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Title: EP Flash: Troy Trooper
Post by: Swamp on October 11, 2009, 06:20:38 AM

EP Flash: Troy Trooper (http://escapepod.org/2005/10/05/ep-flash-troy-trooper/)

By Alex Holden (http://www.alexholden.net/).
Read by Stephen Eley.

“Piece of crap!” The boy kicked the toy soldier hard and it flew across the room.

“Ow,” said Troy, as he warily checked himself for damage, “what was that for?”

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Listen to this week’s Escape Pod! (http://cdn3.libsyn.com/escapepod/EPFlash011_TroyTrooper.mp3?nvb=20091011060644&nva=20091012061644&t=0c83e48560c54c6068ca8)

Title: Re: EP Flash: Troy Trooper
Post by: Unblinking on January 21, 2010, 05:45:41 PM

Haha, fun one this, a fun take on two life lessons:
1.  Giving objects real people personalities (RPP as coined by Douglas Adams) isn't all it's cracked up to be.
2.  From an engineering point of view, making a fundamental change just before public release is always a BAD idea.