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EndMylife, 24
fetish on the username
looking for a male capable of it
i don’t have any mental health issues or childhood issues

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InvisibleAlex – July 24, 2022
i can’t believe i actually downloaded this app

BrainsDeep – July 22, 2022
Prefer my meat a bit more aged

uncutlog – July 22, 2022
Reading up on it
Learning from videos
Thinking about it
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EndMylife (Owner) – July 21, 2022
sex addicted idiots can save themselves the cover letter
for sex search → one door further ►other victim
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ohmygash, 19
Hey im lewis. I want you to do horrible things things to me that you like. Commit unknown atrocities.

(Sadly my last profile got hacked. I lost more than 200 positive comments from satisfied men. But feel free for yourself to check if they were right.)

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djwolford – July 15, 2022
Maybe I would take you to a mountain to where a monster is said to live. You’d be tortured and then disemboweled to lure the monster out who would then proceed to continue gutting you and maybe eat you.

The_cure_isnt_new – July 15, 2022
I’m pretty sure you already know my thoughts on you.
Do I want to kill you? No.
Do I strongly dislike you because you are annoying? Yes.

ohmygash (Owner) – July 15, 2022
If you had the chance to kill me, would you? I don’t know why, but i just wondered. Not like your opinions really matter, but i was just wondering.

The_cure_isnt_new – July 13, 2022
I would like to dress you in gymnastic leotards then bearhug and wedgie and frontal reverse bear hug you too then wedgieplex you off, so your legs are dangling in the air, in the wedgieplex position. I would like to wedgieplex you up and down, dangling in the air by the butt end of your gymnastics leotards, so that your butt end covering of your leotards turn into a thong, turning your gymnastic leotards in to an aerobics leotard. I would like to use your wedgieplexed body as a human weight, to build up my biceps, by wedieplexing you up and down but your toes would not touch the ground. I would then like to grope around for your balls and grab and squeeze and crush them and twist your cock one way and twist your cock head the other way like opening a bottle top through your gymnastic leotards!

 

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wortthetrouble, 20
Dog looking to meet a genuine owner who wants to own a human dog.
I want to meet someone serious about owning a dog and understands what owning a human dog is all about. Someone able to keep me as their dog and get amazing pleasure from having a dog.
As a human I’m 20 psychologically influenced is also called borderliner or complex post-traumatic stress disorder.
Also into the idea of being a dog completely encased in latex, polished and on display when my owner has guests.
I used to be a gay human so never loved a relationship like that.
I’m not a racist, and I can very well imagine a life in Africa, I don’t need luxury.
I have some money, which certainly enables a much better life for a dog in socially weaker countries like Africa, so my owner could always afford to buy me meat.
I’m a very talkative dog. I’m very clingy also. People say I’m a Femdog, but I am notttt.

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Rexjack – July 17, 2022
I hate naughty people

TheLastBell – July 12, 2022
It has taken me a long time to get here. I’ve been so back and forth in my head because my heart couldn’t settle on a truth about what I want, what I need, and why it’s you. Yes, I am driven by a compulsion that — were it not for your existence — I would truly believe is a mental illness. It’s scary to buck social conventions, and also okay. But each time over the past ten days I’ve inched toward owning you, the end goal I’ve known since the start it would somehow inevitably come to, I fear I will surely come to fail you one day, if I’m not what you want, and the fear of being rejected by a dog who eventually decides I am imperfect is something I don’t think I could recover from.

wortthetrouble (Owner) – July 8, 2022
If your message says “get on your knees dog” I’ll write back to you on my knees with a dildo in my mouth.

 

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LighterFluid, 20
NOTICE: I am now the property of BoysOwner
Contact him for any usage
I am no longer able to say yes or no to you

I am a sub abdl diaper boy from Belarus looking for Daddy.

Necessities:

Age restriction (early bed time, dressed by Daddy, outfits chosen, baths given, soother, plushy)

Little time (colouring, watching little movies or shows, playing with cards or toys)

Mobility restriction (forced to crawl, high chair, feedings via airplane)

Potty restrictions (frequent diapering, stuffers, enemas, no potty privileges)

Chat restrictions (only referring to daddy as Dadda, tinkles not pee, forced little speech)

Discipline (corner time, spankings, no treats, washing mouth out)

As a cradle to grave Catholic, i only have a religious medal around my neck, my rosary, and my bible.

 

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YoweiTheBoyWithTheMagicHole, 23
Famous, super horny, slutty, assilicious slave boy porn star.
European summer tour: Berlin, Munich, Zurich, Paris, Brussels.
MOST IMPORTANT 👉🏻FIST ME.

Comments

Whynotnow – July 20, 2022
Dein arsch ist kaputt

Awaythrow1289 – July 16, 2022
One of the best ways to use a cushiony pair of Asian butt cheeks. They also work wonders as knife holders.

fuckfuckfuck – July 11, 2022
You can reach his third hole.

 

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esotericTwink, 19
Indulging in my floccinaucinihilipilification by mankind.

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anewworld – July 19, 2022
Force him. Force him while he sleeps. Force him while he’s high. He’s high now.

_MasterMind_ – July 18, 2022
For this obedient thing, ecstasy is not primarily ejaculatory.
Somatic rather than phallic.
His cock is just not very important, except as a zone for torment.
His precum and prostate fluid matter far more than his cum.
Writhing, retching, tears, shaking, panting, drooling are unavoidable.
Scream in his face while his pussy grips that fist.
He opens to the beauty and intensity of that truth.

esotericTwink (Owner) – July 14, 2022
My hair is now bleached by chlorine.

WaspHunter – July 2, 2022
If you need a quick nut, please know that he will bore you long before you ever get there.

 

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Tallerthanyouthink, 21
I’m a sick perv looking to become sicker. Message me if you’re sick.

For instance getting fucked in a wound in my stomach is one of my favorite fantasies.

Just an idea. Full of ideas.

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Youngadventurous – July 21, 2022
Me too, that’s why I ended up here.

Tallerthanyouthink (Owner) – July 21, 2022
I used to love myself. I don’t know what changed that I don’t anymore.

Tallerthanyouthink (Owner) – July 16, 2022
You just need to open up the belly a little more I think, slice through the omentum and release some of that tension in the abdomen, maybe try a shallow angle. When I imagine my guts getting fucked, it’s always at an upward thrust, in a slit made somewhere between my pubic bone and navel.

MeatSlut_Xyd – July 16, 2022
Wont be as easy at it seems. Organs are tightly packed. Will feel nothing like pussy or ass. A knife on the other hand…. I’d much prefer to fuck the belly with the knife while fucking the ass from behind while using the other hand to maul the balls.

 

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Let’sPlaythePainGame, 20
Despite my young age and thin build, i have a great butt: small, firm, round, plump with deep crack.

my skinhead Husband says it is built for and begs for a beating. He beats it and uses it as a target for darts or paintball daily.

Now He is interested in having my butt shredded by a martinet or single-tail whip. He feels He does not have the skill with a whip to do it correctly and directed me to find a skilled man to shred my butt raw.

By shredded raw, He means every inch of my butt, including the buttcrack and butthole, covered with cutting welts and bleeding torn flesh tears until it literally rips apart.

i will send private photo of the butt in response to Your message.

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Let’sPlaythePainGame (Owner) – July 6, 2022
Those of you who are assuming my butt is so great and want to protect it, maybe kidnap me. If you do want to kidnap, don’t tell me. Make it a surprise.

 

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policearrest, 18
Looking for a police officer.

If you’ve seen pulp fiction it’ll help understand me.

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SgtRodgers – July 19, 2022
I cut the ziptie when I was done having my fun, but by that time, he was long gone.

policearrest (Owner) – July 11, 2022
If you come off gay in ANY way or do any toxic gay shit we are not a match.

If you want to “fuck” me, you are a motherfucking sociopath and one day, I promise you, you will reap the grotesque evil karma you have put onto others. You will be arrested or better yet, some “gay” guy will fucking castrate you, and you will deserve it for being a fucking monster. People like you make being straight a NIGHTMARE and I promise you your day will come.

I’m really not that angry but holy shit the amount of literal gay psychos on this website is truly mind boggling.

 

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adorableyoungpussyboy, 19
I just went through a really rough time in life and am clean and sober five weeks and very skittish at the moment.
I had an owner for 8 years, now I’m alone because he said I’m too old for him.
I hate small talk, I have plenty of friends that’s boring.
I like walking trails and wooded trails with my zipper down.
I hike at least 3 hours every day typically to complete exhaustion.
I really would like to meet a guy hiking at the end of a day who takes advantage of my exhaustion to slowly cut off my shirt, then my jeans and socks and then my white tighty whity briefs then ties me from a tree limb and does what ever you want.
Ever want to find a guy with a pussy out in the woods and do more than hurt him a little? Now is your chance.
So you could fuck me up then fuck me up.
I had an account before and I deleted it coz I was mad at someone.

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adorableyoungboy (Owner) – July 17, 2022
So turns out I relapsed.
I’m going back to rehab.
I decided to drink a 40 of vodka, and they found me passed out in the woods.
I was covered in blood.
Someone tried to kill me by smashing a rock into my head, I needed 17 stitches in my forehead.
I have a concussion, and my liver is totally shot.
So farewell again.
Hopefully this time, it will be for real, and they wont release me until i’m fully functioning.
Goodbye.

ingaylienable – July 13, 2022
It’s like this girl was deliberately trying to get me to do things to her that would get me arrested.

 

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desperatetype, 18
I used to kinda cut myself a lot… i couldnt find anything that could make an actual cut so i would just have a lot of small scratches all over my wrist. I thought that cutting wasn’t the way to go so I stopped. Then, yesterday, I cut myself on some sharp glass. Out of all places, I cut myself on the wrist, right where the vein is.
I have to admit it felt amazing.
Am I screwed?

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Gqguy – July 10, 2022
For me, the only way to go is Cutters!!!! Oh baby!

xander1208 – July 10, 2022
fucked 17 cutters this year
ask me to name them…
i’d be fucked.

desperatetype (Owner) – July 10, 2022
What’s occurring?

SanR – July 10, 2022
Boring, I once slept with an cutter boy, he just lay there like a corpse, didn’t even make a sound and I was like “come on…. move a little… at least moan… let me know your awake….” it was ridiculous.

Angeal – July 10, 2022
Over rated when you’ve done nothing but fuck cutter boys for the past 2 years. [x

Electric_Emu – July 10, 2022
is hot end of
if its overrated your doing it wrong

Angeal – July 10, 2022
Sex with cutter boys, overrated tbh. Discuss.

desperatetype (Owner) – July 9, 2022
You’re very old but if you have a good dick that should be fine.

my-fucking-mind – July 9, 2022
I just feel like smashing your head into a wall.

xxavier30 – July 9, 2022

desperatetype (Owner) – July 9, 2022
Yes one going down the center of my chest from a Heart operation. one from where a man bit me on my arm until his teeth hit bone. 2 on my hand where my ex boyfriend burned me with a lighter. various burn marks on my other arm where another ex burned it. one on my left middle finger where another guy bit it almost off. little ones where my piercings used to be on my face and ears. and i’ve got a lot of bruises but thats not the topic. i think thats all.

Mr.Hahn – July 9, 2022
You have any scars that aren’t from your gay cutting pish? I love scars **slurp**

 

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destinyofshame, 20
I’m an emotional masochist looking to have my entire life turned upside down! I’m hoping I can get myself into an extremely dark side of the human psyche. PLEASE RUIN MY MIND! I know my place is the garbage. I’d be willing to get forcefully shamed, humiliated, degraded, terrorised, made miserable, anxious, stressed, insecure, given a total nervous breakdown, etc then taken anywhere in the world. It means a lot to me. My name is Messy but you can call me Mess for short.

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destinyofshame (Owner) – July 14, 2022
In that case my dream love would be emo gothic and punk. His aesthetics would be dark purple dreamcore weirdcore or vintage pink and kawaii. He wouldn’t just think about sex and such. He would like to go to cafes or bubble tea shops. He wouldn’t be fat, but he wouldn’t be thin either. It wouldn’t be a problem if I took random photos of him. It wouldn’t cause him any problems holding hands outside. And he would not be too perverted.

Gayestman – July 13, 2022
I was going to say, your photos are like early morning light filtering through the trees, are you absolutely sure about this?

Cuddleslut – July 12, 2022
I am interested in doing the exact opposite of what you’re requesting, namely I want to elevate you to the status of a young god, regarding you as the epitome of human perfection and worship you with every molecule and resource in my body. I have never before in my life seen photographs of a young man who is more worthy of that absolute position.

idontlikehim – July 7, 2022
You don’t look the part.

 

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torquewrench, 23
Looking for a master to help me get my life back together after falling into a deep depression due to the loss of a loved one. Willing to provide for all your desires in return for the type of guidance that will help me make it through this time.

Currently not suicidal, but if after a few months my internal situation hasn’t improved that may be negotiable. For now if you’re interested in helping me stick around this rock a little longer, I will be in your debt in an inexpressible way.

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torquewrench (Owner) – July 16, 2022
I’m not fat, more like skinny fat

nostalgicbattle – July 13, 2022
Sex not necessary, he just wants to eat your shit. Done it once with him, best experience of my life.

torquewrench (Owner) – July 9, 2022
Forgot to say one of my balls cut out surgery, other ball killed by alcohol injections until totally atrophy. This ball still inside but dead. Take now testosterone undecanoate soft capsule to keep a little testosterone level. Penis still can get erected

torquewrench (Owner) – July 4, 2022
Whether you wanna talk video games or cars or whatever or whether you wanna skip the talking and get straight to the point either way is fine by me.

 

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007, 19
Not looking for a master because it’s already there.
Enter here only because of my master’s orders.
To admit that now I’m a sex slave, coquettish and also a transvestite.
The way my young, smooth toned body writhes as it is played with is truly beautiful.
I used to be the one who didn’t like the same sex but now I’m my master’s slave (even though he’s coquettish).
My name was alex Lee.
Sorry if you’re disgusted.
Thanks.

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Johnnyeckert – July 20, 2022
Hhhhhheeees gggaaaayyyy. He’s soooo gayyyyyyyyyy.

neontrees – July 17, 2022
Sorry but Satan requires you take all loads in your ass. Cum is power. All cocks will be accepted in your ass. Fuck you for the glory of Satan! All cocks will be emptied in your ass for the glory of Satan. Sin is your lord!

 

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KaaFan, 18
I’ve been fascinated with the hypnotic serpent Kaa the Snake ever since I was a kid. Hoping to find somebody who looks and acts like him.

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KaaFan (Owner) – July 15, 2022
Itsa me MARIO.

krisbrown – July 13, 2022
He went from an anal virgin to a power bottom in seconds flat.

 

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slicemynutsoff, 19
Nick here, smart, very good looking and well presented college boy. Ever since puberty showed up and ruined my life I’ve fantasied about a man with a knife slicing my nuts off after sex. Apparently it is not that uncommon a fantasy. Anyone want to do it? Around the age of 25 would be good.

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slicemynutsoff (Owner) – July 19, 2022
No rear skull strikes. No gouging out my eyes.

 

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Ragdoll_In_Havana, 19
Pretend like you won’t kidnap me. Ask me to meet you, feed me alcohol and make me sniff amyl then right as I am a ragdoll take me. I will never be seen again.

I’ve been getting turned into a ragdoll since I was 7 years old by many guys from experienced to clumsy idiots, I’m not sure why.

I don’t tell people where I am going, and I don’t call the cops. Do with that what you will. Just a random fact about me 😜

Sorry I do not like getting naked!! Not my thing and that’s what Grindr is for!!

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MegaDestroyer – July 11, 2022
They have the internet in Cuba!?!?!?!?!?!

 

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SherlockHol*es, 20
Hi,

For many years, trying to explain my kinky side had been hard, which has done no favours in getting me anywhere of course. Now seems, with having been able to reflect during the pandemic, a good time to get out where I’ve found myself:

For me, being a sub is a very psychological thing. I need to feel molded in ways that, within morality, betray my true personality. I remember when I was becoming an adult, having thoughts of simultaneously being unnerved, but also fascinated, by the idea of either being drafted into the military or sent to prison, and over time, this grew into rather fantastical scenarios that mixed sex, austerity and humiliation into a potent brew.

Basically, all of the kinky things I’ve longed since for were rooted in the same kinds of themes, just varying situations, and any master that is interested in exploring such themes can expect me to give as much obedience, time and loyalty to them in return as I can give.

This is all of course quite the break from my day-to-day presence, which tends to involve more bright shirts, internet browsing and drinks than the above scenarios broadly do.

Present limits that come to mind include: excessive saliva when kissing, scat, being forced to smoke cigarettes, penetrating others with my penis (in any way). Forced feeding is a touchy area as I am highly vain about my appearance – so discuss with me what I can and can’t do in that regard.

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SadisticLeatherMan1 – July 14, 2022
I love it when cute boys get so scared they shit themselves and piss themselves so hot

Winemedineme69me – July 8, 2022
Blahdiblahblahblah… Christ! Once you gag him he is a whore fag slut whose only limit is that any bruises you leave all over him need to be covered by clothing. But… that’s it.

DoAsISay – July 3, 2022
His ass also has a big mouth.

 

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idesiresuccess, 18
i’m willing to come out as gay but i need someone to take me, use me, make me a whore and act in porn and give me psychodelics to reprogram me into a hyper sexual boy who is horny all the time but can still listen to instructions in such a state because if i have to be gay then i want to be most desired and greatest and badly wanted piece of ass in the world.

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itstheassforme – July 18, 2022
I am dreaming of putting as many fingers in your ass as humanly possible.

idesiresuccess (Owner) – July 15, 2022
I want to be strapped in this chair.

MisterActor – July 9, 2022
he has a such a good ass but that fuckin mind🥵 with him it is not some 24/7 sex fest with him in the center it is hard work.

idesiresuccess (Owner) – July 6, 2022
It make’s me horny if i get aked out a lot.

 

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Oceanandearth, 19
NOTICE: I am now the property of BoysOwner
Contact him for any usage
I am no longer able to say yes or no to you

I just realized I hate women.

Using my mates phone based on Surry Hills/Darlinghurst. I gave up on mobiles a few days ago please pray for my forgiveness.

Today is Saturday the 2 July I’m going to head to King Slappy if the staff members admits me without telling me off “you’re always off your face” but let bygones be bygones and I may have had to have said that. I’m being monikered by fanatics and their sick bandits! Wild I know I may get a foot up my ass!

Otherwise P.S. you may prob find me at some bar called The Den, a legend of a place who will admit me without regard to tactility on my own dew. Otherwise see you around the area or Oxford and please mind the pretty face it’s been happening so much better now.

Pix of me are from this foot fetish instagram page of some mates of mine. I got paid $50 and a bj and it’s been watched +850k times, I shit you not!

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druggercandy – July 17, 2022
I don’t like indecisive bitches, be clear and precise in what you take.

Grzz – July 9, 2022
if you can handle a big cock straight from the fly and not fail to swallow everything, whether it’s piss or juice, and that you agree to stay blindfolded, I’ll take you on as my traveling companion this summer. We’ll go to other traditional guys that you won’t see, but who will be happy to host us in exchange for your services. Our first stop will be tonight at my neighbor’s where we will be joined by his brother-in-law – they hope your ass and throat will live up to their expectations, because, living in the middle of nowhere, it would be very convenient to to be able to count on the presence of a submissive teen on his knees whenever they want to pee or make their juices swallow, or to show the old friend from the area who is a retired policeman that he too would be entitled to it. policeman has already warned that he will speed up whenever he wants to piss, no more, but if your mouth doesn’t waste anything then he’ll be happy to tell other traditional guys around – especially if you remain on your knees blindfolded and have your mouth open – there’s even a few Germans in the area on vacation, former colleagues, more traditional you die, to whom the gendarme would like to present their new urinal. They’re at the hotel on a family vacation, but I’m sure they’ll find a way to come and entrust their juice to you several times a day. The ex-policeman promises that if you mouth behaves well, then they will often drive together – I know a lot of people, he says, and I know where to find all the traditional guys who have been caught get pumped in the area, and so I know exactly who will be happy to lock you up in his home for regular use without fear of being arrested, and moreover he will bugger you in front of others by showing them that he doesn’t undress. I’ll come back tomorrow morning, he’ll say, be ready for the local farmer, he wants to lick your ass licked and he’s bringing you a little chair for you to sit on. He’ll be lying on the floor under the chair, you’ll be blindfolded and hands behind your back, and you won’t stand up until I give the order. Don’t lose sight of the fact that these guys only have you to ensure a regular oil change, and they’re going to want to make the most of it. Other guys do as they please, but as a traditional good guy I will always stay dressed, my big cock will always be limp and the average time my cock will be out of my fly when I piss will only be 30 seconds every 2 hours. – but, you would comply with it wherever we are and in front of anyone, without saying a word, and without protesting when I announce that I am leaving you for a few days this weekend at the local butcher who is installing a sling in the basement for you for the use of delivery men, himself and a few regular customers: you have to obey everyone, that way you better appreciate your master, the retired policeman. Do your job well and your policeman will take you on vacation with his whole family – separate room of course, and absolute discretion guaranteed apart from the owner and the brother-in-law, both oversized where it interests us, says the policeman. I hope you’ll be with me here on vacation, kid.

 

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Hyperkody, 18
I’m only on here in how’s that I can find someone close to me who would fulfill my fantasy of letting me try inside their vacbed before I die!

I also like Spiderman as you can see in my photo, so there it is.

Comments

Hyperkody (Owner) – July 11, 2022
Ok that was really boring and I got horrible leg cramps. See you later.

 

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BlondeTwinkOnTour, 22
I’m Henry, 22 years of age. I was born in UK so I was brought to Jyväskylä, Finland to leave with my grandmother. I am a tennis player and I want to come back to England to continue my tennis career. Thank you.

Comments

trickyhunter – July 10, 2022
You make my imagination huuuge.

 

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BoysOwner, 19
I am a NY- based Master with two fags under my ownership and in training. As part of that training I am now looking to share them for extended sessions with extreme tops. These connections are intended to confirm their submission and hopefully increase their sexual range and usefulness to me.

Boy 1 is LighterFluid

Boy 2 is Oceanandearth

Check their profiles.

Let me know if you are interested in a session with either of these obedient fags. I loan them out only for longer sessions from 3 hours up to full-on weekends to test their stamina and willingness.

Preference given to experienced, brutal BDSM tops who will use them very hard and raw. Heavy SM, perversions, scat, hoods and masks, public use, dungeon, breath control, large groups, bb, drugging, beating, all a big plus. Very few limits. POZ guys very, VERY welcome.

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BoysOwner (Owner) – July 19, 2022
I think you’ll find that will have changed.

whatucallthat – July 19, 2022
I was chasing a great rape experience with Oceanandearth ever since the first time I raped him about a year ago and just never seemed to have much luck.

BoysOwner (Owner) – July 19, 2022
Hardly.

stooge – July 19, 2022
So … LighterFluid is not a diaper wearing daddy seeking fake infant anymore?

 

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snuffboy, 22
I accept my fate.

I’ve had knifes up my ass, been choked out so many times I cant count to 100, and have been tied up for days in a basement and fucked by over 60 guys.

I’m a fuck toy that exists to die.

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BenToast – July 18, 2022
oh great the guy was only unconcioisisiisisisisss (can’t spell) my masters snuffing him again. damn. lol. oh well.

ultraRIsub – July 18, 2022
Hopefully your master is having some rough times and just relieving his stress.
Either way…sorry bro.

BenToast – July 18, 2022
blah its over now, hes dead i guess. but im scarred for life. this has never happened in my 17 years of existence. lol.
but yeah my master came in and hes like “turn your volume down its shaking stuff off my dresser!” and i was like “whatever” and turned it up louder.
I love subwoofers.
I gots 4 of them in my room

BenToast – July 18, 2022
well see i cant sneak out because im on probation… and i have a curfew of 10:00
and since im an adult, its not juvenile probation. its adult probation. which means i get caught and i go to jail for AT LEAST 3 months.

ultraRIsub – July 18, 2022
that is nasty. While its happening your master wont be able to hear you sneak out, so just maybe walk around outside. Off Topic: What kind of speakers you got?

BenToast – July 18, 2022
oh fuck my master is snuffing the guy in this profile in the next room!! he has been going at it for like, 45 minutes or so now.
oh fuck someone help me!!
this is disgusting
i got my music cranked (some of you know how big my speakers are too) and i can still hear them! ewww!!

snuffboy (Owner) – July 1, 2022
I’m into having my cock jacked off violently as i scream from you killing me.

snuffboy (Owner) – July 1, 2022
I’m 6’5″, lot of meat if you’re a cannibal.

snuffboy (Owner) – July 1, 2022
EN/NL – here in Amsterdam or wherever in the world.

 

 

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p.s. Hey. ** Michael Faltskog, Hi, welcome, and thanks! Wow, ‘Loom’, I spaced on that one. Yes, really really good. Thanks again, take care. ** Misanthrope, CD-roms were kind of the only option when you wanted an immersive looking and playing game back when consoles hadn’t caught up technically yet. I hope you ace the blood test, man, and I’m sure you will. Weekend … work, see friends, stress out the last pre-deadline fund-raising worries. Shouldn’t be too great. May yours be. ** Dominik, Hi!!! Thank you about the film stuff. Ha ha, it’s funny or sad how horror movies can be so imaginative except when it comes to the dialogue. I’m having a strange but intense craving for Ritz Crackers so all love has to do today as far as I’m concerned is hand me a box of them, G. ** _Black_Acrylic, Is that true about Dundee? That’s interesting. I’ll search to see what stuff originates there. Have the best weekend possible, friend. ** Steve Erickson, We’ve been delaying the shoot for more than a year hoping for additional funds, and they’ve never come, and there’s no clear route to get them, so, no, we’re done. Waiting to make this film has eaten up more than two years of Zac’s and my lives, and it’s time to figure out how to do it and do it. I’ve had the same problem with the Archive.org games. It’s very annoying. So close and yet … I’ll check out the Don Bradshaw-Lester album, thanks! ** Bill, Hi. Yeah, those games were really interesting. I think their playability would probably be too trudgey in the current day to have the same effect, sadly. I saw your email. I’ll write back to you today. Ace! ** Happy Prince, Well, that’s a hopeful name. And interesting about the princess -> prince switch. I have a lifelong problem with fighting games. I just don’t like them. Even in adventure games, which are more my speed, I usually ask a friend to fight the fighting parts for me. I just like games with lots of exploring and puzzles and complicated environments and stuff, I don’t know why. Well, I guess considering my work, that’s not a surprise. Happy weekend! ** Robert, Hi. Yay, glad you think so. ‘Dust’ was awesome. That same company, Cyberflix, also did the first Titanic game, which was fantastic too. I never played Marbleblast Gold or even knew of it. I’ve heard of Nanosaur. Oh, wow, it’s available. I’ll go try it out. Thanks so much! No, it’s really only when I watch people eat living things that retain the form they had when they were alive. Burgers and steaks and stuff don’t really bother me unless the smell is really strong. Nice reading plans. ‘Frolic’ and ‘Man Without …’ are fantastic. The latter is especially an undertaking. Law school, speaking of an undertaking. I mean, dude, it sure seems like some big part of you will need to actually want to be a lawyer to put yourself through all of that, no? ** John Newton, Hi. There’s a post somewhere in the blog’s archives of my all-time favorite video games that includes a bunch of N64 titles. I never used Commodore64 or Atari. I’m mostly a Nintendo diehard except for a few games I played on borrowed friends’ Xboxes. Wow, yeah, I played some of those games you played. I forgot all about the Carmen San Diego games. Boink. Pretty impressive that you knew a guy who helped design Myst. That game was like ‘2001’ when it first came out. No, we won’t push back the shooting any longer, and there is no professional funding source available to us, unfortunately. I’m not sure what to say about the guy I mentioned who killed himself. Too long a story. ‘Love Come Down’ wasn’t about him. That was about a friend of mine in the early ’80s. I’m far enough away from the L.A./J.T. debacle to see it as a learning experience, yes. Not sure what I learned though. ** Right. This month ends on a Sunday, and I don’t post on Sundays, as you know, so Saturday constitutes this month’s end for all intents and purposes, and that means … slaves. See you on Monday.

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Gadget: Invention, Travel, & Adventure (1993)

‘Gadget: Invention, Travel, & Adventure is a videogame or interactive movie, first released by Synergy Interactive in 1993. It was directed and designed by the Japanese computer graphics artist Haruhiko Shono. For his striking visual style and his mastery of lavish computer graphics at the dawn of the point-and-click adventure game genre, Newsweek named him one of the “most influential people to watch in Cyberspace,” and coined the term “cybergames” to describe his highly-realistic visual games whose visual style have been compared to those of Cyan’s 1993 best-seller, Myst. Gadget resembles a point-and-click adventure game similar to Myst, but with a strictly linear storyline culminating in a fixed finale. Thus it tends to be classified more as an interactive movie rather than a videogame. The story centers around a future dominated by retro technology from the 1920s and 1930s, especially streamlined locomotives and flying machines.

‘The game’s plot takes place in an unspecified (albeit vaguely Eastern European) nation headed by the dictator Orlovsky. The protagonist is a government agent tasked with discovering the whereabouts of a missing scientist named Horselover Frost. He begins his quest in a third-floor room of a luxury hotel (which is in fact the headquarters of the government’s intelligence arm). After collecting his belongings in a suitcase, the protagonist takes an elevator ride to the lobby, during which a boy replaces the case with another identical one containing various spy-related paraphernalia. In the lobby, the government’s intelligence chief briefs the protagonist on his mission. The protagonist then moves to the central railway station. From this point on all the events of the story take place on trains or at the various stations (which include the national science institute) along the nation’s main rail line. The player must engage in scripted conversations with various individuals, each of whom reveals pieces of information that advance the protagonist in his quest.’ — collaged

 

Playthrough

 

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Dust: A Tale Of The Wired West (1995)

‘Dust: A Tale Of The Wired West is an American computer game made for the PC and the Macintosh. It was released on June 30, 1995 and was produced by Cyberflix and published by GTE Entertainment. The game is a point and click western adventure game in which the player, playing a character called The Stranger, travels around a virtual old western desert town in the New Mexico desert in 1882. The characters encountered in Dust are rendered by way of photographs of professional actors given limited animation in sync with dialogue. A later game produced by the same company, Titanic: Adventure Out of Time, uses the same technique.

‘The game begins with a sort of short story. The Stranger, or you, is playing 5-card draw poker with a person named the Kid, the villain of the game in a Saloon. When the Stranger bets his knife, the Kid throws his cards down, and reveals that he has a four of a kind of Aces, with a king for good measure. It beats your full house. As he reaches out to get his share, a Saloon woman remarks that his arm reveals another Ace; meaning he cheated. Infuriurated that the Kid tried to cheat, you stab him in the hand with the knife. The Kid draws his gun, but you’re a quick thinker and throw the table up as a barricade. The Kid fires into the air. The view changes to outside the Saloon. Two more shots are heard, than the Stranger runs out of the Saloon. We can hear a saloon patron yell the words, “Run, Stranger!”

‘After that, the Cyberflix logo flashes on the screen, followed by a series of screens depicting the Stranger walking through a hot, desolate desert. As this happens, the credits roll, and an elderly sounding narrator begins to speak.

‘”The Stranger may have bested The Kid, but he had paid dearly for the privilege. He had no gun, no friends, and only a few dollars in his pocket. If he wanted to live longer than tomorrow, he’d have to find these things. Was he desperate? Let’s be charitable; The Stranger, WAS, when we first met him, crow bait! Granted, Diamondback may not have looked like much either, still, we had everything he needed to survive!” — collaged

 

Dust: A Tale of the Wired West partial play through

 

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The 7th Guest (1993)

‘The 7th Guest, produced by Trilobyte and released by Virgin Games in 1993, is an interactive movie puzzle adventure game. It was one of the first computer video games to be released only on CD-ROM. The 7th Guest is a horror story told from the unfolding perspective of the player, as an amnesiac. The game received a great amount of press attention for making live action video clips a core part of its gameplay, for its unprecedented amount of pre-rendered 3D graphics, and for its adult content. In addition, the game was very successful, with over two million copies sold, and is widely regarded as a killer app that accelerated the sales of CD-ROM drives.

‘The 7th Guest takes place inside an abandoned mansion. Venture into the 22 rooms of the spooky mansion, solve over 20 mind-bending puzzles to unravel a tale of revenge and horror that took place in the 1930s. The owner of the mansion was Henry Stauf, a famous maker of children’s toys. Once a homeless drifter and thief, influenced by a vision in a dream, Henry invented a wondrous doll, so incredibly life-like that it sold like wildfire. Stauf’s toys became popular overnight bringing fame and fortune and changing his rags to riches. But things took a tragic turn when owners of the doll became infected with a fierce and deadly virus. None of those children recovered.

‘After this turn of events Stauf secluded himself inside his estate, stopped making his toys and never came into contact with the outside world for a long time. Something very strange happened when six people receive an invitation to a party at the mansion. By solving the riddles inside Stauf’s “fun house”, you’ll delve into the past to learn what happened to them, and the mysterious 7th guest, on that fateful night. To finish the game, you must solve the puzzles in Stauf’s manor; each solved puzzle will unlock new rooms or new movie sequences to watch. The puzzles are quite varied; there’s the classic “eight queens puzzle”, another puzzle where you need to compose a sentence by rearranging letters, and others. If you get stuck, you can visit the library; a book within will give you hints on the puzzle. If the hints aren’t enough, the puzzle will solve itself automatically once you consult the book enough times.’ — collaged

 

Full Game

 

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The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time (1995)

‘The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time is a computer game developed by Presto Studios and is the second game in the Journeyman Project series of computer adventure games. Published in 1995 by Sanctuary Woods, Buried in Time was a radical change from the original. It is noted for establishing Agent 5 (the player’s character) as Gage Blackwood, which in the original Journeyman Project lacked basic personality features and even a name. It also featured greatly improved graphics and seamless animation as well as many live-action sequences. The PC version was programmed entirely in C++ for improved performance. A PlayStation version was also prototyped, but was never released.

‘As the story begins in the year 2318, six months after the events of the first game, Gage Blackwood (once again controlled by the player) is visited by himself from ten years in the future. Someone has framed the future Gage for tampering with historical artifacts and it is up to the past Gage to visit the past and find evidence to clear his name. Meanwhile, the Symbiotry of Peaceful Beings is deliberating on Earth’s monopoly on time travel technology and this latest trial threatens to close down the Temporal Security Agency (TSA). After joining up with an interesting artificial intelligence being named Arthur, Gage visits locations such as the workshop of Leonardo da Vinci and the Mayan temple of Chichen Itza and eventually find the culprit, Michelle Visard, who is another TSA agent. Gage is kidnapped by her and taken to an old missile silo, where Arthur sacrifices himself to allow Gage to continue his mission. He eventually uncovers that another alien race, the Krynn, are behind the crimes and the framing of Gage, to further their own interests. Gage is able to stop the Krynn and save his future self, and is then mind-wiped and sent back to his own time.’ — collaged

 

Trailer

 

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The Dark Eye (1995)

‘Back in the mid 1990s, some unique stuff happened in gaming, but few things are weirder than the bizarre PC adventure game The Dark Eye: A puppet adventure game based on the works of Edgar Allan Poe and starring one of the 20th century’s most influential authors, William S. Burroughs. The game was released in 1995 for the PC by the now-defunct software company Inscape. Upon its release the game attracted little attention from either critics or consumers, though it has received some attention since and, arguably, cult status.

‘The game featured combined 3-D graphics, clay animation (claymation) and video segments. With its unconventional interface, storyline, and characters, the game’s peculiarity became its selling point. The characters are largely lifelike in appearance except for their clay-modeled faces, which are often distorted or feature grotesquely exaggerated features. This near-realism, sometimes referred to as the uncanny valley, contributed to the game’s ambience of unease and anxiety.

‘The character animation is stop-motion. Inscape did the art design of the puppets (lead artist Bruce Heavin) and had a Hollywood house actually make them. Inscape then hired two stop-motion animators and Russell Lees spent many, many hours in a hot, dark warehouse directing the animations. The working hours were from 7 am to 7 pm for about a month. They created computer-generated screenshots of the environments and shot against blue-screen, and they had a director of photography light them to match the environment.’ — collaged

 

Part 1- Introduction

 

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9: The Last Resort (1996)

‘9: The Last Resort is a 1996 adventure computer game developed by Tribeca Interactive. The game came soon after the release of Myst, which revolutionized the graphic adventure genre. Like Myst, 9 is a graphically-rich 3D prerendered world, taking advantage of high-quality QuickTime video, and solely available on CD-ROM. It was written for the Windows and the Mac OS platforms, unlike most games of the time which ran on DOS platform as well/instead.

‘9 features a large cast of characters, and is rich in character interaction. The game world is populated by bizarre environments, objects and creatures. The game world is designed to represent the limits of man’s imagination. There is a strong musical theme running through the entire game, as evidenced by a majority of the puzzles, including the main recurring puzzle. There is also a strong element of humour in the game.

‘Many of the game’s puzzles are based in a specific musical instrument, such as the drums, guitar, and organ; however, no musical knowledge of these instruments is required to enjoy this game. The gameplay centers on an organ upon which the player can play musical codes. On each “floor” of the resort, the player finds a code sheet containing instructions for playing a short musical piece on the organ. However, each sheet extends the code making it more difficult to interpret. This culminates in the final puzzle in which the player must be thoroughly familiar with the code. This concept has been regarded by players as either a blessing or a curse. The gameplay, coupled with the extremely high hardware requirements and the high cost of the game led to very few sales, and the game was remaindered.’ — collaged

 

Let’s Play 9: Last Resort- Part 1

 

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Eastern Mind: The Lost Souls of Tong-Nou (1994)

‘Eastern Mind is the product of Osamu Sato, an independent Japanese artist who attracted the attention of Sony Imagesoft after some critical acclaim for his music and video work. Sato is perhaps most recognizable for his work on the nightmare simulator LSD. He had great creative control over Eastern Mind, and its themes are fittingly personal. You play as Rin, a man whose spirit is taken by the soul-swallowing island of Tong-Nou. Rin borrows a soul for 49 days and, after receiving an amulet from a friendly snake, takes a trip to Tong-Nou to restore himself.

‘Up until this point, the game sounds like folklore, akin to the story of the trickster raven who steals the sun. All pretensions vanish when Tong-Nou is revealed to be Osamu Sato’s massive, green head floating in space. To get around, you have to climb into his head. Five minutes into the game, and it decides that the best way to depict an exploration of inner creativity is literally.

‘Rin can accomplish little at first, let alone enter the mountain where the kings of Tong-Nou have trapped his soul. To advance, he must die and descend into the Tree of Life. From within the roots, he can “transmigrate” into nine other lives from the four worlds of Tong-Nou: time, life, dreaming, and desire. Each represents a different part of Rin. Through these lives, Rin must collect the five elemental “magatamas” that contain his soul and, essentially, discover himself. Death is frequent but not penalized; going with the Eastern spiritual theme, death represents a new beginning and lets you reselect whichever life you want.

‘Apart from the batshit insane creative direction, Eastern Mind‘s greatest asset is its non-linearity. Each of the nine lives has a different objective which, while ostensibly based in a specific part of Tong-Nou, takes you on a whirlwind tour of the island. As long as you complete all nine at some point, you can follow whatever meandering path through the hub world that you want. At least half of the game’s content is optional, so you can pick and choose what you do to finish each life. To get one important item, for example, you can either find it in a chest or buy it with the aforementioned amulet. Or you can use that amulet as a Get Out of Death Free card.’ — Obscuritory

 

Intro

 

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Return to Zork (1993)

‘Unlike the previous games in the Zork franchise, which were text adventures, Return to Zork takes place from a first-person perspective and makes use of video-captured actors as well as detailed graphics; a point-and-click interface replaced the text parser for the first time in a Zork game. The overall gameplay style was somewhat similar to Myst, although Return to Zork predated Myst by a few months. Unlike Myst, which had no extraspatial dimensions of functionality, Return to Zork featured multiple ways of interacting with each object in the game world, as well as with several non-player characters also present in the world via a menu which appeared on the left side of the screen. It also offered multiple ways to “complete” the game, which encouraged replay.

‘Among the actors who appeared in the game were a number of instantly recognizable (by face, if not necessarily by name) character actors as well as a number of well-known younger actors: Robyn Lively of Twin Peaks as “The Fairy”, Jason Hervey of The Wonder Years as “The Troll King”, and Sam J. Jones from the 1980 film Flash Gordon as “The Blind Bowman” and A.J. Langer of My So-Called Life as fellow Zork explorer Rebecca Snoot whom the player encounters on several occasions. Game designer, Doug Barnett, worked independently with Activision. Art designer Mark Long (co-founder/owner of Zombie Studios, Seattle, Washington) had several goals in mind to “make the game realistic” and “avoid things like mazes in text adventure games”, and “multiple ways to solve puzzles, and to finish the game.” In an interview in 1999, he stated these concepts:

‘(1) All of the puzzles in the game reference real, albeit esoteric, references to various cultures and archeological history and studies. A common example would be the exploration of the pyramids in Cairo, Egypt along with the mythology that surrounds it, but uncommonly known examples were chosen over better-known ones. Mark’s overseas duties in the U.S. Army (retired Major) combined with a year of historical research enhanced the puzzles that must be solved to finish the game. (2) Navigation is “always correct; if you move north then south, you are always in the same place. Solving mazes was overdone, dull, and annoying.” (3) There are multiple (“at least three”) ways to solve puzzles, as well “as a half-dozen ways to complete the game.” His reasoning: “I didn’t like games that you had to follow a single, specific, obfuscated path for each puzzle, and just one way the game could be finished.” This was contrary to text-based adventure games and the widely popular Myst series. It also “gave the player a reason to play the game more than once, trying to discover new ways to solve puzzles and to finish the game. Serious gamers said they had worked out dozens of combinations to complete the game.”‘ — collaged

 

Trailer

 

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Phantasmagoria (1995)

‘In some ways, Phantasmagoria is the quintessential 90s game, borrowing elements – intentionally or not – from some of the decade’s biggest phenomena. Released in 1995, it was smack in the middle of publisher Sierra’s adventure game heyday. Like CD-ROM sensation Myst, all the characters are rendered using full-motion video, while the environments are all composed of static, pre-rendered 3D backgrounds. And, like Mortal Kombat and Night Trap before it, Phantasmagoria’s realistic and often gruesome depiction of its characters stirred up controversy.

‘The story of Phantasmagoria is pulled straight from traditional horror tropes. A young married couple, Adrienne Delaney and Don Gordon, buy an old mansion located outside of what appears to be a coastal town in either New England or the Pacific Northwest. As her photographer husband begins converting a second-story bathroom into his personal darkroom, Adrienne decides to explore the house.

‘Players take on the role of Adrienne, controlling an FMV sprite of the actress who portrays her (tastefully dressed in another 90s phenomenon: high-waisted jeans). Once belonging to an eccentric 19th century magician named Carno, the house and surrounding grounds are strange to say the least, replete with bizarre torture devices, outlandish architecture, austere portraits, lots of secret rooms and one grab-happy haunted bed. Before too long, Adrienne goes poking around where she shouldn’t, uncovering a hidden chapel and releasing an ancient evil that promptly possesses her husband.

‘None of this is to say that Phantasmagoria is a perfect adventure game. Most of the death scenes are optional, for one. I missed two of them this time around, and wouldn’t even know they were there if it wasn’t for Google and YouTube. In fact, a great deal of the game’s content is optional. That’s a shame, as many players could miss a lot of the story, especially the bits about Carno’s descent into madness. And, while the full-motion video presentation is novel, some of the performances leave a lot to be desired. Don’s performance at the end of the game, when he finally goes full-on crazy, is positively eye-rolling.’ — joystiq.com

 

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Riven (1997)

‘Developed by Cyan (now Cyan Worlds) and originally published by Broderbund, Riven was released on five CDs in 1997. It was later released on a single DVD-ROM with enhanced visuals and eliminated the need to swap discs. Development of Riven lasted over three years, and was the result of a larger budget and much larger development team than the original. Among the newcomers to the Myst creators was former Industrial Light and Magic employee Richard Vander Wende, who helped lend a unique artistic style to Riven in order to separate it from its predecessor.

‘The game earned high praise from fans and reviewers. Many fans consider Riven to be the best game in the series, and the most difficult, as well. With five islands full of interesting puzzles, intriguing story, and impressive visuals, it’s little wonder Riven was as much a success as the original Myst, selling 1.5 million copies in just its first year on the market.

‘Like Myst before it, Riven is a first-person, point-and-click adventure game set in gorgeous pre-rendered environments. The player explores the world of Riven by clicking on different areas of the screen in order to turn, walk, and interact with objects in the environment. Progress through the game could be considered non-linear, as there is no list of goals or objectives. Instead, players must explore the five islands of Riven to solve puzzles on their way to the story’s ultimate conclusion. Also like Myst, the game included a “Zip Mode”, for fast travel over previously explored areas.

‘The plot of Riven essentially takes place immediately after Myst ended – Atrus, the man you met in D’ni at the end of the first game and the owner of Myst Island – needs help, which is where the player – or the “Stranger” – comes in. Atrus’ wife, Catherine, is trapped on the deteriorating Age of Riven, and is being held captive there by Atrus’ father, Gehn. Details on Riven’s backstory, including the reason Gehn is trapped there, can be found in the first Myst novel, Myst: The Book of Atrus.

‘At the start of the game, Atrus gives you his journal, which he hopes will be enough to get you up to speed on what exactly is happening and what he needs you to do. He also gives you a trap book, which he’s afraid you’ll need in order to capture Gehn. Don’t use it yourself, or it’s game over. Atrus cannot accompany you to Riven himself, as he has to keep writing. He is desperately altering details of the Riven book in order to slow its deterioration. While this would perhaps imply that you only have a certain amount of time to rescue Catherine and get the heck out of Riven, this is only a plot element and has no effect on gameplay. Since Atrus cannot risk Gehn escaping from Riven, he unfortunately has to send the Stranger into the Age without a way out. The player thus has to find a way to signal Atrus once he has trapped Gehn and rescued Catherine, so that Atrus can come to the Age with a Linking Book to bring everyone back. Among various other elements uncovered throughout the game’s plot, the Stranger learns about the Star Fissure, a sort of portal found on the decaying Riven Age that leads – oddly enough – to the Stranger’s home of earth. This explains how the Myst book originally fell into the Stranger’s hands in the first place, and gives the Stranger a sense of hope: If he succeeds here, there’s a chance he can go home again.’ — Giant Bomb

 

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p.s. Hey. ** _Black_Acrylic, Binge trigger, awesome. Thanks, I haven’t looked at William Bennett’s blog in ages. Everyone, _Black_Acrylic: ‘In case you’d not seen it, William Bennett’s blog here has lots of features about Giallo films and similar directors.’ William Bennett, i.e. late of Whitehouse and currently of Cut Hands, if the name rings a bell. ** Misanthrope, ‘The Barbarians’ is a pothead laugh riot fest classic. Maybe the Ukraine grain shortage is making people think practically. I think if a fiction writer used semicolons excessively, that could be interesting. As the world grows increasingly de-literate, it seems the semi-colon’s only hope for survival is as one of the two icons needed to form an old fashioned ‘wink’ emoji. ** David Ehrenstein, Is that true, ha ha? ** Tosh Berman, Well, let’s just say I wish you had a real presence in the film world then. Oh, I guess I thought ghosts were supposedly residue and that they’re stuck in the locations where they either died or maybe I guess spent the most meaningful or unhappy periods their lives? Although why would that be the case, I guess? Hm. Great ghost stories. My mom believed in them too. She used to tell us kids that there was this massive ghost that looked like a huge Halloween pumpkin that would appear over her bed like a dirigible. I’ve told this story before, sorry, but my only inexplicable experience that could be explicable if one believes in ghosts is that this young guy who was living at our family house for a while killed himself, gassed himself in his car on Mulholland Drive. For a while there was this suitcase full of his stuff that was going to be sent to his parents. It was leaning against a wall by my mom’s desk, and I was sitting in her desk one day and looking at the suitcase and thinking about the dead guy, and the suitcase just suddenly flew into the air and landed on the floor about three feet away from the wall. That was fucking weird, and I could never figure that out. ** Bill, The ‘Cannibal Holocaust’ score is kind of wonderful if you like that sort of thing. If you can at least give that project a few more stabs, I’ll be grateful. I have all kind of far fetched fiction plans that end being way too far for me, unfortunately. Tips … Maybe we should Zoom. That might be easier. Do you zoom or Skype or anything? Yes, the Peter Rehberg live record is really terrific albeit rather painful to listen to, of course. ** Dominik, Hi!!! Yes, emoji poems! That might be the solution. Emoji haiku! Call me crazy but I can really see that working well. I might just try to make one of them. What I liked about my yesterday’s love is that it seems perfect at first until you think about it, and then it starts to seem like hell on earth, ha ha. Visible farts, yikes! Talk about hell on earth. Or maybe if I think more about it, it’ll seem like heaven on earth, huh. Good one! Love coming to my rescue, and yours too if you need rescuing from anything, G. ** sean, Hey! Ooh, I’m going to sit down and concentrate and read that very carefully once I’ve dotted the p.s.’s final ‘i’, but I can already tell at a glance that it was well worth your effort, assuming your brain is still in one piece, of course. Awesome! Thank you so much! How’s stuff? ** Steve Erickson, ‘House on the Edge of the Park’ is quite good. You might just be able to hear Monday’s meeting way over there in NYC. The two places in Paris I know of that carry The Wire are Smith & Sons, Paris’s largest English language bookstore, which is happily three blocks from me, and the Centre Pompidou. I’m sure it’s sold elsewhere, but I always get mine at S&S. Very strange that no place sells it in NYC. Quite strange. ** Robert, Hi. It’s a kind of fun, ridiculous show: the crucifixion thing. The one time I watched ‘Cannibal Holocaust’ it was with a knowing friend who told me when the animal stuff was about to happen and when it was over so I could cover my eyes. I can’t take that shit. I’ve been a vegetarian since I was 15, and I get nauseous and freaked out if I’m sitting at table where someone’s eating lobster or even shrimp. Really happy you liked ‘Malina’, obviously. Being stumped in a new way is kind of the ideal effect from a book for me. So, yeah. What’s next? ** Okay. I was thinking about the 90s when ‘video games’ as ambitious forms came into being and when even popular games could often be very experimental and adventurous and innovative, and how that prioritising of aesthetically and formally really daring games has moved to the extreme margins of the gaming world, and I remembered that I made this post ages ago charting my favorite games of that era, and I thought I should restore it. Maybe if some of y’all were around and gaming on your computers back then, you’ll have some long lost faves of your own that you can toss back at me. See you tomorrow.