the-last-teabender:winterswake:THE THICK OF ITS4E4 #this reminds me#there was a TTOI app#for iPhone
the-last-teabender:winterswake:THE THICK OF IT S4E4 #this reminds me#there was a TTOI app#for iPhone and this is like a decade ago#senpai can back me up on this#but it’s like ‘Malcolm’s lost phone’ (via @randomthunk)OKAY NERDS LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT THE WEIRDEST DATING SIM EVER*So it was called “Malcolm Tucker’s Lost Phone” and largely it contained the same content as The Missing DoSaC Files, but in an actual smartphone format plus some bonuses. The concept was that, while in the app, you were invading Malcolm’s phone.You start with a four letter password. Literally any four-letter swear unlocked it.Essentially the entirety of The Missing DoSaC Files was available, formatted for Generic Smartphone App, along with voice reminders Malcolm recorded for himself (a lot of them were practicing/refining new insults), messages from the rest of the cast, etc. You get the idea.The key difference between the book and the app was the real-time element. I can’t speak to how it behaved specifically, but it seemed to only work as you were engaging with your phone. There were a couple parts to this: one was an email thread.The other was an ever lengthening series of voice messages as everyone realized that Malcolm’s phone was missing. A few people looking for him, Ollie going on a power trip (and then apologizing)… AND THEN MALCOLM STARTED LEAVING YOU VOICE MAILS.He initially thought you were a member of the press and started ripping you a new one**. Then rethought things, realized you were probably a civvie, and was downright sweet and adorable and promised you tickets to “We Will Rock You” or “another play that isn’t shit” if you’d return the phone. And obviously, with no way to “return the phone,” this didn’t happen. So his next and last message to you was a violent insult-laden threat, and that’s basically end game but I swear to God.Anyway it’s some of the best immersive fiction ever and I think it like won an award or something.* If you say this isn’t a dating sim I’ll call you a filthy liar.** Imagine me, Kara, The Last Teabender, hearing this message as a member of the press.^^^^^^^^^^^ -- source link