Stephen Fry - the Game?
July 16, 2009 – 9:49 pm“Lawks - I’m a game! I’m so honoured I’m in danger of succumbing to a spasm.” The words of Stephen Fry when he discovered that Glasgow based games developers T-Enterprise had created a game inspired by Fry’s illegal download of the popular Hugh Laurie TV show House.
There was a smile on the face of T-Enterprise’s Managing Director Sadie Chishti when news came through about Fry’s downloading.
“When I heard about Stephen Fry’s admission of guilt about downloading illegally at the iTunes Festival I could not believe it! Especially not given the fact he was supposed to be speaking out about piracy in the industry!”
“So he had downloaded the rest of the series legally but it seems that there is always the temptation to take the easy route. At least he has admitted it and not gone down the hypocritical one. What a refreshing change…”
T-Enterprise enjoys bringing out free topical games based on events in the news, and they wasted no time here either.
Quantum Of Torrents features the highly intelligent but loosed lipped pirate, aka Stephen Fry, under attack from the police as he tries to pick up illegal copies of the hit US show House. Driving Fry’s iconic black cab, you have to avoid the law at all costs. You can shoot them to get them off your trail… with dictionaries!
The game keeps dropping copies of the show on the ground in front of you and it is your responsibility to make sure that you pick up all the evidence of your crime or face the wrath of the long arm of the law. Use your dictionaries to keep them at bay because letting them get too close may end your pirating ways for good.
You can play the game here.