Comments on: Hats Off to Airport Securirty

By: josh g.

josh g. — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 23:14:25 +0000

And to think I had just read about OULIPO a week or two ago, and totally failed to catch on. For shame!

For the curious, here’s an explanation of n+7:
http://poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5785

By: michael

michael — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 18:30:49 +0000

On the serious games listserv there’s been a discussion of the ad players are forced to watch at the beginning of the game. A number of people have been complaining about not being able to skip the ad. Ian has pointed out that advertising revenue is the only way they can continue to build such games.

By: Ian Bogost

Ian Bogost — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 14:39:43 +0000

Walter’s got it! The newspaper text is Nick’s handicraft, via n+7

By: Walter

Walter — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 07:27:00 +0000

Would it be the newspaper article text? That stuff’s hilarious.

By: josh g.

josh g. — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:03:12 +0000

Did I just realize that the title of this post is a pun? Yes, perhaps I did.

By: josh g.

josh g. — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:02:33 +0000

Did he model the cowboy hat for an artist’s reference?

By: josh g.

josh g. — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:01:36 +0000

Pantslessness?

By: Ian Bogost

Ian Bogost — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:00:22 +0000

Nope, try again…

By: josh g.

josh g. — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 04:59:36 +0000

I’ll guess, either he wrote the intercom voiceovers, or came up with some of the forbidden objects. The hummus, perhaps?

By: Ian Bogost

Ian Bogost — Wed, 20 Sep 2006 02:27:24 +0000

Thanks Nick!

GTxA readers: Nick contributed to the game as well. Can you figure out how?