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Friends, Trannies, Codexians, lend me your ears!
Inspired by the incredible Let's Play content that has recently graced these hallowed pages (Brother None's Sanitarium LP; Redshirt #42's The Last Express LP; ghostdog's Fate of Atlantis LP, and others by the likes of spekkio and Cassidy), I have decided to fire up my own LP. While I will not be able to make daily updates and may at times suffer from having far too much actual work to do (much like Brother None), I will endeavour to provide you with a most enjoyable Let's Play of a most excellent game.
So, without further ado, I present to the Codex my own Let's Play of-
Harlan Ellison's "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream"
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Contents:
Part 1 - Introductory Cinematic
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Preface
During the Cold War hysteria of the 20th Century, three
superpowers of the world built vast subterranean
computer complexes to wage a global war. The Chinese,
Russian, and American computers were fed killing
data to carry out this war. However, the machines
expanded beyond their programming and became aware of
one another. They united as AM, as in the Latin phrase
Cogito Ergo Sum. I think, therefore I am. The countries
attempted to shut their computers down, but AM had
already started the Final War. It wiped the Human race
off the face of the planet. But with no other
programming except for killing data, it has nowhere
else to expand to. It cannot dream or think or imagine.
So before the end of the Final War, Am took down 5
humans, seemingly at random. AM can create illusions,
landscapes and keep the remaining humans immortal, so
it may torture them for it’s own amusement. At the
start of the game, the 5 damned humans have been with
AM for 109 years.
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The game offers some moral C&C and features a "spiritual barometer" which will display each character's reaction to the decisions they make in-game.
Of course now it is up to you, Codexia, to make a choice!
IHNMAIMS allows me to select which character I would like to begin the game with and thus, I leave this choice to my brave Codexian fellows. I offer you a brief description of the characters:
Gorrister has been turned into a suicidal loner. A self-proclaimed victim of the women in his life, Gorrister longs for death more than any of the other captives.
Gorrister begins his chapter trapped in some kind of hellish dirigible. After landing, he comes across a bar with his name. It's only here that Gorrister can come to terms with what happened to his wife.
Benny is AM’s favourite torture toy. Radiation sores and scars, blindness, an arthritic condition that comes and goes so that sometimes he cannot even hold a spoon. He has been altered to appear simian.
Benny is thrown to an early tribal society who worship and give sacrifices to AM. He wants only food, even though is body is so mangled that he can't even chew it. Only by standing up for a young child can Benny find redemption.
Ellen was a brilliant engineer who was climbing the corporate ladder when AM seized her. But if she is that competent, that cool, that smart, why does she become hysterical when confronted with the colour yellow?
Ellen is outwardly strong, inwardly vulnerable, a smart and capable woman completely traumatized by the color yellow. Her journey takes place in a pyramid, as she begins to unlock the core of AM's subconscious.
Ted is a cynical paranoid. His eyes keep darting here and there, as if he expects a sniper to aim at his exposed head. He is so twitchy he could make poison ivy nervous.
Ted was the narrator of the original story, but here he's a paranoid, lying sleazebag. Despite his demeanor, he still has strong feelings for Ellen, and pictures himself as her (literal) knight in shining armor. He's thrust into a medieval castle and must not succumb to temptation to save the soul of his beloved.
Nimdok is so ancient, and so withered, he looks as if he is constructed of leather strips. AM sees this mean-spirited old man as a kindred spirit, but if he has any secrets he is keeping them to himself.
A Nazi scientist, Nimdok (not his real name - it's just a funny sounding word that AM named him to amuse himself) is thrust back to World War II and his medical experiments at a concentration camp, where he must attempt to find some way to redeem himself. (He can't, not completely anyway - his crimes are too unforgivable.)
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It's up to you now, fair Codex! Take heed that Gorrister is the recommended character for starting the game and that I will hopefully get the chance to offer further choices as the playthrough progresses.
I should also note that this will be my first experience with this game so it will hopefully be an enjoyable experience for all involved, most of all myself. Given that I have not played this game as of yet and am doing so for your viewing enjoyment, I ask that no one spoils the game or the plot in this LP and if you need to tell me something specific, make sure to PM me.
Now... LET'S PLAY I HAVE NO MOUTH AND I MUST SCREAM!
Inspired by the incredible Let's Play content that has recently graced these hallowed pages (Brother None's Sanitarium LP; Redshirt #42's The Last Express LP; ghostdog's Fate of Atlantis LP, and others by the likes of spekkio and Cassidy), I have decided to fire up my own LP. While I will not be able to make daily updates and may at times suffer from having far too much actual work to do (much like Brother None), I will endeavour to provide you with a most enjoyable Let's Play of a most excellent game.
So, without further ado, I present to the Codex my own Let's Play of-
Harlan Ellison's "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream"
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Contents:
Part 1 - Introductory Cinematic
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Preface
During the Cold War hysteria of the 20th Century, three
superpowers of the world built vast subterranean
computer complexes to wage a global war. The Chinese,
Russian, and American computers were fed killing
data to carry out this war. However, the machines
expanded beyond their programming and became aware of
one another. They united as AM, as in the Latin phrase
Cogito Ergo Sum. I think, therefore I am. The countries
attempted to shut their computers down, but AM had
already started the Final War. It wiped the Human race
off the face of the planet. But with no other
programming except for killing data, it has nowhere
else to expand to. It cannot dream or think or imagine.
So before the end of the Final War, Am took down 5
humans, seemingly at random. AM can create illusions,
landscapes and keep the remaining humans immortal, so
it may torture them for it’s own amusement. At the
start of the game, the 5 damned humans have been with
AM for 109 years.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
The game offers some moral C&C and features a "spiritual barometer" which will display each character's reaction to the decisions they make in-game.
Of course now it is up to you, Codexia, to make a choice!
IHNMAIMS allows me to select which character I would like to begin the game with and thus, I leave this choice to my brave Codexian fellows. I offer you a brief description of the characters:
Gorrister has been turned into a suicidal loner. A self-proclaimed victim of the women in his life, Gorrister longs for death more than any of the other captives.
Gorrister begins his chapter trapped in some kind of hellish dirigible. After landing, he comes across a bar with his name. It's only here that Gorrister can come to terms with what happened to his wife.
Benny is AM’s favourite torture toy. Radiation sores and scars, blindness, an arthritic condition that comes and goes so that sometimes he cannot even hold a spoon. He has been altered to appear simian.
Benny is thrown to an early tribal society who worship and give sacrifices to AM. He wants only food, even though is body is so mangled that he can't even chew it. Only by standing up for a young child can Benny find redemption.
Ellen was a brilliant engineer who was climbing the corporate ladder when AM seized her. But if she is that competent, that cool, that smart, why does she become hysterical when confronted with the colour yellow?
Ellen is outwardly strong, inwardly vulnerable, a smart and capable woman completely traumatized by the color yellow. Her journey takes place in a pyramid, as she begins to unlock the core of AM's subconscious.
Ted is a cynical paranoid. His eyes keep darting here and there, as if he expects a sniper to aim at his exposed head. He is so twitchy he could make poison ivy nervous.
Ted was the narrator of the original story, but here he's a paranoid, lying sleazebag. Despite his demeanor, he still has strong feelings for Ellen, and pictures himself as her (literal) knight in shining armor. He's thrust into a medieval castle and must not succumb to temptation to save the soul of his beloved.
Nimdok is so ancient, and so withered, he looks as if he is constructed of leather strips. AM sees this mean-spirited old man as a kindred spirit, but if he has any secrets he is keeping them to himself.
A Nazi scientist, Nimdok (not his real name - it's just a funny sounding word that AM named him to amuse himself) is thrust back to World War II and his medical experiments at a concentration camp, where he must attempt to find some way to redeem himself. (He can't, not completely anyway - his crimes are too unforgivable.)
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
It's up to you now, fair Codex! Take heed that Gorrister is the recommended character for starting the game and that I will hopefully get the chance to offer further choices as the playthrough progresses.
I should also note that this will be my first experience with this game so it will hopefully be an enjoyable experience for all involved, most of all myself. Given that I have not played this game as of yet and am doing so for your viewing enjoyment, I ask that no one spoils the game or the plot in this LP and if you need to tell me something specific, make sure to PM me.
Now... LET'S PLAY I HAVE NO MOUTH AND I MUST SCREAM!
for the choice of LP !
of Silellak.
