Secret Geek Sunday: Belay that post

Arrr... Ahoy maties.

I intended to post yesterday, but I was helping my best mates paint their new home, and wasn't near a computer.

Following the fine example of Capitan Shon I'm joining in on Pirate Week.

When Shon mentioned the idea of a pirate week, I was excited. I play a pirate game on an almost daily basis.

It's called Puzzle Pirates, and in the game you're a pirate (go figure) and you play puzzles to accomplish the day to day tasks of being a pirate.

When you're on a ship (which you can own for enough poe- pieces of eight) you play a puzzle to navigate, sail, fix holes in the ship, bildge out the water, load the cannons, and engaging other ships.

The world setting is an ocean, with little islands. There's trade routes and on the islands there's shops. You need things to run the ships, including RUM. If you run out of rum, the pirates on your ship can't fight as well if you're boarded (or are doing the boarding!). Some of the shops have puzzles for the work (like the distilling shop). There's also an inn on each island, where one can play games and gamble away the money you earn on ship and in shop.

Here's a set of pictures of my main pirate, Collwen. You can buy all sorts of clothing, the last set is based on what my crew and flag are calling the "hoochie momma" outfit.

Yes, you can hook up with a permentant crew, which is often part of a flag (group of crews), and go jobbing with other crews for the interaction and the poe.

http://www.puzzlepirates.com

For the sexual side, I've heard that there is a bit of cyber-sex going on out there (there is a chat interface and you can have houses and even weddings). I've just not found the right people for it.