FROM:MRS. LADAWA SESE-SEKO ATTN: I AM MRS.LADAWA SESE-SEKO WIDOW OF LATE PRESIDENT MOBUTU SESE-SEKO OF SILVERNETWORKS? NOW KNOWN AS SILVERNETWORKS, INC (SNI). I AM MOVED TO WRITE YOU THIS LETTER, THIS WAS IN CONFIDENCE CONSIDERING MY PRESENT CIRCUMSTANCE AND SITUATION. I ESCAPED ALONG WITH MY DUDE AND TWO HEAPS OF RUBBISH RABBIT AND CONEY OUT OF HOUSTON TEXAS (HSTN) TO MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE WHERE MY FAMILY AND I SETTLED, WHILE WE LATER MOVED TO SETTLED IN PROVO WHERE MY HUSBAND LATER DIED OF SANITATION STRIKE. HOWEVER DUE TO THIS SITUATION WE DECIDED TO RELEASE MY HUSBAND'S GAME OF DUDE DEPOSITED IN SWISS BANK DEPOSIT BOX AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE ON WEB PAGE FOR SAFE PURPOSE BECAUSE THE NEW HEAD OF SILVERNETWORKS OF (DR) MR LAURENT KABILA HAS MADE ARRANGEMENT WITH THE SWISS GOVERNMENT TO FREEZE ALL MY LATE HUSBAND'SOFTWARE DEPOSITED IN SOME EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. HENCE MY CHILDREN AND I DECIDED LAYING LOW IN AFRICA TO STUDY THE SITUATION TILL WHEN THINGS GETS BETTER, LIKE NOW THAT PRESIDENT KABILA IS DEAD AND THE SON TAKING OVER(JOSEPH KABILA). ONE OF MY LATE HUSBAND'S SOFTWARES IN SOUTHERN FRANCE WAS CONFISCATED BY THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT, AND AS SUCH I HAD TO CHANGE MY IDENTITY SO THAT MY SOFTWARE WILL NOT BE TRACED AND CONFISCATED. I HAVE DEPOSITED THE SUM OF SEVENTEEN CENTS (US .17) WITH A SECURITY COMPANY , FOR SAFEKEEPING. THE FUNDS ARE SECURITY CODED TO PREVENT THEM FROM KNOWING THE CONTENT. WHAT I WANT YOU TO DO IS TO INDICATE YOUR INTEREST THAT YOU WILL ASSIST IN FINISHING THE DUDE GAME, NO MATTER HOW ANNOYING IT GETS. I WANT YOU TO ASSIST IN PLAYING THIS GAME, BUT I WILL NOT WANT MY IDENTITY REVEALED. I WILL ALSO WANT TO BUY RABBIT CHOW AND RUBBISH AND ALSO FAST FOOD ITEMS LIKE CHEESEBURGERS FROM OTHER SAFE AND NON-SPECULATIVE RESTAURANTS. MAY I AT THIS POINT EMPHASIS THE HIGH LEVEL OF CONFIDENTIALITY, WHICH THIS GAME DEMANDS, AND HOPE YOU WILL NOT BETRAY THE TRUST AND CONFIDENCE, WHICH I REPOSE IN YOU IN CONCLUSION, IN THE EVENT YOU ARE INTERESTED TO ASSIST US I WILL LIKE YOU TO CONTACT MY LAWYER WHO I HAVE STATIONED IN HOLLAND TO WITHNESS THE GAMEPLAYING TO ITS CONCLUTION.YOU CAN REACH HIM ON IS DIRECT LINE WHICH IS +31-613 364 608 OR VIA MAIL lokoh_daniel@rediffmail.com HIS NAME IS DANIEL LOKOH AND I HAVE THE FULL TRUST IN HIM. I SINCERELY WILL APPRECAITE YOUR ACKNOWLEDGMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. REGARDS, MRS LADAWA MOBUTU. SESE SEKO.
Duuuude. You get an 11!
Posted by ladd at May 5, 2003 08:15 PM | TrackBackI can't be bothered to read all caps text. Ugh
Posted by: strobe on May 5, 2003 08:24 PMWhat a marvellous comment, strobe. Concise, witty, well-informed. You are correct, of course, in that prose written entirely in capital letters makes for very difficult reading, and greatly reduced comprehension of the subject matter.
Unfortunately, however, your comment ignores the single salient fact that makes this such a good review (all right, it may well be a steaming pile of haemorrhagic rhinoceros stools, but it would be so much more difficult to defend it if I admitted that, would it not?) It is authentic in look and feel.
The incessant and troublesome spam letters upon which this review is based, which are basically attempts to hook up a direct suction line to the bank accounts of innocents, are predominantly sent in this format. This serves to make them doubly, triply, and even quadruply annoying. So unfortunately, while your point is well taken, it is also quite blatantly the half-thought-out work of a humorless stooge.
I dare you to prove me wrong, sirrah!
Belvedere, have you finished dusting the shrunken heads? Good, then bring me a bottle of Old Pudenda '42!
Posted by: aussie boy on May 5, 2003 08:44 PMI was struck by the unusually cunning artificial intelligence that was employed. As I progressed through each level it seemed to get harder. I'm wondering if somehow these fellows hacked the Doom III engine?
By the way, don't bother to send Mrs. Mobutu any money, she's too honest for that. I know, I tried. If you just give her a credit card number, she'll charge the development expenses as they occur. And you will be on the ground floor of a gaming revolution! I'm gonna be rich!
Posted by: Leibnitz, N. on May 5, 2003 08:53 PMAussie Boy, you missed the reason that these requests for assistance are in all CAPITAL letters. You see, the evil heartless bastards that have frozen the bank accounts of these innocents that are pleading with you have also seized the lower case letters from their computers! And you Strobe, how dare you just ignore the plight of these unfortunates just because you're too special to be bothered to read all CAPS! You're the poster child of what's wrong with the world today. Poor, 3rd world people being raped of their lower case letters while people like you are too lazy to get off your butt and read their e-mail.
Ugh, this whole thing makes me sick. Excuse me while I go puke.
Posted by: U. D. Mann on May 5, 2003 08:58 PMThe download of this game has been removed "due to abuse". Apparently, getting a lot of publicity is considered abuse.
Posted by: fuddes on May 5, 2003 09:52 PMI would venture to suggest that the problem may lie more in self-abuse ...
Posted by: aussie boy on May 5, 2003 11:57 PMaussie: "Old Pudenda '42"? Here in the States we prefer a younger, fresher Pudenda.
Posted by: Not Steve on May 6, 2003 10:05 AMThe structure of PvT is becoming clearer every day. Half the reviews are written by Aussie Boy. The other half are defended/discussed/blabbered about by Aussie Boy. Both halves are now tired and repetitive, just like my comments, your comments, and even ones from that ultimate rarity... a new reader. Call it a day, guys. It was great while it lasted.
Posted by: Wile E. Bitterwhinger on May 6, 2003 10:06 AMShock! Another reader forced to read our inanities. I sympathize with your compulsion to read every printed word you can possibly surf to.
But take heart! You are not forced to read what you dislike. That will only happen when Ashcroft becomes president in 2008.
Posted by: Ladd on May 6, 2003 11:09 AM"Old Pudenda '42?" I can respect you Aussies' commitments to good beer, but I've heard some things about your wines that bother me.
Posted by: The Valrus on May 6, 2003 12:19 PMJust give me an OV, yes OV! Best tasting freshest beer! Just an OV yes an OV, the beer that makes you grin from ear to ear
(taken from a real commercial, by the way). An OV, yes, an OV!
Hummmm.
"Old vagina lager beer!"
Posted by: WangDang Doodle on May 6, 2003 12:29 PMI still can't turn off that goddamm meowing kitty app
Posted by: plesbian on May 6, 2003 03:52 PMWhile E. Bitterwhinger, you old devil! Where have you been hiding yourself? At last, someone with the gumption to take on the mantle "Abuser of the Abusers". Thank you, from the bottom of my small and cankerous heart ...
Posted by: aussie boy on May 6, 2003 08:30 PM