Man v Machine craziness

Your computer opponent at level 1200 follows an opening book for up to a dozen moves as long as I play first. When I ask the computer to play first, it gets really weird. Here's an example:

[Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2012.08.28"]
[White "Computer - Medium"]
[Black "Player"]
[Result "0-1"]

 1. g4 e6 2. Nh3 g5 3. Nc3 h6 4. e4 d6 5. Ke2 e5 6. Ke3 c6 7. d4 Bg7 8. dxe5 Bxe5 9. Bc4 Be6 10. Bxe6 fxe6 11. Kd3 Qf6 12. Nxg5 hxg5 13. Be3 Rxh2 14. Rxh2 Bxh2 15. Bxg5 Qxg5 16. Qh1 Be5 17. Qh5+ Qxh5 18. gxh5 Bxc3 19. Kxc3 e5 20. Rh1 Nh6 21. Rg1 d5 22. Rg5 Nd7 23. Rg6 Nf7 24. Rg8+ Nf8 25. Rg7 Ke7 26. h6 Kf6 27. Kd3 Ng6 28. Rh7 Rh8 29. Rxh8 Ngxh8 30. h7 Kg7 31. exd5 cxd5 32. c4 dxc4+ 33. Kxc4 Kxh7 34. Kd5 Kg6 35. Ke6 Kg5 36. Kd7 Kf4 37. Kc7 Kf3 38. Kxb7 Kxf2 39. Kxa7 e4 40. b4 e3 41. Ka6 e2 42. a3 e1=Q 43. Kb5 Qc3 44. Kb6 Qxa3 45. Kb5 Nd6+ 46. Kb6 Qxb4+ 47. Kc7 Nhf7 48. Kd7 Ke3 49. Ke6 Ke4 50. Kd7 Kd5 51. Kc7 Qb7#