March 21, 2007


My computer cheats.

So, with the stress of convention bearing down, I like to relax a little with some computer gaming. And what could be more relaxing than a little backgammon? OK, not my first thought either...but it was a free download. So, why not.
Now, if you don't know backgammon, this will be absolutely meaningless to you. But if you do...
My suspicions were aroused after getting creamed in the first game. And the second. And the third. But the fourth was mine. All mine.
I'm up 8-0, he's still got pieces stuck in my home.
Then it happens.
I stop scoring. Bad numbers. I shuffle my pieces around in the vain hope of scoring, but it just wasn't happening.
Meanwhile, here's how the PC's game goes:
Double.
Double.
Double.
Score.
Score.
Double(score x4)
Score.
Score.
Double(score x4)
...and so it goes, until I'm left with 8 pieces on the board, all in the 2/3 position, and rolling a 5/1...four times in a row. The PC? Three pieces in the one position.
I think to myself,"if the PC rolls a double one (which would win him the game), I'm uninstalling this game." The result?
The game is no longer on my computer.

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