VintageGent’s Menswear Daily

Play “As You Wish”

When I was…ahem…younger, I remember watching the Princess Bride over and over again.  My family had just gotten cable for the first time, and it was on one of the movie channels in heavy rotation for a few months.  I was first introduced to it in school, where our English teacher brought it in as a treat on the half day of school we had before a holiday.  Of course, it featured the celebrated acting of Andre the Giant as Fezzik.  It was the type of irreverant movie that makes adults laugh and children to have the affectation to their voice which they believed to be their best Spanish Accent and declare to everyone: “I am Inigo Montoya. You Killed My Father. Prepare to Die.”

It has taken quite a few years, but as you wish, someone has imagined up the Princess Bride Game. I have tried the demos for the 5-pack of Princess Bride games for PC/MAC.  I have to admit, I had a lot of fun.  Are you up to the challenge? Brave the fire swamp and stand up to Vizzini in the Battle of the Wits, and much more.  I have to admit that the questions made me think.  So many games that are based on other media (books, movies) require you to have seen or read the inspiration source, otherwise you will be lost when playing the game.  I think it makes it that much more fun when you already love the movie, but friends who have not, or have not seen it in years can hold their own quite well. In the fire swamp, I was reminded of the game Pitfall! except that this was much more easy to navigate and a bit more challenging.  I used to walk into walls and trap myself all the time in that old game.  The other good thing about it, is that it is all ages friendly without being over simplistic.  The nephews and niece have tried it, have had as much fun as I did with the demos, and they are clamouring for me to purchase the games for them.

The whole experience makes me want to see the movie again.  I am going to check my local listings or go ahead and rent it.  Not only is the movie a little off the cuff, but it reminds me of being what they now call tweens, and sitting on the couch on a Saturday with my brother and sister.