In terms of favorite fictional robots, I really love Marvin the Paranoid Android from Hitchhiker's Guide. So often in sci-fi, when robots deem themselves superior, they rebel against "inferior" humans. In Marvin's case, it just eats away at him, which feels more honest to me somehow.
Poor Marvin. Such a miserable existence. On the other hand, he’s one of the few (if not the only) entities to have actually, literally murdered someone with existential despair.
I seriously can’t believe more people want to go to the moon than a volcano or a giant grenade launcher. You think all of your readers weren’t actually teenaged boys! Anyway, I hope the aliens have a lousy time in the dark!!!
As for me, I have plans to someday travel to London and see all the things I missed the last time. Then I wanna take the overnight train all the way to the Scottish Highlands and somehow figure out how to finagle a car that I can actually drive to visit Edinburgh and various spots in Scotland, Then work my way back down England and hit several cities and areas that I would really like to see. On that list is Nottingham, which people say is a dismal place (One that Marvin might enjoy?) but which was the subject of extensive research for one of my novels. Did you know they have caves in the old gated city? When the city was first founded, it was built on sandstone, and people started digging into it for various purposes. I think that’s really cool. Plus there’s Robin Hood stuff which I know it’s just a tourist trap but I love Robin Hood so I gotta do it one day.
As for my favorite robot, I I think I would have to go with Rosie from the Jetsons.
Visiting the UK is so much fun. Sounds like you’ve got your whole trip planned! Just watch out for merry bandits (real or actors - either will get ya!) when you’re exploring those man made Nottingham caves. Seriously, we could use some steal-from-the-rich energy in the USA.
Rosie’s a great choice! She might be one of, if not the first robot character I found funny.
I voted for Dark Side of the Moon, which is currently in #1 spot. You have many thoughtful subscribers. My favorite robot is Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator.
Ayyy, you got your first choice! I hope you enjoyed partying with the moon dudes.
I agree. Adventure Snack players are thoughtful, kindhearted, super intelligent, drop dead gorgeous, and shine brighter than a thousand suns. Every last one of 'em.
I chose Mount Fuji, purely because I had no idea what that would lead to (besides certain death) clearly I’m out of touch with my fellow Snackers.
My thought for favourite robot is Bishop from Aliens, after Ian Holm’s Ash character was a terrible robot and cared not for the people in his orbits survival, I think the decency, sacrifice and many rounds of ‘stabbing a knife between your finger’ he played with them was great. That being said it’s not my favourite robot design (sorry Lance Hendrickson). I’ll have to think of that a little more.
I’ve actually been to Akihabara, and though fun I found it quite daunting. I think because I’m not really an anime fan (more of a large blindspot with a few exceptions) so the reference points didn’t hit correctly. You should go when you can though, we had nothing but a great time in Japan.
That's amazing you've been to Japan. I can't wait to go. Yeah, I can see where not being an anime fan would make Akihabara challenging. I wouldn't call myself an otaku, but I've got a solid base of anime understanding. I also want to visit the famous record stores in Shibuya and get some city pop LPs.
Tower Records was amazing, combed that place from top to bottom and a few little independent ones.
There’s plenty of anime I like so I wasn’t out of my depth and there’s always plenty of ghibli stuff to turn to if necessary. But you’ll love it, what I probably left out of my description is: yes it was daunting but in a really fun way
My fave fictional robot is definitely Vicki, aka Small Wonder, prolly because she was my first. I still can't believe they put that lil bitch in a closet and she never once escaped? Free Vicki!!!
I wanted to go to the space rave on the moon, but Old Town got the most votes. Oh well, at least I got a witty Garfield mug out of it!
My favorite robot is C-3PO, because the way he constantly whines and complains is inexplicably hilarious (why *do* I find it so humorous? I don’t think it’s nearly as funny when my spouse does it 😬)
Dream vacation... would probably be outer space! I’m hoping Richard Branson and/or Elon Musk lower the cost of commercial space travel to a point I could afford it within my lifetime 🤞🏼🚀
As for Earthbound destinations, I’d love to see the northern lights someday! I’m also strangely fascinated by Antarctica.
Space rave might make a comeback later in the day. I'd give it another look.
C-3PO is a joy. Even in the worst Star Wars, I always laugh at his fussiness. I think it's funny because he was programmed to be like that. Someone sat down and said, "He should really annoy the captain" into a droid programming terminal.
I want to go to space, too, but I don't want to give either of those people my money. Maybe JetBlue will start flying to the moon.
True, I wouldn’t want to pay them either. Hopefully they can simply innovate and make it possible, then some devious upstart swoops in and corners the market from under them, Zuckerberg-style (only, you know, not nearly as douchey or evil)
In terms of favorite fictional robots, I really love Marvin the Paranoid Android from Hitchhiker's Guide. So often in sci-fi, when robots deem themselves superior, they rebel against "inferior" humans. In Marvin's case, it just eats away at him, which feels more honest to me somehow.
Oh poor Marvin. He always had such a lousy day.
Poor Marvin. Such a miserable existence. On the other hand, he’s one of the few (if not the only) entities to have actually, literally murdered someone with existential despair.
I have to go with Robot from the 1960s Lost In Space television show because childhood...
Warning, Will Robinson, Danger!
Even today, we need more robots to warn us about dangers!
I seriously can’t believe more people want to go to the moon than a volcano or a giant grenade launcher. You think all of your readers weren’t actually teenaged boys! Anyway, I hope the aliens have a lousy time in the dark!!!
As for me, I have plans to someday travel to London and see all the things I missed the last time. Then I wanna take the overnight train all the way to the Scottish Highlands and somehow figure out how to finagle a car that I can actually drive to visit Edinburgh and various spots in Scotland, Then work my way back down England and hit several cities and areas that I would really like to see. On that list is Nottingham, which people say is a dismal place (One that Marvin might enjoy?) but which was the subject of extensive research for one of my novels. Did you know they have caves in the old gated city? When the city was first founded, it was built on sandstone, and people started digging into it for various purposes. I think that’s really cool. Plus there’s Robin Hood stuff which I know it’s just a tourist trap but I love Robin Hood so I gotta do it one day.
As for my favorite robot, I I think I would have to go with Rosie from the Jetsons.
Visiting the UK is so much fun. Sounds like you’ve got your whole trip planned! Just watch out for merry bandits (real or actors - either will get ya!) when you’re exploring those man made Nottingham caves. Seriously, we could use some steal-from-the-rich energy in the USA.
Rosie’s a great choice! She might be one of, if not the first robot character I found funny.
I voted for Dark Side of the Moon, which is currently in #1 spot. You have many thoughtful subscribers. My favorite robot is Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator.
Ayyy, you got your first choice! I hope you enjoyed partying with the moon dudes.
I agree. Adventure Snack players are thoughtful, kindhearted, super intelligent, drop dead gorgeous, and shine brighter than a thousand suns. Every last one of 'em.
Oooh, if you like the Terminator, you might enjoy one of the earliest AS games, about how a fateful lunch order impacts the future... https://adventuresnack.substack.com/p/days-of-future-pastrami?s=w
I chose Mount Fuji, purely because I had no idea what that would lead to (besides certain death) clearly I’m out of touch with my fellow Snackers.
My thought for favourite robot is Bishop from Aliens, after Ian Holm’s Ash character was a terrible robot and cared not for the people in his orbits survival, I think the decency, sacrifice and many rounds of ‘stabbing a knife between your finger’ he played with them was great. That being said it’s not my favourite robot design (sorry Lance Hendrickson). I’ll have to think of that a little more.
I’ve actually been to Akihabara, and though fun I found it quite daunting. I think because I’m not really an anime fan (more of a large blindspot with a few exceptions) so the reference points didn’t hit correctly. You should go when you can though, we had nothing but a great time in Japan.
That's amazing you've been to Japan. I can't wait to go. Yeah, I can see where not being an anime fan would make Akihabara challenging. I wouldn't call myself an otaku, but I've got a solid base of anime understanding. I also want to visit the famous record stores in Shibuya and get some city pop LPs.
Tower Records was amazing, combed that place from top to bottom and a few little independent ones.
There’s plenty of anime I like so I wasn’t out of my depth and there’s always plenty of ghibli stuff to turn to if necessary. But you’ll love it, what I probably left out of my description is: yes it was daunting but in a really fun way
My fave fictional robot is definitely Vicki, aka Small Wonder, prolly because she was my first. I still can't believe they put that lil bitch in a closet and she never once escaped? Free Vicki!!!
Wait, is Vicki still in that closet?! I'm going to solve this mystery by starting a podcast. Here I gooooooo!
I wanted to go to the space rave on the moon, but Old Town got the most votes. Oh well, at least I got a witty Garfield mug out of it!
My favorite robot is C-3PO, because the way he constantly whines and complains is inexplicably hilarious (why *do* I find it so humorous? I don’t think it’s nearly as funny when my spouse does it 😬)
Dream vacation... would probably be outer space! I’m hoping Richard Branson and/or Elon Musk lower the cost of commercial space travel to a point I could afford it within my lifetime 🤞🏼🚀
As for Earthbound destinations, I’d love to see the northern lights someday! I’m also strangely fascinated by Antarctica.
Space rave might make a comeback later in the day. I'd give it another look.
C-3PO is a joy. Even in the worst Star Wars, I always laugh at his fussiness. I think it's funny because he was programmed to be like that. Someone sat down and said, "He should really annoy the captain" into a droid programming terminal.
I want to go to space, too, but I don't want to give either of those people my money. Maybe JetBlue will start flying to the moon.
True, I wouldn’t want to pay them either. Hopefully they can simply innovate and make it possible, then some devious upstart swoops in and corners the market from under them, Zuckerberg-style (only, you know, not nearly as douchey or evil)
I would literally buy a ticket on Non-Evil Space Flights.