pOnd, a relaxation game

July 13, 2010 6:11 AM

Relax and play pOnd. Make sure you stay to the end.
posted by The Devil Tesla (7 comments total)

Ah near perfect simulation of a country walk... not been able to get for the last couple of days as it's been chucking it down, so that was great
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 6:33 AM on July 13, 2010

As tiresome as the whole Ebert-centered debate about the legitimacy of games as art has become, perhaps it was worth it if only to have inspired this gem.

Also, every arte game (or commentary thereof) shoulde be requirede to have that manye old-timey wordse in its introe.
posted by Thomas Tallis is my Homeboy at 6:48 AM on July 13, 2010

Was there actually a game there?

All I got were heavy breathing sounds as long as I held down the spacebar and the sense that I was being had.
posted by motty at 7:21 AM on July 13, 2010

So, um, how many screens are there, if you're patient enough to make it through? And is this one of those things that ends with the girl from "The Exorcist" jumping out at you?

(I made it through three screens before giving up, couldn't shake the feeling that it's a prank.)
posted by jbickers at 7:23 AM on July 13, 2010 [1 favorite]

There is no "exorcist girl", but without giving too much away it does take something of a ridiculous left turn near the end in order to make a point about the games-as-art debate. There's about three or four screens, culminating with a pond, and I didn't manage to get the 'best' ending but I chuckled anyway. Worth at least a try.
posted by Monster_Zero at 7:35 AM on July 13, 2010

I felt the same way, jbickers, when I visited the Hirschhorn Museum. Art!
posted by flechsig at 7:39 AM on July 13, 2010

Bah! I thought we'd at least get Rick Astley performing his rancid song........
posted by Monkeymoo at 7:50 AM on July 13, 2010