By Kieron Gillen on August 24th, 2010 at 2:39 pm.
Joe Martin was playing this short visual novel earlier, so I decided to join him. Hummingbird Mind is a game about working from home and distractions. It leans more surreal than the hard-realism – there’s a distinct lack of quick-one-off-the-wrist breaks – but certainly catches the mood of doing work. Or not doing work, as is more often the case. Play here.
It is perhaps ironic that I am reading this when I am supposed to be preparing from my viva.
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It is even more ironic that I was playing this AT work.
Don’t tell my bosses!
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This game makes me wish I had a cat and dog to procrastinate efficiently.
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You would think this should feature Facebook (and also RPS) more prominently.
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and e-mail
oh well, at least I don’t have a Facebook, I am a happy man :)
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Just the right thing to distract me from working from home.
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It leans more surreal than the hard-realism – there’s a distinct lack of quick-one-off-the-wrist breaks
And here am I thinking your breaks from writing represented the only time spent not wanking.
*running away very quickly now*
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That was sweet.
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This is the most beautiful 7 pixel font I have ever seen.
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If you want more games about distraction and procrastination, and you can stand text adventures, I strongly recommend <a href="http://ifdb.tads.org/viewgame?id=4glrrfh7wrp9zz7b"Violet, by Jeremy Freese.
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That made me happy.
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Yikes! That didn’t come out right at all. I meant to say: Violet, by Jeremy Freese.
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What a great thingie.
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Yes, I enjoyed that and the quotation at the end.
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That was just lovely.
Gotta sleep now. Awa awa azzzzzzzzzzzzZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ…
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Thank you for finding and sharing
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this game is pretty cool i beat the final boss dumbledore and got the fired ending for playing games at work now i’m homelss and diseased and will probably die soon :) 5 stars/10 out of 10/100%/two thumbs up
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That was almost worth it for the phrase Hummingbird Mind alone.
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A thoroughly enjoyable piece of daydreaming. I wish I could procrastinate like this.
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