latitude
Teen
You would look good in this hat.
No one wears hats like that in Los Angeles! This is why you don't have any friends, Sadie Green!
I'm already sick,
do
would
The Phantom Tollbooth
Press That Button!
The Price Is Right;
Seventeen
Oregon Trail
Super Mario Bros.
Oregon Trail?
is
make me
Duck Hunt?
Donkey Kong
what?
Donkey Kong
What?
told
are
Dysentery
Here it is,
I know you won't hurt me, even though you can.
Kotaku
hug and
from
I like when Sadie's Mum says "It isn't fair,". I like how at first you don't know if the boy Sadie is talking to in the games room of the hospital is Sam or not. I like Sam saying "There is no more intimate act than play, even sex." and I like the metaphor of a dog rolling on its back-I know you won't hurt me, even though you can-, It is the dog putting its mouth around your hand and never biting down. To play requires trust and love. I like Sadies grandmother saying "Friendship is friendship, and charity is charity,". Although, it is never possible to receive charity from a friend, I did not realise that until reading this. I like this part: "Sadie Green liked being praised, and Sam Masur was the best friend she had ever had."
Commander Keen
Doom,
Dead Sea
Dead Sea
before
because
Dead Sea
Respect
how
Dead Sea?
Dead Sea?
I'm not like those other ones.
Dungeons & Dragons
Super Mario,
Dead Sea.
honest.
dishonest.
EmilyBlaster.
queef?
Space Invaders,
EmilyBlaster,
Tetris,
Tetris
Solution
Dear Sadie, I played your "game," and I honestly don't know what to say. It is disgusting and offensive, and you are a sick person. I'm cc'ing Dov on this email. I'm not sure if I will be able to attend class, because I'm too disturbed. This class is no longer a safe space for me. -- Hannah
Dear Hannah, I'm not entirely sorry that you were disturbed by my game. The game is meant to be disturbing, and as I mentioned in class, it was inspired by my grandmother.
Fuck you, Sadie.
Sadie, Haven't played yet. Looking forward, Dov.
Solution
Genius.
genius.
Solution
Congratulations, Nazi! You have helped lead the Third Reich to Victory! You are a true Master of Efficiency.
Solution
Dead Sea,
Dead Sea,
Solution.
Her.
Solution.
Solution.
your boyfriend
was
Misress,
are
know
King's Quest IV.
Zelda
KQIV?
Maybe
You
she
cunt,
README
I'M SORRY SAM
Hi Dov, Started playing Chrono Trigger. Some interesting elements there.
I've already played it. We should talk, though. Do you want to come over tonight?
Walk up close, and back away. Let your eyes relax.
I'm brave,
Dead Sea II.
Be cool,
be cool.
Life is very long,
unless it is not.
Had she?
Dead Sea
Until he tells me, it's not my business.
Metal Gear III?
Metal Gear III.
Metal Gear Solid.
Metal Gears
Metal Gear Solid
Metal Gear Solid
stealth
Metal Gear Solid
cool
that cool.
Metal Gear Solid.
Metal Gear Solid
I like all the seminarians saying what they liked about each other’s games. I agree that female applicants to MIT might have held themselves to higher standards than male applicants. I like the Solution game. It’s honest. And how it’s about complicity. I now see why it is not possible to receive charity from a friend. I also like how Sadie’s EmilyBlaster game incorporates poetry. I like how we find out that Dovs wife is in Isreal after finding out about the Nazi game. I tried to read between the lines and interpreted it like imperialism and ulterior motives subtly coming into play. I like the way Sadie doesn’t know if she hadn’t asked the right or enough questions because she hadn’t wanted to know the answers. I like Sadie being impatient with her twenty-year-old brain and the quality of its ideas. I did not know anything about Jewish philosophy before this book. Being pro-Palestine will never serve me as a pipeline to the alt-right. I will now read multiple history books about the founding of Isreal. I don’t want to be an arrogant fool like Marx. I like how Gabrielle included Sadie being conditioned to ignore things sexist as it wasn’t cool to point out. I like Gabrielle including a description of what is cool to a 20 year old. ⁂ I like the true tautology.
Hello Stranger, I've played your game twice now, and I want to talk to you about it! Let's get together when you're back from the holidays. Say Hi to our old friend California for me. --S.A.M P.S I'm glad we ran into each other.
Solution
Solution,
sounds, delays, mechanics, prose, graphics, pacing, HUD, controls, general ludic thoughts.
Solution,
Solution,
Solution
Solution.
real
EmilyBlaster.
Mr. Samson A. Masur,
Sharyn Friedman-Green and Steven Green invite you to the Bat Mitzvah of their daughter, Sadie Miranda . . . Service at 10, followed by lunch . . . Your response requested . . .
Love
Solution,
single.
liked
still
Yes, you were right. Sadie had liked the gift.
Galatea 2.2,
Donkey Kong
Click on this word,
and you will find links to everything it means. Because you are my oldest friend. Because once, when I was at my lowest, you saved me. Because I might have died without you or ended up in a children's psychiatric hospital. Because I owe you. Because, selfishly, I see a future where we make fantastic games together, if you can manage to get out of bed.
EmilyBlaster?
I cordially invite you to join in this matter that I find amusing.
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Sadie wondered if most gamers would be turned on by this. She often had to put herself into a male point of view to even understand a game at all. As Dov was fond of saying to her, "You aren't just a gamer when you play anymore. You're a builder of worlds, and if you're a builder of worlds, your feelings are not as important as what your gamers are feeling. You must imagine them at all times. There is no artist more empathetic than the game designer." Sadie the gamer found this scene sexist and strange. At the same time, Sadie the world builder accepted that the game was made by one of the most creative minds in gaming. And in those days, girls like Sadie were conditioned to ignore the sexist generally, not just in gaming— it wasn't cool to point such things out. If you wanted to play with the boys, they couldn't be afraid of saying things around you. If someone said the sound effect in your game sounded like a queef, it was your job to laugh. But on this evening, Sadie wasn't in the mood to laugh.
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