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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | {{w|Google Maps}} | + | {{w|Google Maps}} is a web mapping service application. Before smartphones with GPS mapping software were widespread and most people's printers hadn't yet run out of ink, it was common to print out directions to take with you on a trip. The web version of Google Maps has many features including a route planner. As sophisticated as early versions were, it occasionally gave suboptimal directions. For example, the directions may tell you to take an exit that, in reality, is unmarked. Directions also did not take time of day into account, which would help in planning routes to avoid traffic or to make use of services such as a ferry. |
Though no specific game or movie is referenced, steps 75 to 81 of the directions read like the plot of a horror film, a guide of a video game, or a role playing game. A straw man is another term for scarecrow, a common antagonist in both. Step 80 reads exactly like an old {{w|Interactive fiction|text adventure}} game's description of an area. | Though no specific game or movie is referenced, steps 75 to 81 of the directions read like the plot of a horror film, a guide of a video game, or a role playing game. A straw man is another term for scarecrow, a common antagonist in both. Step 80 reads exactly like an old {{w|Interactive fiction|text adventure}} game's description of an area. | ||
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| Turn '''right''' to stay on '''RT-22''' - go 2.6 mi | | Turn '''right''' to stay on '''RT-22''' - go 2.6 mi | ||
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| Climb the '''HILL''' toward '''Hangman's Ridge,''' avoiding any '''mountain lions.''' - up 1,172 ft | | Climb the '''HILL''' toward '''Hangman's Ridge,''' avoiding any '''mountain lions.''' - up 1,172 ft | ||
− | | Google Maps does not usually ask you to avoid mountain lions, nor does it ask you to walk if you want to drive | + | | Google Maps does not usually ask you to avoid mountain lions, nor does it ask you to walk if you want to drive. |
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| 76 | | 76 | ||
− | | When you reach an | + | | When you reach an old barn, go around back, knock on the second door, and ask for Charlie. - go 52 ft |
| This resembles less directions from Google Maps, and more a back-alley dealing trying to introduce a contact to another contact. | | This resembles less directions from Google Maps, and more a back-alley dealing trying to introduce a contact to another contact. | ||
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| 77 | | 77 | ||
− | | Tell | + | | Tell Charlie the Dancing Stones are restless. He will give you his van. - Careful |
| This seems more like a text adventure game with the code words. | | This seems more like a text adventure game with the code words. | ||
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| 78 | | 78 | ||
− | | Take | + | | Take Charlie's van down Old Mine Road. Do not wake the Straw Man. - go π mi |
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− | | Turn left on | + | | Turn left on Comstock. When you feel the blood chill in your veins, stop the van and get out. - go 3.2 mi |
− | | Google Maps usually does not ask you to wait until your blood chills.{{ | + | | Google Maps usually does not ask you to wait until your blood chills. {{citation needed}} |
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| 80 | | 80 | ||
− | | Stand very still. Exits are | + | | Stand very still. Exits are north, south, and east, but are blocked by a Spectral Wolf. - go 0 ft |
| The directions resemble a text adventure game. | | The directions resemble a text adventure game. | ||
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| 81 | | 81 | ||
− | | The | + | | The Spectral Wolf fears only fire. The Google Maps Team can no longer help you, but if you master the wolf, he will guide you. Godspeed. - go ?? mi |
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::[An icon of a menacing face] 81. The '''Spectral Wolf''' fears only '''fire'''. The '''Google Maps Team''' can no longer help you, but if you master the '''wolf''', he will guide you. '''Godspeed.''' - go ?? mi | ::[An icon of a menacing face] 81. The '''Spectral Wolf''' fears only '''fire'''. The '''Google Maps Team''' can no longer help you, but if you master the '''wolf''', he will guide you. '''Godspeed.''' - go ?? mi | ||
+ | ==See also== | ||
+ | *[https://www.maps.google.com Google Maps] | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Google Maps]] | [[Category:Google Maps]] |