In my youth, victory was a power pellet.: "...There is no toilet."

Friday, May 1, 2009

Remember point and click games? Remember when they told you there was no toilet?

Parson Roscoe said...: o.k. explain the "no toilet" deal....; May 3, 2009 at 1:28 PM
Vic Sage said...: At one point in the house you enter a bathroom and it goes out of it's way to describe that there is no toilet. :); May 4, 2009 at 5:39 AM
Parson Roscoe said...: weird...is that somehow important to the story?; May 5, 2009 at 5:58 AM
Vic Sage said...: Not at all...and that's kind of why it's memorable, because it goes out of its way to tell you there is no toilet.

It would seem that the original computer game did have a normal bathroom but Nintendo was worried that a toilet might offend players.; May 5, 2009 at 4:57 PM
Dax said...: Kinda like how it was a big deal that Hitchcock actually showed a toilet in Psycho.

Of course, that was in 1960.; May 5, 2009 at 10:52 PM