# Machinarium
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machinarium/514984
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [October 24, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machinarium/514984 "2009-10-24T18:36:37Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@brujaja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brujaja)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2009, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machinarium/514984/1 "2009-10-24T18:36:37Z")
It’s not as sciencey as some of my favorite indie games, but it is real cute:
> **[Machinarium](https://amanita-design.net/games/machinarium.html)**
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> Machinarium – Puzzle Adventure Game – Amanita Design
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### Author:  [@Jragon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jragon)
#### Post date: [October 24, 2009, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machinarium/514984/2 "2009-10-24T19:51:44Z")
I can’t get it to run on my computer for some reason, the framerate is unplayable. I have two NVidia GTX 295s…
Oldish games (Warcraft 3, WoW) and flash based apps in fullscreen (Youtube, Hulu) do not run at a reasonable framerate with Quad SLI enabled.
Newer 3D games: Run much better with Quad SLI Enabled
Machinarium: WILL NOT RUN AT A REASONABLE FRAMERATE WITH ANY GODDAMN CONFIGURATION OR DRIVER RELEASE
Me: Insane
And I really wanted to play it too. ☹
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### Author:  [@HPL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HPL)
#### Post date: [October 25, 2009, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machinarium/514984/3 "2009-10-25T03:21:24Z")
The demo was both good looking and intriguing. I’ll pick it up eventually, but right now I’m working on another game.
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### Author:  [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)
#### Post date: [October 30, 2009, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machinarium/514984/5 "2009-10-30T07:12:21Z")
Sort of frustrating until I figured out what was going on, but interesting.
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### Author:  [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2009, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machinarium/514984/7 "2009-11-05T08:09:25Z")
The game works for me, but it’s still frustrating.
Or, I should say, it was. I finished the demo levels. The frustrating part was knowing what I wanted it to do, but not finding how to make it do it.
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### Author:  [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)
#### Post date: [November 5, 2009, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machinarium/514984/8 "2009-11-05T16:14:02Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#):
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> The game works for me, but it’s still frustrating.
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> Or, I should say, it was. I finished the demo levels. The frustrating part was knowing what I wanted it to do, but not finding how to make it do it.
Agreed. I was stuck on that “dress like a cop robot to cross the bridge” level for ages. I knew exactly what I was supposed to do : get that lightbulb. To get that lightbulb, I needed to fix the ladder. And I looked everywhere for the missing steps. I was even convinced at some point that those two “birds” were it, an impression compounded by the fact that clicking on them did something after a lenghty pause - so there must have been a system there !
Except, not. And the actual solution is so dang unintuitive…
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### Author:  [@thelurkinghorror](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thelurkinghorror)
#### Post date: [November 6, 2009, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/machinarium/514984/9 "2009-11-06T07:19:09Z")
That puzzle is very similar to one from Monkey Island 2. Except instead of a lightbulb, you get a head wound and a trippy hallucination.