[bookclub] John's Useless Objects

[Mike Noel <mno@cypress.com>]

I haven't burnt myself out on puzzle based IF yet.  In fact, the puzzles
are probably what I consider the most interesting aspect of IF.  So, JFW
was a great little piece for me.  I've seen it listed on several "best
of" lists for quite some time but the short paragraph description never
interested me.  But when it came up as the bookclub pick I dived into it
and loved it.

After it was all done I was curious about a few things.  First of all,
what was the laundry chute good for? I tried throwing the bottle down
the chute but the poison gas either collected in the basement or floated
up and got me.  I can't remember which one it was.  I tried to throw
some other things down the chute but everything seemed to get stuck.

I was also intrigued by the oven door.  Why was it stuck?  I mean, the
author could have let the door open only to reveal an empty oven.  Or
the stove could have been just a range top with no oven.  Or it could
have been sealed shut from all the greasy food that was cooked there.
But why was it possible to open it just a crack?

Overall I thought the game was great and entertaining.  Certainly it
wasn't a literary work.  But that was fine with me.

-Mike Noel
mikenoel@usa.net






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