Merlin Fisher wrote:
"Eye of Argon," in the grand tradition of "so bad it's bad," is all over the Internet.
And it's the centerpiece of a late-night-at-the-science-fiction-convention party game I'm really fond of (this used to be an active tradition at cons; it's a bit old-school now but I devote a little energy every year to trying to keep it alive ...)
The sober version: Happy geeks sit in a circle, and read
Eye of Argon aloud, as dramatically as possible (do the voices! do the voices!). If the reading is insufficiently dramatic, the others boo and the current reader must pass the copy to the next reader. If the reader giggles or laughs, he has forfeited and must pass the copy to the next reader. If any smart-ass po-faced bastard manages to keep right on reading it dramatically without giggling or laughing for more than a couple of pages, the others pelt him with food and he must pass the copy to the next reader. Continue until the epic tale is completed, circling as many times as necessary.
The drunky version: Same thing, except when you pass from booing or pelting, you take a shot. If you pass from giggling or laughing, you take TWO shots.
I'd love to see an actual IF adaptation done. I like imagining how to implement the lockpicking puzzle in a way that would be true to the original and still "fair" on IF grounds
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