For the happy man! - Collected writings DEPRESSION: Ed Atkins

Or, that we are not limited to verb-noun commands,
such as “take bottle”, “open eyelid”, and so forth. Instead, the
parser supports more sophisticated sentences such as, “put
the bottle and canister in the orifice”, “look under the bed”,
and “drop all except dignity”. The game understands many
common verbs, including “take”, “drop”, “examine”, “render”,
“climb”, “harass”, “close”, “count”, “regret”, “intone”, and many
more. The game also supports commands to the game directly
(rather than taking actions within the FICTIONAL SETTING
of the game), such as “digress” and “weep”, “paraphrase” and
“typeset”, “restart”, and “QUIT”. Limitations are a thing of the
past, lest we forget. Lest we forget that limitations were once
commonplace. Walls, cliffs, oceans, quicksand, etc. “Calmly
await rescue from quicksand”, or “Desperately reach for vine
that looks suspiciously like a snake”. Go for the vine every time;
the game recognises the bold.
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