Growing up, Joseph and I had a computer game which you could play as a warrior, a magician, or a thief. I always chose the thief, because I thought stealing things from people’s houses was much more fun than killing wild animals or people or whatever. And I think that using magic to get everything done is . . . kind of uninteresting. At least compared to stealing. Stop judging me.
Anyway, my favorite thing about being the thief was that you had to increase your agility so that no one would hear you. The best way to do that was to sneak around, because sneaking increases agility. In order to do that, you typed in the command “sneak” and your character would get in the sneak position – you know, hunched over a bit, arms sneakily in front of you. I enjoyed spending as much time as possible like that, just because it looked funny. (And also because “sneak” is a fun word.) (The other thing you got to do as a thief was pick a lot of locks. So I would sneak around on back alleys and pick locks. I am a fine, upstanding citizen, don’t you know.)
Perhaps you can see where this is going . . . for Christmas, my brother got Mike a copy of Burger King’s Sneak King game. We played it for the first time last night, and I got to sneak around to my heart’s content. In a rare bold move for me, I was actually the first one to play it, and I didn’t do such a bad job. We have finished several of the missions on the first level, and, you know, the game is kind of silly, but watching the King sneak around is definitely charming in its own way. I like watching him dance. If I continue to play, I’ll keep you posted. hee hee.
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[I would take the warrior, for the record. And yes, I'm judging you. Slightly. But I still like you.]
i definitely would have been the thief.
and sneak king does get boring, but when you figure out how to go between levels, then it gets a little better. i like the missions where you have to complete them in a certain time, which is helped by you running around. i also like jumping out of places to present them with food.
I’m gonna need to see a demonstration of this ‘sneak’ move when we see the movie, ok?
so much to say on this post.
i bought sneak king last weekend. OH YES…i did. (i was going to get the racer game for kelcey…but they were out…and they had the game i wanted…so whatever.) ((when did burger king’s packaging get so fun? they have funny things written all over their wrappers, tray liners, etc.))
my motivation was not that i love being sneaky…I. LOVE. THE. KING.
hell…he’s even one of my myspace friends.
kelcey played the game first…but she isn’t really that into it. i, however, think it’s hilarious. i love his little moon walk…and his various expressions (the point, the thumbs up, etc)…and the way he knocks on his (wooden?) head when someone sees him…and the way he dives head-first into piles of dirt. oh yes. i love the king.
in talking about the king (which has happened more than you might think in the past week), my mom maintains that he is creepy. but i think he’s just trying to spread the love. and anyone who wants to give away free hamburgers is ok with me.
saw mill…i think the saw mill is my favorite area. i prefer to stay on the area they start you out on…although i LOVE to surprise people from the port-o-pottie on the other side. i like to take food up to the lady circling the water tower…she seems lonely up there.
cul de sac…I HATE THE CUL DE SAC. i had high hopes for this area…it’s got a tree house, for crying out loud. and i’m not exactly sure why i hate this area so much. but i do. HATE. IT.
construction site…second favorite. my favorite place to hide is by the person sweeping all by his lonesome…on that little island or whatever off to the side. he (or maybe it’s a woman, i can’t remember right now) is just so alone over there…he needs some love from the king. (unless i’m on a timed mission…then i love those two hootchies who just stand around talking by the trash can. they get hungry a lot. and they don’t move. ever.) and unlike the water tower lady from the saw mill…i don’t like the lone painter on the scaffolding in this area. i think he’s an ass. oh…and i like the “trap door” too. (trap hole?)
in summation…I LOVE THE KING!
This is why Katie and I are friends.
I love that you all have put so much thought into this.
i love that that’s probably the longest blog comment i’ve ever left anyone.
brandi…you should join in our sneak king love.