Playing DIABLO the very first time….
OK. You can do this. Village. Yes. Good.
Click. Click. Highlighted choice: "CAIN THE ELDER."
Click. Voice comes out of speakers waaay too loudly. Reach over quickly, startled, turn
them down. Quick! Mother comes: yells to turn down speakers.
CAIN THE ELDER finished speaking underneath Mother. Follow dirt trail. Oh! A cow!
It moo-ed! Broken fence. Red light on the cemetery glooming out from the monitor.
Oh!
There's the church you were meant to find. Click on the door. Oh! Vocal spiel! Man's
voice (cos you are the Warrior, after all!) speaks, loudly again; too loudly. Reach over;
turn down speakers. Again.
Screen. Is. Blank. Bar at the bottom shows how much longer the thing will take to load.
How much longer will it take to load? What is actually loading? Mysteries abound…
This isn't scary. It's just some stone walls. And a candle standing in the middle. No, not
a candle; a candelabra. Cool. Fiat Lux. A sarcophagus! Cool! Move it Warrior-man,
let's go see what there is inside! (No! No! Stop and save! Click, click, have saved for
the VERY FIRST TIME! Yes!)
Click on the lid. Oh, shit, something's coming out! It's…a skeleton! Come on, Warrior-
man, swing! Hit! Cleave cranium! He's dead! The skeleton is dead! (I suppose he
already dead anyway; don't let that affect the joy sprinting throughout your form.) Oh,
you rule! Victory lap around the room!
What's happening? Damn! Why are they chasing you?! There's FIVE of them…SIX!!
Zombie! Skeleton! THREE scavengers! Other skeleton! Oh, no!
Corner, yes, they can't completely surround you now; swing, swing, swing for your life
Warrior-man! You have no armour and only a little weapon! You are no match for these
evil-dudes! Eyes are clenched shut; you think the mouse will want to die after you finish
playing. Pointer finger hurts from pressing so hard. Open an eye….
OH MY GOSH!
Warrior-man. And. You. KILLED THE BAD GUYS! Victor—no, no victory lap.
Stay. Save. You rock!
EVIL WILL FALL BEFORE THE AWESOME BLADE OF WARRIOR-MAN'S…club?
(How can that be? Clubs have no blade! Try that again…)
Swing! Hit! Fear! Yes, we rock again!
You run out of adrenaline reserves, so you can't play anymore.
(Save and Exit)
OK. You can do this. Village. Yes. Good.
Click. Click. Highlighted choice: "CAIN THE ELDER."
Click. Voice comes out of speakers waaay too loudly. Reach over quickly, startled, turn
them down. Quick! Mother comes: yells to turn down speakers.
CAIN THE ELDER finished speaking underneath Mother. Follow dirt trail. Oh! A cow!
It moo-ed! Broken fence. Red light on the cemetery glooming out from the monitor.
Oh!
There's the church you were meant to find. Click on the door. Oh! Vocal spiel! Man's
voice (cos you are the Warrior, after all!) speaks, loudly again; too loudly. Reach over;
turn down speakers. Again.
Screen. Is. Blank. Bar at the bottom shows how much longer the thing will take to load.
How much longer will it take to load? What is actually loading? Mysteries abound…
This isn't scary. It's just some stone walls. And a candle standing in the middle. No, not
a candle; a candelabra. Cool. Fiat Lux. A sarcophagus! Cool! Move it Warrior-man,
let's go see what there is inside! (No! No! Stop and save! Click, click, have saved for
the VERY FIRST TIME! Yes!)
Click on the lid. Oh, shit, something's coming out! It's…a skeleton! Come on, Warrior-
man, swing! Hit! Cleave cranium! He's dead! The skeleton is dead! (I suppose he
already dead anyway; don't let that affect the joy sprinting throughout your form.) Oh,
you rule! Victory lap around the room!
What's happening? Damn! Why are they chasing you?! There's FIVE of them…SIX!!
Zombie! Skeleton! THREE scavengers! Other skeleton! Oh, no!
Corner, yes, they can't completely surround you now; swing, swing, swing for your life
Warrior-man! You have no armour and only a little weapon! You are no match for these
evil-dudes! Eyes are clenched shut; you think the mouse will want to die after you finish
playing. Pointer finger hurts from pressing so hard. Open an eye….
OH MY GOSH!
Warrior-man. And. You. KILLED THE BAD GUYS! Victor—no, no victory lap.
Stay. Save. You rock!
EVIL WILL FALL BEFORE THE AWESOME BLADE OF WARRIOR-MAN'S…club?
(How can that be? Clubs have no blade! Try that again…)
Swing! Hit! Fear! Yes, we rock again!
You run out of adrenaline reserves, so you can't play anymore.
(Save and Exit)