a game where you play and control a pirate,walk around,fire a blunderbuss ,shiver timbers etc but not from the pirate's viewpoint; but that of a parrot on said pirate's shoulder-- technobadger, Nov 15 2001 (?) silly joke- sorry http://www.fis.edu/...rents/easy/news.htmfunny the 1st time I heard it [po, Nov 15 2001] Uberhomingpigeon http://www.halfbake...ea/Uberhomingpigeon [hippo, Nov 15 2001] 2nd person shooter http://www.halfbake..._20Person_20Shooter [hippo, Nov 15 2001] Ahrr givin us the eye, he is. We'll show him.-- reensure, Nov 16 2001 Since the view would be exactly the same as a first person view, only about 9 inches to the left, it's also baked by the numerous 1st person shooters with dodgy aiming and targetting systems.-- pottedstu, Nov 16 2001 Avast yer lubbers. Do ye all reckon that polly'll be gawpin' in the same direction as good ol' Long John for the whole time? 'tis unlikely, methinks.-- DrBob, Nov 16 2001 this idea has given me a headache. anyone got a painkiller? no, the parrots eat 'em all. - croissant - I want to play - do I get a hook as well?-- po, Nov 16 2001 Ohhhh.............Pirates...................YES!-- AfroAssault, Nov 17 2001 Even good copy protection will be plundered by the really good crackers, who will then give you the bird. Man, I suck at this.-- AfroAssault, Nov 17 2001 Don't get your feathers ruffled, Afro...it's just a flock of cheep puns.-- StarChaser, Nov 17 2001 ahoy-- technobadger, Nov 17 2001 I was hoping that this would be something I could adapt to reduce the pigeon population.-- angel, Nov 19 2001 [Link added to "Uberhomingpigeon" to try and prevent people repeating the whole thing here.]-- hippo, Nov 19 2001 [Link added to "2nd person shooter", so that we don't go over that again either]Carry on, in your own time.-- hippo, Nov 19 2001 hippo: thanks/sorry. But why's "2nd person shooter" in the "computer: game platform" category?-- pottedstu, Nov 19 2001 UnaBubba: Why not just use your first one?-- StarChaser, Nov 19 2001 [pottedstu] - dunno.-- hippo, Nov 20 2001 random, halfbakery