Nestled inconspiculously beside the more simple 'bonus' fare on the Homestarruner.com games page you will find a true diamond in the rough: Peasant's Quest: http://www.homestarrunner.com/disk4of12.html
No doubt you won't be looking here in the first place if you aren't already versed in the goings on of Homestarrunner and his friends. I won't retread those fertile grounds here other than to offer a super brief synopsis of Peasant's Quest mythos.
> There is a whole side story on Homestarrunner about "Trogdor" the burninator an S shaped dragon with a penchant for lighting stinking peasants on fire. In Peasant's quest you take control of an atari or amiga-era RPG hero who vows to avenge the destruction of his quaint pixel-cottage and slay thy dragon named here.
Okay, so I know you're thinking why should I care? Well the answer is for these 3 reasons:
1) If you like videogames, fantasy and/or RPGs, humor, deft parody and you were born between 1970 and 1985 you will be subject to the most clever and satisfying humor-game every concieved
2) You have come to realize that I am right on all other matters discussed here. Plain and simple.
3)see #2)
The short short review: Peasant's Quest is clever, cute, astute, full of heart, charm and lovely 'graphics'. It's the perfect length for a serious diversion, it has a perfectly implemented save-in-browser functionality and if you love Homestarrunner and Trogdor then it perhaps the finest internet game of all time.
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