Re John Mayer: Would you say that his body is a wonderland?
Re text adventures: Realize that the old-school text adventures were, by modern standards, cruel and unfair. Mazes that you need to map, arbitrary instadeath, strict parsers, ew. Download WinFrotz (an interpreter) and Photopia (a very non-frustrating game) and give it a whirl if you're in a second-chancey mood.
Re dogs: "Oh, our dog is good!" is the blatant lie of all dog owners.
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Re text adventures: Realize that the old-school text adventures were, by modern standards, cruel and unfair. Mazes that you need to map, arbitrary instadeath, strict parsers, ew. Download WinFrotz (an interpreter) and Photopia (a very non-frustrating game) and give it a whirl if you're in a second-chancey mood.
Re dogs: "Oh, our dog is good!" is the blatant lie of all dog owners.