An explanation of PTBAD3 (sort of)

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First, the title:
PTBAD3 is so named, because it comes after PTBAD1, and PTBAD2. It is
part three in a 9 and 1/2 episode series.
The title PTBAD was selected in order to cause at least one reviewer to
write "PTBAD3 was." This has happened. Like many games, this one sought
to find a specific spot on the listing, that of second to last. In that
effect too the game has met its goals. Writing a truely horrid game
sure to lose would be easy. It is more interesting, I think, to write a
game that will surpass only one competitor, without knowing what that
competitor will be.

I started with looking at the second to last game in previous
competitions, as well as the last, and third to last. Certain things
became clear asto what the game must be:
1. It must have poor spelling. (Not difficult[I can spell poorly in my
sleep])
2. It must not make sense. At all.
3. It must be playable in the sense that it will not crash.
4. It must not be offensive.
5. The puzzles must be simplistic and illogical.
6. It must leave no sense of satisfaction at the end.
7. It must be short.
9. It must have at least one NPC that barely interacts.
10. It must seem to try to be symbolic of something, while not really
symbolizing anything.
11. The author (thats me) must seem like a total smeghead.
It is not associated with PUTPBAD in any way. Be on the lookout for
PTBAD4 sometime in January.
Good luck and happy gaming, dear players.
Hurdy Gur,
Slan Xorax (Jonathan Berman)

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Indeed.