Planet of the Infinite Minds

by Alfredo Garcia

Science Fiction
2000

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Er. Um. It's... odd, there's no denying that. It's generally bug-and-typo free, but it's resoundingly... odd. It's what I'd imagine a Rybread Celsius game to be like if it was done, well, right. Some great puzzles, although there's rather a lot of guess-the-author's-mind - I had to use hints several times - we're back to the oddness again; indeed, parts of it kept reminding me of Nord and Bert. Indeed, like N&B, it's at times laugh-out-loud funny - the problems relating to the end of the universe spring to mind.
-- Matthew Clemson

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Sort of a cross between 1950s sf, a physics major's worst nightmares (I'm betting the author is or was a physics major), and a comedy (well, it DID say 'farce'), the basic plot is... nearly incomprehensible, yet, strangely appealing, much like the sideshow freaks at a circus. Watching it unfold is somewhat akin to watching that guy in the sideshow who does terrible things to his own body: you wince, but you watch anyhow because it's fascinating, and you wonder how it's done.
-- Tina Sikorski

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>INVENTORY - Paul O'Brian writes about interactive fiction

Not that POTIM is a bad game -- far from it. Its concretization of philosophical concepts makes for some pretty thought-provoking IF, and there are also one or two puzzles that I thought were quite clever and original. However, there is also a slew of strange, random things that seem to serve no purpose to the story. Some of them have the feel of in-jokes, like the references to "MacFlecknoe" that pepper the game text. That sort of thing may have been fun for the author, but it does nothing for me. Other things, well, I just don't have an explanation for, unless they somehow all get explained in the endgame.

In addition, there are a few bugs here and there, as well as some grammar problems, especially the dreaded its/it's error (see my review of Masque of the Last Faeries). In the end, it may just be another case of a game underserved by the need to play it in two hours.

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
A polished but disappointing game about philosophy, May 12, 2017

This game is quite a bit like the old Unnkulia games: snarky or rude to the player at times, obsessed with unfair puzzles, filled with little 'male gaze' comments about women, arrogance about religion and philosophy, and full of 'goofy humor'. I didn't really like it.

It is big and mostly polished, but the puzzles are pretty opaque, more of a 'look how clever I the author am' than 'look how clever you the player are'.

You spend much of the game travelling back and forth through time and your own mind.

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A medium-difficulty puzzle game, February 12, 2016

Planet of the Infinite Minds is a fun game consisting of well-done abstract puzzles and less-well-done wordplay ones. Its ridiculous story shouldn't detract from the the experience if you don't take it seriously. Overall, it's a great example of doing puzzles using non-conventional rooms and objects.

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Baf's Guide


Highly peculiar game that's heavy on the abstract math and physics. You're spun through a variety of cosmic absurdities to no obvious purpose--the author appears to be experimenting with the capability of IF to render concrete and interesting various concepts. In other words, your mileage will most certainly vary. The game itself is quite difficult if you're not on the author's wavelength; absurdism and in-jokes are plentiful. Still, the intentions are good, and those with a taste for abstract science may well enjoy this.

-- Duncan Stevens

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