Comments on: The GET LAMP Coin http://inventory.getlamp.com/2010/02/19/the-get-lamp-coin/ GET LAMP and Interactive Fiction Mon, 03 Oct 2011 15:21:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: edjusted http://inventory.getlamp.com/2010/02/19/the-get-lamp-coin/comment-page-1/#comment-7404 edjusted Fri, 05 Mar 2010 04:59:23 +0000 http://inventory.getlamp.com/?p=229#comment-7404 That's great. I wish I got a Zorkmid coin when I bought the original Zork for my Apple II. :( Ah, the memories... That’s great. I wish I got a Zorkmid coin when I bought the original Zork for my Apple II. :(

Ah, the memories…

]]> By: Sean Huxter http://inventory.getlamp.com/2010/02/19/the-get-lamp-coin/comment-page-1/#comment-7387 Sean Huxter Thu, 04 Mar 2010 01:20:15 +0000 http://inventory.getlamp.com/?p=229#comment-7387 You nailed it, Jason. Those feelies invested a person in the game in a physical way that would have been much more difficult without them. I still have a couple of Wishbringer stones. The amazing thing is how it is made of the typical yellowish glowy plastic but the thing glows BLUE! When I submitted Piracy 2.0 into the IF Comp 2008, I created a number of physical "purple datacubes" which I make available at mailing cost, and a blueprint people could print out. These things add a physical connection to a game that can't be underestimated. I still sometimes wear my "Don't Panic" button. You nailed it, Jason. Those feelies invested a person in the game in a physical way that would have been much more difficult without them.

I still have a couple of Wishbringer stones. The amazing thing is how it is made of the typical yellowish glowy plastic but the thing glows BLUE!

When I submitted Piracy 2.0 into the IF Comp 2008, I created a number of physical “purple datacubes” which I make available at mailing cost, and a blueprint people could print out.

These things add a physical connection to a game that can’t be underestimated.

I still sometimes wear my “Don’t Panic” button.

]]> By: therealeasterbunny http://inventory.getlamp.com/2010/02/19/the-get-lamp-coin/comment-page-1/#comment-7358 therealeasterbunny Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:21:00 +0000 http://inventory.getlamp.com/?p=229#comment-7358 *COOL!* We get a coin as well! Now thats what I call a real DVD bonus feature :) IT IS DARK! YOU MAY UNKNOWINGLY BE GIVEN A SPECIAL COIN! *COOL!*

We get a coin as well! Now thats what I call a real DVD bonus feature :)

IT IS DARK!
YOU MAY UNKNOWINGLY BE GIVEN A SPECIAL COIN!

]]> By: The Red King http://inventory.getlamp.com/2010/02/19/the-get-lamp-coin/comment-page-1/#comment-7232 The Red King Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:24:45 +0000 http://inventory.getlamp.com/?p=229#comment-7232 I carried the Wishbringer stone around for years. Since it was fairly flat and could float, I used it as a recoverable skipping stone. Until I lost it. I hope whoever found it was awed and amazed by it. Thanks, Jason! I can't wait to find this in the mail. I carried the Wishbringer stone around for years. Since it was fairly flat and could float, I used it as a recoverable skipping stone. Until I lost it. I hope whoever found it was awed and amazed by it.

Thanks, Jason! I can’t wait to find this in the mail.

]]> By: Brad Jewell http://inventory.getlamp.com/2010/02/19/the-get-lamp-coin/comment-page-1/#comment-7200 Brad Jewell Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:05:21 +0000 http://inventory.getlamp.com/?p=229#comment-7200 ;o) Totally unexpected and amazingly looked foward to. This project gets better all the time. Thanks for all your hard work. ;o)
Totally unexpected and amazingly looked foward to.
This project gets better all the time.

Thanks for all your hard work.

]]> By: Joline Desrosiers http://inventory.getlamp.com/2010/02/19/the-get-lamp-coin/comment-page-1/#comment-7196 Joline Desrosiers Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:56:08 +0000 http://inventory.getlamp.com/?p=229#comment-7196 That is so cool. I love my Zorkmid and all the rest of the feelies. They were the primary reason behind my collecting all the games in their original packaging. The coin just makes the whole thing even more special. I really can't wait to see this! That is so cool. I love my Zorkmid and all the rest of the feelies. They were the primary reason behind my collecting all the games in their original packaging.

The coin just makes the whole thing even more special. I really can’t wait to see this!

]]> By: Drew Wallner http://inventory.getlamp.com/2010/02/19/the-get-lamp-coin/comment-page-1/#comment-7191 Drew Wallner Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:16:29 +0000 http://inventory.getlamp.com/?p=229#comment-7191 This post gave me a warm fuzzy and made me think back to the old days of cloth maps in Ultima boxes. Jason, have you by any chance ever seen one of the (first generation) Playstation games made by a small company called Working Designs? They were amazing, and included such pack-ins as a cloth map, a hard-bound instruction book with bookmark ribbon, a soundtrack CD and a making-of documentary (obviously, a by-fanboys for-fanboys experience). This post gave me a warm fuzzy and made me think back to the old days of cloth maps in Ultima boxes.

Jason, have you by any chance ever seen one of the (first generation) Playstation games made by a small company called Working Designs? They were amazing, and included such pack-ins as a cloth map, a hard-bound instruction book with bookmark ribbon, a soundtrack CD and a making-of documentary (obviously, a by-fanboys for-fanboys experience).

]]> By: Ryan van Barneveld http://inventory.getlamp.com/2010/02/19/the-get-lamp-coin/comment-page-1/#comment-7188 Ryan van Barneveld Fri, 19 Feb 2010 20:07:35 +0000 http://inventory.getlamp.com/?p=229#comment-7188 Wow. Can’t wait. I was a member of the Adventurer’s Club, but my address has changed. I sent you the new one 3 months ago, but never got a response. Any chance you can confirm you’ve got it on file? I would really appreciate it! I’ll have to re-watch BBS in preparation for this one. Wow. Can’t wait. I was a member of the Adventurer’s Club, but my address has changed. I sent you the new one 3 months ago, but never got a response. Any chance you can confirm you’ve got it on file? I would really appreciate it!

I’ll have to re-watch BBS in preparation for this one.

]]> By: Gnome http://inventory.getlamp.com/2010/02/19/the-get-lamp-coin/comment-page-1/#comment-7186 Gnome Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:32:38 +0000 http://inventory.getlamp.com/?p=229#comment-7186 Thank you. No, really, thank you! Thank you. No, really, thank you!

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