TOPIC: La Fuga - True Dungeon on Steriods

The Great Escape<br /><br />From http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.03/lafuga.html <br /><br />"I just fought my way up a wind tunnel, scrambled through a ventilation duct, clambered across 40 yards of rope netting, rolled under a fence, and burrowed through a mass of grapefruit-sized plastic spheres. Now I'm facing two doors. One leads to freedom. The other to a room with something nasty in it, possibly involving torture.<br /><br />I've got a full sweat going, my pulse is hammering, and the countdown on my wrist-mounted navigation unit tells me I'm running out of time. Minutes ago, a pictogram flashed up at me on a video monitor. Now I have to match it to one of a dozen symbols on a column between the two doors. Pick the correct one and I'm free. Mess up and I'm toast. I make my choice. Bzzzt. The door to my right swings open to reveal a large chair bristling with wires and leather straps.<br /><br />Until this moment, I thought I had mastered La Fuga.<br /><br />This medieval-looking electric chair sits deep inside an old bank in Madrid. The building has been remodeled to house La Fuga, a real-life role-playing game. Think of La Fuga (The Escape) as a $20 million cross between Halo and laser tag. The goal is simple: Decipher visual riddles to navigate and escape Mazzina, a high tech prison."<br /><br />There is more in the Wired article.  I wonder what TD could look like with $20 million.<br /><br />

Even more tokens?

Sounds awesome.  Too bad it won't be open in the US until next year.  <br /><br />We should invite Josh McHugh to try True Dungeon. 

Interesting, but I hope its modular or it seems it would get old fast.  Just ramping up the difficulty on the same layout won't make for repeat customers. 

<br />Sounds awesome.  Too bad it won't be open in the US until next year.  <br /><br />We should invite Josh McHugh to try True Dungeon.  <br />

<br /><br />If someone has more net savy than me -- and can find an email address or something -- I will invite them to Indy.  It might be fun to meet them -- especially since they are coming to NYC.<br /><br />Ahem...can either Douglas help out here?

Um, guys not to be a smart alec, but he is the writer/contributing editor of that article so his email is at the end of the article:<br /><br />Even though I've never seen anything like it, the game somehow seems familiar. Then, on the flight home, it hits me: Eight years ago I went on a hardcore Doom jag for a few months and started having dreams that took place inside the game. That's what playing La Fuga feels like. It's a fully realized dream sequence. One thing I'm painfully aware of during my 13-hour plane ride: Falling down in a real-world game definitely leaves a real-world bruise.<br /><br />Contributing editor Josh McHugh (joshmchugh.net) wrote about recycled dotcoms in issue 14.02.

<br />Um, guys not to be a smart alec, but he is the writer/contributing editor of that article so his email is at the end of the article:<br /><br />Even though I've never seen anything like it, the game somehow seems familiar. Then, on the flight home, it hits me: Eight years ago I went on a hardcore Doom jag for a few months and started having dreams that took place inside the game. That's what playing La Fuga feels like. It's a fully realized dream sequence. One thing I'm painfully aware of during my 13-hour plane ride: Falling down in a real-world game definitely leaves a real-world bruise.<br /><br />Contributing editor Josh McHugh (joshmchugh.net) wrote about recycled dotcoms in issue 14.02.<br />

<br /><br />Doh!  You beat me too it. 

So since I provided that, does this mean I have to change my name to douglas? <br />My middle initial is a D, but my middle name isn't douglas.  hehehehe<br />

<br />So since I provided that, does this mean I have to change my name to douglas? <br />My middle initial is a D, but my middle name isn't douglas.  hehehehe<br />

<br /><br />I think you should change it!  Given the powers of observation you demonstrated, the name Douglas would be fitting.  <br /><br />LOL!  Kidding. 

*sniffle, sniffle* But. . .  but. . . I like my middle name.*bottom lip wibble* Aren't there enough douglas's?  I mean come on, y'all really wouldn't want me to go and change now, would you?<br /><br />Oh and for a hopefully extra star:<br /> www.negone.com/web/contactar <br /><br />Thats to contact the company that puts on La Fuga.

I knew someone who's middle initial was D. It turns out it was for Dee.<br />David (S.)

Thats funny. hehehehe<br />But my middle name is part of the story of my first name, therefore I would never think of changing it. <br />I like my name, its unusual, like me. *smiles*<br />Teehee<br />