If you missed the announcement – ParserComp is live! All 14 games are available as a zipped download here, and where possible, online play links will be appearing at this page over the next few days.
And now for something completely different.
Let’s be clear: Microsoft has a lovely explanation of what all its system error codes mean. But some rather beg for misinterpretation….
ERROR_ARENA_TRASHED (0x7)
What did you feed the gladiators?
ERROR_NOT_ENOUGH_MEMORY (0x8)
Be fair, you forget stuff too.
ERROR_BAD_ENVIRONMENT (0xA)
Global warming is likely involved.
ERROR_NOT_READY (0x12)
Give me a minute, willya!
ERROR_OUT_OF_PAPER (0x1B)
Insert bathroom joke.
ERROR_REM_NOT_LIST (0x33)
Even though you listed U2, Pearl Jam, and Smashing Pumpkins.
ERROR_DEV_NOT_EXIST (0x37)
Oh yeah? Well, who wrote this code, then?
ERROR_TOO_MANY_NAMES (0x44)
An appropriate error to throw for Wolf+585, Sr.
ERROR_TOO_MANY_SEMAPHORES (0x64)
Hard on the arms, bad for the eyes.
ERROR_SEM_OWNER_DIED (0x69)
Oh no!
ERROR_BAD_DRIVER_LEVEL (0x77)
This isn’t Grand Theft Auto.
ERROR_WAIT_NO_CHILDREN (0x80)
You left them at the daycare.
ERROR_TOO_MANY_MUXWAITERS (0x98)
Only so many people can fit in this muxrestaurant.
ERROR_BAD_ARGUMENTS (0xA0)
You’ll never get on the debate team.
ERROR_BUSY (0xAA)
Shhhhh.
ERROR_ATOMIC_LOCKS_NOT_SUPPORTED (0xAE)
Sounds kinda sci-fi to me….
ERROR_RING2SEG_MUST_BE_MOVABLE (0xC8)
This puzzle ring is broken.
ERROR_META_EXPANSION_TOO_LONG (0xD0)
Stephen King should’ve stopped after Wizard and Glass.
ERROR_NESTING_NOT_ALLOWED (0xD7)
Shoo, pigeons!
ERROR_VIRUS_DELETED (0xE2)
Wait… did you want this?
ERROR_PIPE_BUSY (0xE7)
Piranha plants may be involved.
ERROR_INVALID_EA_NAME (0xF0)
Spell it out: Electronic Arts.
ERROR_EA_TABLE_FULL (0x115)
If you wanted to sit with them at dinner, you should have signed up in advance.
ERROR_NOT_OWNER (0x120)
Therefore, I don’t have to listen to you. Nyaaah!
ERROR_MR_MID_NOT_FOUND (0x13D)
Paging Mr. Mid… Paging Mr. Mid… Please pick up the courtesy phone, Mr. Mid.
ERROR_SCOPE_NOT_FOUND (0x13E)
Someone must have moved it while cleaning the observatory.
ERROR_INVALID_CAP (0x140)
It says “Yankees”, but you’re in Boston.
ERROR_DEVICE_UNREACHABLE (0x141)
Why did you have to put it on such a high shelf?
ERROR_OPERATION_IN_PROGRESS (0x149)
And yet, House dashes in without surgical scrubs anyway.
ERROR_SCRUB_DATA_DISABLED (0x14C)
Data is not clean! Data will be sticky and gross!
ERROR_NOT_READ_FROM_COPY (0x151)
Seriously, this looks like it was mimeographed in the 50s.
ERROR_INVALID_ADDRESS (0x1E7)
This is making it extremely difficult to deliver your pizza.