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xiphias ([personal profile] xiphias) wrote2008-08-09 07:12 pm

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One of the things I like about small children is watching them learn, experiment, and figure out the world.

With older babies, and younger toddlers, they sometimes look like someone playing a text adventure

>TAKE LION
You take the stuffed lion.

>DROP LION
Dropped.

>TAKE LION
You take the stuffed lion.

>DROP LION
Dropped.

>TAKE LION
You take the stuffed lion.

>TAKE EGG
You take the plush egg.

>I
You have:
A stuffed lion
A plush egg

>PUSH LION
Nothing happens.

>PULL LION
Nothing happens.

>PUSH LION
Nothing happens.

>USE LION WITH EGG
You can't use those two items together.

>USE EGG WITH LION
You can't use those two items together.

>USE LION WITH EGG
You can't use those two items together.

>DROP LION
Dropped.

>EAT EGG
You can't eat that!

>EAT LION
You don't have the lion.

>GET LION
You take the stuffed lion.

>EAT LION
You can't eat that!

[identity profile] bikergeek.livejournal.com 2008-08-10 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
This is probably a good thing. YouTube at least offers an element of interactivity. (Hopefully the various copyright holders don't end up shutting it down.)