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Adventures in bibliopiracy, December 6, 2020Captain Graybeard’s Plunder neatly inverts the adage that history is written by the victors; here, fiction is remixed by the losers. As a pirate captain whose career was ended by complacency (indirectly) and a royal galleon (rather more directly), you take solace in your retirement by dreaming up how things might have gone differently if your ship, crew, and, er, hand-replacing prosthetic had been up to snuff. The gag is that rather than inventing these upgrades whole cloth, instead you turn to your character’s ample library for inspiration, so that, for example, you might imagine a rematch where your crew are veterans straight out of Treasure Island, or where you boast Captain Hook’s eponymous pointy bit atop your stump. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Literature as escapism, December 2, 2020A short choice IF equally remixing and paying homage to classic literary works on the theme of pirates, Captain Graybeard’s Plunder speaks to the value of literature as escapism, in the best possible sense. There is no particular story here, though there is a certain beauty to the remixing that your choices determines. A nice touch are the various fonts used to represent the different authors the game refers to. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Butterfly in the sky, I can fly twice as high, October 23, 2020by deathbytroggles (Minneapolis, MN) A short game that interweaves the magic of literature with a pirate's need to live one more glorious battle. Several historical works are referenced, such as Moby Dick and Peter Pan and the way they are weaved into the story is charming. If you're a fan of pirate fiction then this will likely be more enjoyable, though the concept is meant for everyone. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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A fun short game about pirate literature, October 11, 2020I was surprised to see this game has no relation to the classic Captain Verdeterre's Plunder, but it's a good name style so it makes sense it would come up more than once. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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The real treasure was in the books we read along the way!, October 3, 2020by Dan Fabulich A charming mini game. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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Short game that beautifully illustrates the magic of fiction, October 2, 2020Honestly, at first I wasn't into this piece (which was partly due to playing it on a phone rather than a computer and having the status sidebar cut off). It didn't seem particularly deep or all that interactive. But once I understood how it worked, the mechanics that would influence the rest of the game, I really got into it. Was this review helpful to you? Yes No Remove vote | Add a comment
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