On Mon, 9 Jun 2008, Charlie Bell wrote:
> I've got a lalpile of games at the mo. Need to get through them!
See, I have a lalpile of *books* at the moment, and so I probably
shouldn't spend much time gaming. :)
I do enjoy watching other people game for 5-10 minutes at a time, though,
and can
On 09/06/2008, at 10:05 PM, Jim Sharkey wrote:
>
> Charlie Bell wrote:
>> Andrew Crystall wrote:
>>> Played Planescape:Torment?
>> No. Should I?
>
> Yes. Yes you should.
OK, 2 votes in favour. I'll put it on the list.
Charlie.
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Charlie Bell wrote:
>Andrew Crystall wrote:
>>Played Planescape:Torment?
>No. Should I?
Yes. Yes you should.
Jim
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On 9 Jun 2008 at 16:46, Charlie Bell wrote:
> > Played Planescape:Torment?
>
> No. Should I?
Um, yes?
Afaik it's the finest example of a game story ever. Without spoiling
anything, the story has pathos.
AndrewC
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On 08/06/2008, at 12:41 AM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
> On 7 Jun 2008 at 2:19, Charlie Bell wrote:
>
>> Not really. Good games are good games. I loved Lemmings and the
>> Lucasarts adventures (Monkey Island, Grim Fandango, Loom, The Dig...)
>> as much as San Andreas and GTA4 (and Half Life, Far Cry,
On 08/06/2008, at 7:17 AM, Max Battcher wrote:
> Andrew Crystall wrote:
>> On 7 Jun 2008 at 2:19, Charlie Bell wrote:
>>
>>> Not really. Good games are good games. I loved Lemmings and the
>>> Lucasarts adventures (Monkey Island, Grim Fandango, Loom, The
>>> Dig...)
>>> as much as San Andreas a
Jim Sharkey wrote:
> Martin Lewis wrote:
>> There is a Flash adaption:
>> http://portal.wecreatestuff.com/
>
> My understanding is that Portal was originally a Flash game and the
> Valve guys liked it so much they hired them people who created it
> to make a game with their engine.
Portal was ba
Andrew Crystall wrote:
> On 7 Jun 2008 at 2:19, Charlie Bell wrote:
>
>> Not really. Good games are good games. I loved Lemmings and the
>> Lucasarts adventures (Monkey Island, Grim Fandango, Loom, The Dig...)
>> as much as San Andreas and GTA4 (and Half Life, Far Cry, Deus Ex...).
>
> I thin
Andrew Crystall wrote:
>Played Planescape:Torment?
PS:T is a masterpiece. Finest RPG I ever played. It took over my
life from the moment I started it up until I finished it. I must
have played that game 6-10 hours a day, obsessing over every detail.
Jim
The Nameless Maru
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Martin Lewis wrote:
>There is a Flash adaption:
>http://portal.wecreatestuff.com/
My understanding is that Portal was originally a Flash game and the
Valve guys liked it so much they hired them people who created it
to make a game with their engine.
Jim
Rceeberger wrote:
>I've been having fun on the achievement servers, at least the ones
>that are not under constant attack by purist trolls. BTW
>Jim.what servers do you play? I may try to meet up with you to
>play a bit.
forumocalypse.nuclearfallout.net
A lot of really good players, but
On Jun 7, 2008, at 1:12 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
>
> On 7 Jun 2008, at 03:02, Dave Land wrote:
>>
>> Oddworld Inhabitants, the company behind the delightful Oddworld
>> series,
>> make such richly textured, beautiful worlds that their next project,
>> set
>> in the same universe as the games,
On 7 Jun 2008 at 2:19, Charlie Bell wrote:
> Not really. Good games are good games. I loved Lemmings and the
> Lucasarts adventures (Monkey Island, Grim Fandango, Loom, The Dig...)
> as much as San Andreas and GTA4 (and Half Life, Far Cry, Deus Ex...).
I think GTA4 as a game is fairly meh - I
On 6 Jun 2008 at 16:52, William T Goodall wrote:
> The best television is an art form. I don't need to justify art do I?
TV is a passive medium, some of us also like an interactive one.
I prefer books for my passive media because I can progress through
them in my own time (usually very rapidly,
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Jim Sharkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I just finished Portal with my son: it's a fun, short puzzle game,
>>kind of a first-person-shooter where you don't shoot anything
>>living. I'm sure that would ruin it for Call of Duty or GTA fans.
>
> The Orange Box was the
On 6/6/2008 1:29:45 PM, Jim Sharkey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Dave Land wrote:
> >I just finished Portal with my son:
> it's a fun, short puzzle game,
> >kind of a first-person-shooter where you don't
> shoot anything
> >living.
> I'm sure that would ruin it for Call of Duty or GTA fans.
>
> Th
On 7 Jun 2008, at 03:02, Dave Land wrote:
>
> Oddworld Inhabitants, the company behind the delightful Oddworld
> series,
> make such richly textured, beautiful worlds that their next project,
> set
> in the same universe as the games, is a motion picture.
Like the highly acclaimed _Final Fant
On Jun 6, 2008, at 9:04 AM, Mauro Diotallevi wrote:
> On 6/6/08, William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> The best television is an art form. I don't need to justify art do I?
>>
>> Culture Maru
TV is a video game that doesn't demand anything of you. Let someone else
do all the thinking. J
At 04:12 PM Friday 6/6/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
>Cake is either TRUE or -1, depending on its type. :)
Many would say holiday fruitcake is -(infinity).
. . . ronn! :)
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On Jun 6, 2008, at 4:02 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 6 Jun 2008, Julia Thompson wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 6 Jun 2008, David Hobby wrote:
>>
>>> Julia Thompson wrote:
>>> ...
I don't play computer games, either (I would rather be reading
blogs), but
I have heard about P
On Fri, 6 Jun 2008, Julia Thompson wrote:
>
>
> On Fri, 6 Jun 2008, David Hobby wrote:
>
>> Julia Thompson wrote:
>> ...
>>> I don't play computer games, either (I would rather be reading blogs), but
>>> I have heard about Portal. Portal fans are an odd lot, and enough of my
>>> friends and acq
On Fri, 6 Jun 2008, David Hobby wrote:
> Julia Thompson wrote:
> ...
>> I don't play computer games, either (I would rather be reading blogs), but
>> I have heard about Portal. Portal fans are an odd lot, and enough of my
>> friends and acquaintances are enthusiastic about it that I have, in fa
On Fri, 6 Jun 2008, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> If that videogame ever gets published, the purpose of it is to slay
> Muhammad and Abraham before they establish Islam and Judaism. I don't
> think there's a Jesus-slaying mode: it seems pointless, because he would
> also resurect if, instead of b
On Fri, 6 Jun 2008, Jim Sharkey wrote:
> The other part of its awesome is TF2, which as I once mentioned in my LJ
> is just about the most fun you can have at your computer while still
> wearing pants. :-)
Hm. Define "pants".
Julia
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David Hobby wrote:
>Google has no hits for "declared the cake to be a lie", and hits
>without the quotes don't really produce a clear picture.
In Portal, a disembodied female voice assures you that if you pass
all the puzzles, there will be cake at the end. But you find
evidence that not all i
Julia Thompson wrote:
...
> I don't play computer games, either (I would rather be reading blogs), but
> I have heard about Portal. Portal fans are an odd lot, and enough of my
> friends and acquaintances are enthusiastic about it that I have, in fact,
> declared the cake to be a lie on at leas
Lance A. Brown wrote:
>
>> If that videogame ever gets published, the purpose of it is
>> to slay Muhammad and Abraham before they establish Islam and
>> Judaism. I don't think there's a Jesus-slaying mode: it seems
>> pointless, because he would also resurect if, instead of
>> being crucified, he
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> If that videogame ever gets published, the purpose of it is
> to slay Muhammad and Abraham before they establish Islam and
> Judaism. I don't think there's a Jesus-slaying mode: it seems
> pointless, because he would also resurect if, instead of
> being crucified, he was m
Dave Land wrote:
>>>
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/article/object_of_new_video_game_is_to_sto
p_the_spread_of_christianity_and_islam/11957/
>> I don't like computer games.
>>
>> Waste of time Maru
>
> I mean, honestly, what did anyone _expect_ him to say?
>
I expected him to say it's a g
Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
>Jim Sharkey wrote:
>>The other part of its awesome is TF2, which as I once mentioned in
>>my LJ is just about the most fun you can have at your computer
>>while still wearing pants. :-)
>You have your computer in your bathroom too?
If I did, you can be sure I'd be play
At 01:29 PM Friday 6/6/2008, Jim Sharkey wrote:
>The other part of its awesome is TF2, which as I once mentioned in
>my LJ is just about the most fun you can have at your computer while
>still wearing pants. :-)
You have your computer in your bathroom too?
. . . ronn! :)
Dave Land wrote:
>I just finished Portal with my son: it's a fun, short puzzle game,
>kind of a first-person-shooter where you don't shoot anything
>living. I'm sure that would ruin it for Call of Duty or GTA fans.
The Orange Box was the best game purchase I have made in at least
five years, a
On 6/6/08, William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 6 Jun 2008, at 17:04, Mauro Diotallevi wrote:
> > I've even heard people talk
> > about the artistic beauty of a perfectly executed pick and roll in
> > basketball. *Anything* can be done as an art form.
>
>
> I think that's stretchin
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On 6 Jun 2008, at 17:04, Mauro Diotallevi wrote:
> On 6/6/08, William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
On 6 Jun 2008, at 17:04, Mauro Diotallevi wrote:
> On 6/6/08, William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> On 6 Jun 2008, at 15:43, Olin Elliott wrote:
>>
I don't like computer games.
Waste of time Maru.
>>>
>>> More of a waste of time than watching television?
>>
>> Computer game
On 07/06/2008, at 1:46 AM, Dave Land wrote:
> As far as the substance of WTG's response, well, we're all
> entitled to our likes and dislikes, no? I find the endless
> threads about Battlestar Galactica and Lost nothing so much
> as Delete-button-fodder, but I happen to enjoy some
> computer games
On 6/6/08, William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On 6 Jun 2008, at 15:43, Olin Elliott wrote:
>
> >> I don't like computer games.
> >> Waste of time Maru.
> >
> > More of a waste of time than watching television?
>
> Computer games are a kind of amateur sports for people who aren't good
On Fri, 6 Jun 2008, Dave Land wrote:
> On Jun 6, 2008, at 7:05 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
>
>>
>> On 6 Jun 2008, at 13:35, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/article/object_of_new_video_game_is_to_sto
>>> p_the_spread_of_christianity_and_islam/11957/
>>
>> I don'
On 6/6/08, William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't like computer games.
I *knew* there was something about you I didn't like.
:-)
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On 6 Jun 2008, at 15:43, Olin Elliott wrote:
>> I don't like computer games.
>> Waste of time Maru.
>
> More of a waste of time than watching television?
Computer games are a kind of amateur sports for people who aren't good
at sports. I believe they even adjust their difficulty automatically
On Jun 6, 2008, at 7:05 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
>
> On 6 Jun 2008, at 13:35, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
>> http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/article/object_of_new_video_game_is_to_sto
>> p_the_spread_of_christianity_and_islam/11957/
>
> I don't like computer games.
>
> Waste of time Maru
I m
day, June 06, 2008 7:05 AM
Subject: Re: A videogame that will make William happy
On 6 Jun 2008, at 13:35, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/article/object_of_new_video_game_is_to_sto<http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/article/objec
On 6 Jun 2008 at 15:05, William T Goodall wrote:
>
> On 6 Jun 2008, at 13:35, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
> > http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/article/object_of_new_video_game_is_to_sto
> > p_the_spread_of_christianity_and_islam/11957/
> >
> > (the url says it all...)
>
>
> I don't like comput
On 6 Jun 2008, at 13:35, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/article/object_of_new_video_game_is_to_sto
> p_the_spread_of_christianity_and_islam/11957/
>
> (the url says it all...)
I don't like computer games.
Waste of time Maru
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At 07:35 AM Friday 6/6/2008, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>http://www.wsls.com/sls/news/local/article/object_of_new_video_game_is_to_sto
>p_the_spread_of_christianity_and_islam/11957/
Force everyone to be Buddhist?
Peace Maru
. . . ronn! :)
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(the url says it all...)
Alberto Monteiro
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