Fun Web Game ---> The Huffington Post's "Pyramid Scheme"

For those of you who've been the victim of a pyramid scheme, The Huffington Post has got a game for you!  It's like one of those crosswords... no, that's not it.  Jumble?  You know, one of those games where you have to look for a word in the midst of a matrix of seemingly random letters... Word Search!  Apparently that's what it's called... really?  Word Search?  Seems kinda plain somehow.  It's like if someone tells you their name is John Smith.  Really?  Not a pseudonym, not an alias, not a joke name, it's actually John Smith.  Okay, if you say so!  Well, one thing I do like about the HuffPost's variation on... Word Search... is that they're pretty strict about what the right answer is.  Sure, there might be OTHER correct words in there, but it's not the right one.  Sometimes it's possible to screw up on a Word Search and circle the wrong word, but they're pretty careful about it.

Ooh!  Before I forget, as long as we're talking about HuffPo, I've got a terrific new slogan for the Huff Post.  Here goes... Huff Post!  Newsmakers huff, and we post... no good?  Too wordy?  Don't give up the day job?  Okay, fine.

Mr. Robot, Level 'T'

Ah yes, finally we come to what I was alluding to in previous posts. And yes... I am that fool that needs to be pitied. If you're like me, you use 'saved states' to play games on that awesome Atari emulator... a feature missing on my 2600 Emulator, sadly! Oh well, I wasn't planning on playing Ms. Pac-Man for the 2600 for too long anyway. AND SO... those stupid white downspouts make their triumphant return again, and yup!  You guessed it... Slip up once, and you're finished.  At least it's a quiet death.  I do kinda like the one where the bomb blows you skyward.  Kinda feels like you're getting something done, don't it?  No?  Just me?  Okay, never mind... oh, right.  So I use 'saved states' to play this game.  Usually, I only need one per level.  On this level, however, I needed TWO!!!  Getting to the middle of the board is just that much of a pain in the........................................

Mr. Robot, Level 'S'

Good Lourdes! Are we EVER going to get through this damn alphabet? Guess we're just lucky they're not using the Chinese or Japanese alphabet... am I right?  According to Wikipedia, there's 50,000 Chinese characters in the language... but that's since antiquity.  Only 10,000 are in use today, 3,000 of which are frequently used, especially in their media.  Keep fighting, guys.  Meanwhile, there's just a few thousand letters in the Japanese alphabet.  Therefore, probably not a good way to label your levels in a video game.  Who's got time to play a few thousand levels?  You gotta do like Doom II, and just have a few really good levels... man, I miss that thing.  ENNY WEIGH, as you can see from the attached pic, Level 'D' strikes again, with a twist... is this a first?  Maybe not.  I'm too beleaguered to check.  I think this is the first time that those bombs are used as a downward staircase.  I should probably put a bunch of arrows on this thing!  Give myself a map for when I try to flip this game's score.  I wouldn't have been able to do it if I was playing this on an actual Atari machine.  I had other games to play, besides.  I mucked around with that Racing Destruction Set way too much, that's for sure.  It's like Marble Madness, but with cars!

(the next afternoon) Level 'L', you idiot!  It's like Level 'L'!  Also, the theme song!  That's why I mucked around so much

Mr. Robot, Level 'R'

Ah yes, the triumphant return of Level 'N', but with a twist... I forget what it is. Oh! I think I know what it is: watch out for dead ends! And, some of the live ones too, for that matter, especially if they've got fireballs in them.

Mr. Robot, Level 'Q'

Ah yes, the triumphant return of Level 'D', only a little tougher, and even though there are no new gimmicks, icons, features, characters, what have you... there is a slightly new way of looking at things. And a new philosophical question to ask yourself: can you climb down a ladder if it's blocked by one of those bomb things?

Will you get Killed if you Just Stand There? Oh, very much so... go quickly now!

Mr. Robot, Level 'P'

All right! The triumphant return of those... white downspout things. I think this was one of the first times when I worried I wouldn't finish in time. If not the first, definitely my favorite. SPOILER ALERT: believe me, the worst is yet to come!

Mr. Robot, Level 'O'

And again, there are no new features to deal with... hmm! What are they, technically? I mean, the girders, the power puffs... pills, the fireballs? Features? Axioms? Icons? Gimmicks? Gizmos? Whatever they are, there's no new ones to learn. But if you take a first and or second glance at it... seems impossible, right? You gotta think outside the box a little bit, so to speak... although, when you do finally figure it out, that's probably not the right phrase. At all. It's not one I'm sick of yet, actually. I'll know it when I hear it, though. Epic! Iconic! Game Changing! Kony 2023