Comments on: SkiFree http://www.explainxkcd.com/2009/11/25/skifree/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 23:36:29 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Chris Hennick http://www.explainxkcd.com/2009/11/25/skifree/comment-page-1/#comment-21887 Chris Hennick Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:18:09 +0000 http://www.explainxkcd.com/?p=255#comment-21887 So we can cheat death if we... get going fast enough? Ray Kurzweil would have a field day with that one. So we can cheat death if we… get going fast enough? Ray Kurzweil would have a field day with that one.

]]> By: Optimystic http://www.explainxkcd.com/2009/11/25/skifree/comment-page-1/#comment-5261 Optimystic Mon, 02 May 2011 14:12:12 +0000 http://www.explainxkcd.com/?p=255#comment-5261 There is a secondary nuance to this one. Back in the day when people played Skifree, the game typically would come bundled on PCs with windows. However, with the internet being very lacking compared to now, the game would have no documentation and nowhere to turn for help or key commands. Thus the girl in the comic (like many of us) did not realize there was a hidden command to ski faster and escape the monster. She (and we) would therefore always die when the yeti showed up without this crucial piece of information. Hence, she has spent all this time seeing the skier's death at the monster's hands as inevitable. Cueball DOES know the command, though how he learned it is anyone's guess. There is a secondary nuance to this one. Back in the day when people played Skifree, the game typically would come bundled on PCs with windows. However, with the internet being very lacking compared to now, the game would have no documentation and nowhere to turn for help or key commands. Thus the girl in the comic (like many of us) did not realize there was a hidden command to ski faster and escape the monster. She (and we) would therefore always die when the yeti showed up without this crucial piece of information. Hence, she has spent all this time seeing the skier’s death at the monster’s hands as inevitable.

Cueball DOES know the command, though how he learned it is anyone’s guess.

]]> By: Andy http://www.explainxkcd.com/2009/11/25/skifree/comment-page-1/#comment-1173 Andy Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:11:15 +0000 http://www.explainxkcd.com/?p=255#comment-1173 "If there is an 'F' key in SkiFree, there must be something equal in real life, hence the 'F' pendant from the image text." I think you got this wrong. I think this is a sarcastic reference to how people wear crosses. Like, the cross is the key to eternal life, just as the F key is. “If there is an ‘F’ key in SkiFree, there must be something equal in real life, hence the ‘F’ pendant from the image text.”
I think you got this wrong. I think this is a sarcastic reference to how people wear crosses. Like, the cross is the key to eternal life, just as the F key is.

]]> By: Mike http://www.explainxkcd.com/2009/11/25/skifree/comment-page-1/#comment-1165 Mike Wed, 25 Nov 2009 17:44:32 +0000 http://www.explainxkcd.com/?p=255#comment-1165 I loved ski free! I used to play that on the Commodore in my 6th grade classroom. I loved ski free! I used to play that on the Commodore in my 6th grade classroom.

]]> By: Allan http://www.explainxkcd.com/2009/11/25/skifree/comment-page-1/#comment-1164 Allan Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:34:46 +0000 http://www.explainxkcd.com/?p=255#comment-1164 According to the wiki though, if you escape the yeti (which is actually meant as a time limit), you will enter a special level with 5 yetis. According to the wiki though, if you escape the yeti (which is actually meant as a time limit), you will enter a special level with 5 yetis.

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