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Trainspotting Simulator
I'm embarrassed to say that I didn't immediately realize this was a joke. I thought, 'Sure. I can imagine a game where you have to identify different types of trains.' Then I looked at the game controls: Wait, Wait, Wait Some More, Blink, Wait, Have a Cup of Tea, Wait, etc. (via Bifurcated Rivets)
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Categories: Websites Posted by Alex on Tue Jan 04, 2005 |
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That was pretty funny.
Posted by Reynard Muldrake on Tue Jan 04, 2005 at 08:14 AM
Was funny....why go to the trouble to make the website though
Posted by Darren on Tue Jan 04, 2005 at 09:54 AM
Doh! I missed the train!
Posted by Nick on Tue Jan 04, 2005 at 10:05 AM
"why go to the trouble to make the website though"
Creativity and amusement?
Posted by Reynard Muldrake on Tue Jan 04, 2005 at 11:09 AM
Creativity and amusement?
There easily COULD be such a game (my brother would have loved it just a couple years ago.)
But this isn't it.
Posted by PlantPerson on Tue Jan 04, 2005 at 12:01 PM
But this isn't it.
"why go to the trouble to make the website though"
No girlfriend, no life.
Posted by Craig on Tue Jan 04, 2005 at 12:11 PM
No girlfriend, no life.
"No girlfriend, no life."
If only we could all be jocks.
Posted by Reynard Muldrake on Tue Jan 04, 2005 at 12:26 PM
If only we could all be jocks.
I loved the game, was playing it for hours...
Posted by davetolomy on Tue Jan 04, 2005 at 01:53 PM
It sounds to me like an excellent simulation of actual trainspotting. People who like spotting trains should like this game too.
Posted by Big Gary C in Dallas, Texas on Tue Jan 04, 2005 at 07:37 PM
There's been two previous train-spotting simulations . Sensible Software (of Cannon Fodder and Sensible Soccer fame) produced "Sensible Trainspotting" for the Amiga, and Demon Star produced one called "Train Tracking" for the PC in 2003. The difference is that "Sensible Trainspotting" was given away free and was jolly good fun, while "Train Tracking" was, er, not.
Posted by 8 Piece in PA, USA on Tue Jan 04, 2005 at 09:44 PM
Posted by aw on Wed Jan 05, 2005 at 08:40 AM
We live somewhat near the "famous" Horseshoe Curve in Pennsylvania. Much touted as a miracle of 19th century engineering, it's a spot where thousands of railroad buffs visit every year to train-spot, besides visiting various museums, festivals, etc. Went there, once, hosting my brother from further East. Schedule said four trains to cross up or down the Curve over the 2 hours we were there. No trains, but lots of biting flies. No thanks, again. Thought the web-game was pretty funny, though.
Posted by stork in the spiracles of space on Wed Jan 05, 2005 at 11:50 PM
In the Commodore64 days, such a game actually existed. I don't remember the title, but it had "Chernobyl" in it, and was about running a nuclear power plant.
It was very detailed; the manual read like a physics textbook, but once you got the thing up and running, nothing EVER went wrong. You could sit for hours and watch the power output of 130%, and that was it...
Posted by Anders Svenneby in Norway on Thu Jan 06, 2005 at 07:00 AM
It was very detailed; the manual read like a physics textbook, but once you got the thing up and running, nothing EVER went wrong. You could sit for hours and watch the power output of 130%, and that was it...
Transpotting seems much like professional sports, to me, so it's funny that there's some snarking going on between proponents, above.
Both pursuits involve:
Sitting on your butt doing nothing for long periods at a time.
Watching the product of a big corporation (not a local concern) do things.
Being emotionally attached to the successes thereof and believe it validates your life to be associated with it. "We're #1!"
Posted by cvirtue on Thu Jan 06, 2005 at 09:42 PM
Both pursuits involve:
Sitting on your butt doing nothing for long periods at a time.
Watching the product of a big corporation (not a local concern) do things.
Being emotionally attached to the successes thereof and believe it validates your life to be associated with it. "We're #1!"
fuck i didn't think this game was a joke.... honestly :]
Posted by rudeboy in Montreal on Sun Oct 02, 2005 at 01:50 PM
oh boy i could spend hours playing this game! its so much fun! (just kidding)
Posted by Anguirus on Wed May 31, 2006 at 09:31 PM
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