I’d really like to eat a human
Iris and I have a new video game obsession: Tasty Planet.
You begin as a microorganism, created in a lab as a revolutionary bathroom cleanser. But you swiftly grow out of control, feasting on paramecia, insects, toys, rats, and so on. We haven’t gotten very far, but I note that the last section of the game is called Cosmos.
Iris is wondering when we’ll get to eat people. “I’m not sure that’s in the game,” I said.
“No, it is,” she insisted. Either she is just overenthusiastic, or she can decompile code with her brain, like D.A.R.Y.L.
Tasty Planet is $20 for Mac or PC.
Comment by Chris
Excuse me, a microorganism made as a bathroom cleanser? You used to work in a lab. Does it make sense? Does it seem like a reasonable bioremediation proposition? I just feel like microbial toxic waste reclamation going on in the bathroom would generate some pretty nasty byproducts — sulfurs, methanes, things of that nature.
Ask Iris what she thinks.
Posted on June 22, 2007 at 5:00 pm
Comment by mamster
Look, when the scientists threw the rampaging gray goo into the ocean and it ate a dolphin, I cried real tears.
Of laughter, but still.
Posted on June 22, 2007 at 6:01 pm
Comment by Chris
Oh, scientists…their solution is always to throw their rampaging goo into the ocean, isn’t it?
Posted on June 22, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Comment by heather
seriously, not twelve minutes ago, i was telling my husband, “i remember reading the memoirs (?) of the actual von trapp family, when they went around the world, singing, and stuff…
they stayed with a cannibal tribe, and maria asked what was the most delicious part of a person was. she patted her behind, like “yes? is this most tasty?” (not suggestively.)
the cannibals assured her that oh, no, people-behind is quite tough. the palms of the hand and the cheeks are the most tender and tasty.”
think of this comment as a little gamefaqs.com walkthrough of the final level of your little game, and via con dios.
Posted on June 22, 2007 at 9:56 pm
Comment by mamster
The final level? I want to know which planet is most tasty. I assume Earth tastes like a salad with bacon bits, but I have also heard that the rings of Saturn are made of feuilletine.
Posted on June 23, 2007 at 6:00 am
Comment by Neil
Mmmmm… crispy.
Posted on June 23, 2007 at 8:07 am
Comment by Stephen
We, too, have become addicted to it. “Come see this,” Misty told me, “it’s like a paramecium saw Katamari Damacy and got ideas.” Now Eli demands we play it.
Posted on June 25, 2007 at 12:41 pm
Comment by mamster
Today we ate a blimp!
Posted on June 25, 2007 at 7:58 pm
Comment by heather
i LOVE katamari! “katamari, do your best!”
wooooooooooooo!
Posted on June 27, 2007 at 8:12 pm