"Callahan's Crosstime Saloon"-Adventure

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"Callahan's Crosstime Saloon"-Adventure

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Vor bald 20 Jahren habe ich dieses Spiel gekauft und als alter Spider Robinson-Fan mich immer wieder über die Puns schlappgelacht -- der Programmierer scheint ähnlich süchtig nach sowas zu sein wie der Autor selbst.

"It is operated by an aging carrier, Ivor Raseedin Airline" ... darauf muss man erst mal kommen ...

Zum Spiel:
The bar is run by Mike Callahan. The regulars are welcoming and willing to listen to any visitor's problems, no matter how strange, but do not snoop if a visitor is unwilling to share. Strange and unusual events and visitors turn up with frequency in the stories. Regulars at Callahan's include a talking dog, several extraterrestrials and time travelers, an ethical vampire, a couple of Irish mythological beings, and an obscenity-spewing parrot. The stories make heavy use of puns. Irish whiskeys are the preferred beverage, with Tullamore Dew and Bushmills mentioned in nearly every collection of shorts or novel that references the saloon. The stories are seen by some as an homage to Fletcher Pratt and L. Sprague de Camp's Tales from Gavagan's Bar and Arthur C. Clarke's Tales from the White Hart.

In 1997 Legend Entertainment released a graphic adventure game for the PC, designed by Josh Mandel (of Freddy Pharkas: Frontier Pharmacist fame), based on the series. The player controls Jake Stonebender (narrator of the books) through a series of bizarre adventures. Included in the game are several songs performed by Spider Robinson himself, which can be heard by talking to the pianist in the bar and asking for "one of your specialties".
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Würde mich freuen, mal zu lesen, ob das noch wem gefallen hat.
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