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just for fun...(requires Unix):

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

my $f = `fortune`;
chomp(my $w = `echo \$USER`);
print "\nHello, $w!  Your fortune for today is:\n\n $f\n";

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Here is a small MUD-esque movement thing I made:

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;

my $state = 1;
my @exits = ("Major Motoko Kusanagi wishes you well!","Come back soon,
+ ya hear?","Bah, coward!","Go with God.","Stellaaaaaa!","Namo Kuan Yi
+n.");

sub welcome {
      print "Welcome to my game! Do you want to move:\n\n";
      print "North?\n";
      print "South?\n";
      print "East?\n";
      print "West?\n\n";
      }

sub movement {
      while ($state == 1) {
        welcome();
        print "<120/120hps 50/50mana 100/100mvs> ";
        chomp(my $move = <STDIN>);
             if ($move =~ /^(north|south|east|west)$/i) {
             print "\nYou have moved $move.\n\n";
           } elsif ($move =~ /^(halt|quit|exit)$/i) {
             print "\n$exits[rand @exits]\n\n";
             $state = 0;
           } else {
             print "\nThat is not a valid option.\n\n";
      }     
   }
}
movement();

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