Thursday, January 13, 2011

Lode Runner

"What's that computer game where a ninja looking guy runs around in a mossy maze?"
After years of asking, I finally got the answer.  "Are they collecting gold?" my office mate asked in response.  "Sure."  I can't remember.  With no hemming or hawing he responded with Lode Runner.  This isn't Oregon Trail buddy.  I didn't ask, "What's that computer game we played in school where our electronic family ventured west to manifest destiny, had multiple options of how to get the wagon across a river, killed oxen, and could potentially die of a snakebite or dysentery?"  No, that was not my question.  My question was a vague attempt at describing what could have very well been an adolescent hallucination induced by those awful Nescape sounds.  But he was right.