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[prog]

The latter half of this article about coalition soldiers' (and one BBC reporter's) explorations of an abandoned presidential palace reads like a bit too much text adventure game, to me. I think I was tipped off by the strange choice of words about soldiers adding items to their inventory, but the one-sentence paragraph about the pavillion was just way too on-style. I had to stop myself from typing X BARBECUE into my browser window.

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[hrafn.livejournal.com]

Heh. Maybe the author of the article writes for MUDs on the side?

Saddam's Palace Score: 8/100 Moves: 219

[(Anonymous)]

You see nothing special about the barbecue.

You are likely to be eaten by a coalition soldier?

[jadelennox]

Lord Dimwit Hussein's image is emblazoned on the wall. There is a gold plated pool here.

There is a WMD in the pool.

> Get WMD

There's no WMD here.

> Get weapon

There's no weapon here.

> Find WMD

I beg your pardon?

> Koffi, find WMD

Koffi looks at you blankly.

A grue wanders by.

> Bomb to smithereens.

Very good. Now you can advance to second grade.

Re: You are likely to be eaten by a coalition soldier?

[prog.livejournal.com]

yay