Short of Sushi

Paul Stanley 2012

Language:: English
Authors:: Paul Stanley
Systems:: Inform
Platforms:: Z-Machine
Genres:: Based on film/TV/radio, Magic, Speed IF
Entered by:: Garry
Added:: 12-10-2017

Synopsis

Plot

The game starts in the pantry of the 57-floor Burj al-Fawalti hotel. Your job is to wait for telephone orders from the guests, collect the orders from the kitchen and deliver them to the guest's hotel room. It's called "room service". Nothing to it. Until the woman in the penthouse on the 57th floor asks for some fresh sushi...

Notes

This was an entry in the Ultimate not numbered New Year’s Speed IF. ABOUT tells us that it "nods in the direction of two classic English television comedies of the 1970s". The first is clearly Are You Being Served?, as Mrs Slocombe and her pussy make a cameo appearance. The second is probably Fawlty Towers, as "Burj" is Arabic for "tower" and "Fawalti" is pretty close to "Fawlty".