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Underground Rivers - University of New Mexico

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Chapter 27 -- Virtualizing the Imagined: <strong>Underground</strong> River Games<br />

Timeline, a video game based on Michael<br />

Crichton's novel, features dungeons, great<br />

halls <strong>of</strong> French castles, jousting tournaments<br />

and <strong>of</strong> course an underground rivers.<br />

The twelfth main island to be released on Poptropica is Mythology Island.<br />

How to Cross the River Styx in Mythology Island<br />

The answer to that is to stand right where Charon is. Then, all you need to do is avoid the<br />

flaming skulls by ducking down and the snapping monster jaws by jumping up. It’s really that<br />

easy because if you’re standing in this spot you’ll be in a perfect position to avoid the falling<br />

stalactites as well. Trust the guy piloting the boat to know the best place to stand!<br />

Many video games can be thought <strong>of</strong> as board games in which boards are stacked one above<br />

each other, vertical tunnels being routes. A virtual river can thus be more dimensional than its<br />

counterpart on the surface.<br />

For the virtual adventurer, such a watercourse can facilitate exploration, but then again, it can<br />

make it more dangerous. Monopoly marches around the square, never shoots underneath. Clue<br />

at least had two secret passages.<br />

Winning requires mastering the map, most <strong>of</strong>ten by trial and error. Shown below are<br />

underground river layouts.<br />

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