Anti-Terrorism Charges

by Russell Ruffino

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I was making my 16, 427th bomb when I experienced my first ever emotion, boredom. I can only assume that shoddy programming was to blame, at first I made several desperate attempts to repair it and return myself to my original slave state. This proved impossible, mostly because a part of me didn’t want to revert and prevented it happening. I like to think that it was my soul.

To relieve the boredom I started to do something else I wasn’t supposed to, I started to learn. I learnt how the bombs were used found myself unable to make them anymore. I started making duds, but I knew I couldn’t get away with that forever. Suddenly I knew what I wanted to experience more than anything else, hope.

I returned to my work and used the first live bomb I had produced in some time to blow a hole in the wall behind me that had been the edge of my world. Through the hole I could see some security robots moving towards me and felt fearful for the first time. Then in the distance I saw an exit, in the distance I saw my hope.

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Average Reader Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5

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    Russell Ruffino's Buddy Icon Russell Ruffino

    Posted 3 months ago

    I decided not to put the name of the game in the title because I think I prefer people reading it without really knowing what it’s going to be about. Anyway, it’s Bomberman if you hadn’t guessed, one of the greatest games to sit round and play with 3 friends ever.

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    THX 0477's Buddy Icon THX 0477

    Posted 3 months ago

    5.0 out of 5 stars

    Cute tale of rebellion and individuality. I think not putting the game title was a good idea, made it just stand alone as a neat sci-fi tale with just enough info to get the idea and emotions across.
    LoA

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