{"id":7233,"date":"2006-11-13T18:27:20","date_gmt":"2006-11-13T22:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/11\/13\/playing-games-haiku-journey\/"},"modified":"2011-08-05T14:53:54","modified_gmt":"2011-08-05T18:53:54","slug":"playing-games-haiku-journey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/ethicalesq\/2006\/11\/13\/playing-games-haiku-journey\/","title":{"rendered":"playing games: Haiku Journey"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We’re not sure\u00a0whether this is weblog Sweeps Week<\/a>, but\u00a0f\/k\/a<\/em> is hereby making a blatant attempt to woo a younger, hipper audience by focusing on a computer game.\u00a0 Naturally, it’s not just any-old new computer game.\u00a0 Instead, it’s Haiku Journey<\/em><\/strong><\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 Here’s the description from producer Hot Lava Games<\/a>:<\/font><\/div>\n
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Haiku Journey <\/strong>Escape to picturesque and pastoral Japan at the foot of Mount Fuji in this new word puzzler. The unique experience of Haiku Journey is part logical mindbender and part relaxation therapy! Build words to gain inspiration and reveal\/solve original Haiku. Collect ancient artifacts along the way to power up your abilities. Includes two modes of play and a tranquil screensaver.\u00a0\u00a0<\/font><\/font><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
There’s a detailed description and rave review of the game at GameZebo<\/a><\/em>. You can get a free trial of Haiku Journey<\/em> by clicking PLAY NOW<\/font><\/u><\/a>\u00a0and find system requirements here<\/a>.\u00a0 According to our Honored Guest poet Alice Frampton<\/font><\/a>\u00a0(who wrote to say that the game is a prize for winners of the upcoming\u00a0Vancouver Cherry Blossom\u00a0haiku\u00a0invitational<\/a>),\u00a0Haiku Journey<\/em>\u00a0features <\/font>540 English-language haiku by 45 poets around the world, selected by Michael Dylan Welch.\u00a0 Michael was the second Honored Guest Poet featured here at f\/k\/a, and we thought we’d use this occasion to reprise a\u00a0handful of his haiku that evoke the journey theme. <\/font><\/font><\/div>\n
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first on the trail\u2014
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pausing on the trail\u2014
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at the trail\u2019s end,
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. . . . . by Michael Dylan Welch<\/font><\/a>\u00a0 \"HaikuJourneyN\"<\/font><\/div>\n
“gridlock” – from <\/font>Open Window<\/font><\/a>\u00a0– click <\/font>here<\/font><\/a> for orig. photo & poem\u00a0<\/font><\/div>\n
others\u00a0from Thornewood Poems<\/a><\/em>, and <\/font>TAO<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n

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Of course, haiku Master Issa knew a thing or two about journeys in Japan:<\/font><\/div>\n
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back from his journey
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is today a good day
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will these old knees
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the calf begins
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off on a journey
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dancing butterflies–
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. . . . . . . by \u00a0<\/font>Kobayashi Issa<\/strong><\/font><\/a>, translated by <\/font>Daniel G. Lanoue<\/font><\/a><\/div>\n
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