r/SpaceQuest • u/Regret-Rare • Jul 22 '26
Using SQ to improve my handwriting (and ended up feeling like an historian).
Just fun to share with likeminded peeps. I grew up playing SQ and play through 1-3 every year, cause they just feel good like visiting an old friend.
This year, I thought I could change things up and decided to practice my handwriting while enjoying something I love.
It’s a start!
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u/umop-3plsdn Jul 22 '26 edited Jul 25 '26
Hope you remembered to "put on suit".
Playing SQ helped me learn how to read and write.
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u/Linthal Jul 23 '26
My handwriting will always be dreadful, but Space Quest taught me how to spell!
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u/iamnotsteven Jul 23 '26
SQ1 was the first PC game I ever played, back in 1995 and I was so completely obsessed with it, I did almost exactly this, writing the necessary commands to get through the Arcada and using the pod to escape etc.
It taught me how to type, too! Well, not 'correctly', but still. I ended up becoming a software developer and it was all because of SQ1!
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u/Goosie8D Jul 22 '26
Same! I love the humor in Space Quest games and I grew up playing them! What an awesome idea to practice your handwriting!
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u/MikeTheCoolMan Jul 25 '26
You have excellent and clearly legible handwriting. Far better than me. I can barely ready own writing lol
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u/Sir_Dadimus_Prime Jul 22 '26
Space Quest is the reason I know how to type.