BDSM – The Text Adventure Game

I’m a geek. I played (and loved) Adventure, Zork, Enchanter, and Leather Goddesses of Phobos. As should be clear, I worship the written form, particularly when it is interactive. Last week I came across some old games and I began to wonder how a BDSM text adventure game would play out.

Anyone who has played a text adventure game has attempted, at least once, to do one or all of the following commands to the first character of the opposite sex they find: kiss, fuck, lick, beat, hump, and bite. More often then not, the game returns either a humorous response (”Who do you think you are, Romeo?”) or a virtual slap on the hand (”This is a family game!”).

Well, what if it didn’t?

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Bedroom
A large bedroom, your first impression is that it is quite…austere; the walls of the room are completely blank except for a finely-crafted knife adorning the northern wall. Against this wall, but centered in the room, is a wrought-iron Victorian bed; the bed itself rests on a deep crimson black oval rug. At the base of the bed is a large cedar toychest.

Portia is standing in the middle of the room.

> LOOK AT PORTIA

Portia
The first thing you notice about her is her long raven hair that stops just above the small of her back. It has been brushed back from her face, giving you a nice view of her eyes which are green and contrast sharply with her hair and pale skin (yet do not seem out of place). If she were standing directly in front of you, the top of her head would come up to your chin and while she isn’t a large woman, she has curves in all the right places.

She is currently dressed in a long black dress, because, well, black goes with everything.

> TELL PORTIA TO GET TO HER KNEES

Feeling quite the man, huh? You order her, in your deepest and most convincing voice, to get to her knees.

She doesn’t appear convinced. She gives you a look as if to say, ‘make me.’

> MAKE HER

Make her what? Lasagna?

> PLEAD WITH PORTIA

Uh-uh.

>ASK PORTIA NICELY

I don’t think you get it. Are you sure you’re playing the right game?

> BEG PORTIA

Ok, see, I’m going to do both of us a favor and ignore that one.

> PRESS PORTIA AGAINST THE WALL

She looks a little startled, but doesn’t resist. She feels warm and malleable against your chest. Portia is now pinned to the wall.

> KISS PORTIA

Kiss her how?

>KISS PORTIA SOFTLY

You lean in to kiss her, but she turns her head aside and you end up kissing her cheek.

> OPEN TOYCHEST

You can’t. You are holding Portia against the wall.

> LET PORTIA GO

You step back, giving Portia some room. She looks just slightly dazed but still manages to stare defiantly back at you.

> OPEN TOYCHEST

You open the cedar toychest and peer inside. The chest is vast and roomy and contains: a leather flogger, a paddle, a a blindfold, and a length of rope.

> GET FLOGGER FROM TOYCHEST

You reach into the toychest and take out the leather flogger. Hand-made, the handle is checkered black and crimson; there is a loop at the end that would fit very comfortably around your wrist. The flogger’s tails are deceptively soft to the touch but you have no doubt that they will leave quite a sting.

Portia is looking a bit nervous.

(To be continued…here)