Blank Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 (edited) Pixies' latest, original Choose-Your-Own-Adventure thread got me thinking, were you guys ever fans of the books and stuff when you were younger? I remember reading one that was lying around when I was a kid. It was about a group of students who went on a field trip to a maritime research center, when a tsunami suddenly strikes. If I remember correctly, I enjoyed it. Edited January 1, 2007 by Blank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volourn Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 I used to read them a lot in school. Good fun. DWARVES IN PROJECT ETERNITY = VOLOURN HAS PLEDGED $250. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveThaiBinh Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 I played a lot of the Fighting Fantasy series, and I still have the odd nightmare that references one of the horrible ways you could die in these books. Great stuff! The Sorcery! series was great (as I'm a sucker for epic stories) as it was four books that you carried the same character through each book. "An electric puddle is not what I need right now." (Nina Kalenkov) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosbjerg Posted January 1, 2007 Share Posted January 1, 2007 yeah I read them quite a bit as a child .. @ SteveThaiBinh: I get that too sometimes.. ^_^ Fortune favors the bald. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I remember them because when I were a young 'un we didn't have PCs! They were good, although I confess I used to ignore the dice thing because I was just very very bad at maths. I used to imagine the fight in my head. Although I think the fact that I used to lose quite often is illuminating. I'm also moving this to the roleplaying section, if you'll just grab hold of something for a minute... "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I still remember the authors as being Steve Jackson and Ian Livingston. My two favourites were Demons of the Deep (easily my favourite) and Warlock of Firetop Mountain. I remember an awesome puzzle where some guy says to you "What is the password." And I was stumped. It turns out that he was making a statement, not a question. What IS the password. So if you said what, you carried on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thepixiesrock Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 (edited) Wals, this is the funniest thing I've seen all day. Thanks to you and Blank for making it possible. Edited January 2, 2007 by thepixiesrock Lou Gutman, P.I.- It's like I'm not even trying anymore!http://theatomicdanger.iforumer.com/index....theatomicdangerOne billion b-balls dribbling simultaneously throughout the galaxy. One trillion b-balls being slam dunked through a hoop throughout the galaxy. I can feel every single b-ball that has ever existed at my fingertips. I can feel their collective knowledge channeling through my viens. Every jumpshot, every rebound and three-pointer, every layup, dunk, and free throw. I am there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Wals, this is the funniest thing I've seen all day. Thanks to you and Blank for making it possible. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> *Cue Joe Pesci style rant about being funny* "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 The Sorcery! series was great (as I'm a sucker for epic stories) as it was four books that you carried the same character through each book. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> What? Limited choices! What if you wanted to kill the character in the first book (in some brave, martyr-like fashion, of course)? OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveThaiBinh Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I imagine the author would come round to your house, point a gun at your head, and force you to play through again only properly this time. "An electric puddle is not what I need right now." (Nina Kalenkov) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Makes sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I remember the few awful RL Stein choose-your-own-adventure Goosebumps. Remember Goosebumps? Remember RL Stein? He was the JK Rowling of the 90's! Somebody had the bright idea of making him the narrator of the (also awful) Goosebumps TV series, but if you've ever seen or heard the guy, he's a Ben Stein-esque melancholic. Not fun. That's the extent of my experience with the choose-your-own-adventure genre. Join me, and we shall make Production Beards a reality! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I imagine the author would come round to your house, point a gun at your head, and force you to play through again only properly this time. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The pen is truly mightier than the sword. OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Walsingham Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Only if the pen is very large and sharp, and the sword is very small and blunt. "It wasn't lies. It was just... bull****"." -Elwood Blues tarna's dead; processing... complete. Disappointed by Universe. RIP Hades/Sand/etc. Here's hoping your next alt has a harp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Drabek Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I used to get 'em from the local library when I was growing up. Fun times. baby, take off your beret everyone's a critic and most people are DJs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pidesco Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I still have four or five of those books lying around. I kept badgering my mom to buy me more books, but she usually ignored me. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian touristI am Dan Quayle of the Romans.I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands.Heja Sverige!!Everyone should cuffawkle more.The wrench is your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metadigital Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 Aha! False confidence in empowerment given by the books ... OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deraldin Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 I remember reading them all the time in elementary school. I can remember three that I liked. One was "You are a Ninja!" I remember that one ending had you kidnapped by ninjas and brainwashed into becoming a ticking time-bomb of ninja awesomeness! The second one was were you were some sort of crab alien thing that could stop time. One of the choices was to use your power to rob a bank. The third book was about this video game that you go that learned new strategies even when it was turned off. Every bad ending had you lose the game and then be unable to get farther than the first level again cause it had already learned enough to beat you to a bloody pulp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 I've read some of these... I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diogo Ribeiro Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Fighting Fantasy series <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Awesomeness driven. I have three books - Talisman of Death, Sword of the Samurai, and The Forest of Doom - and to this day still find myself on the lookout for more, though they seem to be pretty rare. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pidesco Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 I own Talisman of Death and The Forest of Doom too. >_ I also have The Rings of Kether and Robot Commando. Do you want them? "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian touristI am Dan Quayle of the Romans.I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands.Heja Sverige!!Everyone should cuffawkle more.The wrench is your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diogo Ribeiro Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 I also have The Rings of Kether and Robot Commando. Do you want them? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ...Dude. How much of my soul do you want? A tiny morsel or the whole bioluminiscent orb? Seriously, if you're interested in selling them I'd be happy to pry them from your cold... Erh, I meant buy them! Yes, that's it ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Hey, I have one of those somewhere. Picked it up for a quarter at a used bookstore a few months back. Never got around to reading it though. Something to do with a snow witch or something... I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surreptishus Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Rings of Kether was the first FF book I read. I think I chucked it away. I used to read the Marvel versions - I remember the bad endings in those were pretty depressing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pidesco Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 I can give them to you if you want. For free. Of course, if you actually feel obliged to pay me something in exchange for the books, go right ahead. "My hovercraft is full of eels!" - Hungarian touristI am Dan Quayle of the Romans.I want to tattoo a map of the Netherlands on my nether lands.Heja Sverige!!Everyone should cuffawkle more.The wrench is your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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