Ye Olde Gore
In Armor Games’ free online simulation, “Dark Cut,” you play a medieval surgeon, summoned by your king to perform offbeat, primitive surgical procedures — like removing an arrow or lancing a nasty boil or dispensing with a…well, I won’t say.
It’s a relatively easy operation, because you’re given instructions virtually all the way through it and the “game” doesn’t involve much challenge — all that’s required is a steady hand and a dark sense of humor. What makes it worth wasting your precious time is the disturbing surprise of each patient’s symptoms and the anticipation invoked by each repulsive-yet-cute cartoon graphic that goes along with it.
http://www.armorgames.com/games/darkcut.html
If this sort of thing is your cup of glee, you also might have some fun with this medieval surgery mad lib. It was designed to be educational, but I recommend printing it out and using your own randomly chosen words!
Posted by Michael Arnzen | July 15th, 2007
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