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2011-04-04 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Thomas, Yes, I thought that Mach 1 and you say Raceway are first person type games because it is as if you are looking through the windshield of the race car. And as I said, I believe that the Top Speed game is a third person type game. At least to me the point of view is that of from abo

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2011-04-03 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Jim, Well, if you take the position of actually sitting behind the wheel, I.E. looking out the windshield, that would be classified first-person as the game is from the perspective of physically sitting inside the car. This is how USA Raceway works, and is in the first-person as it tries to emu

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2011-04-03 Thread Jim Kitchen
Hi Thomas, Don't know if this is actually a third person, but to me the point of view in Mach 1 and Mach 1 tts is that of through the windshield and to me the point of view in Top Speed is that of from above and behind your car just like in Pole Position. BFN Jim So what if I'm a bit be

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2011-04-02 Thread shaun everiss
. or the 3d could be 35 while the 2d is $23.34 Then you could even put out a 1d version for 11.66 smiles Phil - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 1:11 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011

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2011-04-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Yohandy, Well, it depends on which version of MOTA you are asking about. As for MOTA Standard, the 2d platformer, I'm just finishing up level 2. I've been tied up with other issues, and am just now getting around to adding the new level 2 to the beta. As for MOTA 3D its got a level from beta 16

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2011-04-02 Thread dark
quite possibly, though actually sinse the entire point of the cybermen is that they have given themselves so many spare parts that they have replaced everything including emotions that would be entirely corect ;D. Actually the new series cybermen and even the 1980's cybermen are pretty lively

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2011-04-02 Thread dark
Hi Tom. As I've said before, I do have trouble understanding spacial relations and forming mental maps of physical spaces, but I have every intention of playing 3D mota successfully so will be willing to make suggestions when the time comes. As regards audio perspectives I beg to disagree th

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2011-04-02 Thread Yohandy
without any thought. it's a bit of a shame as there are some great audio games out there. - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011 Hi Muhamme

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2011-04-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Easy. First you can try and center the enemy in your headphones, and second the game has a laser site to target enemies. Its not exactly hard. Cheers! On 4/2/11, Shiny protector wrote: > Hi Tom, > > How will I know if I have got the correct aim to punch or kick? --- Gamers mailing list __

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2011-04-02 Thread Shiny protector
Hi Tom, How will I know if I have got the correct aim to punch or kick? - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 7:13 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011 Hi Muhammed, As for MOTA 3

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2011-04-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Not unless I fully implamented an arcade mode. At the moment there is a save game feature which is good enough for restoring lives. Besides that having thre to five lives is kind of silly in my opinion and is unrealistic. Cheers! On 4/1/11, burakyuksek wrote: > Hi, > I have a suggestion. C

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2011-04-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Hayden, I think you totally misunderstand how an analog jump system works. You can't simply just jump higher and higher or further and further the longer you hold the jump keys down. There are set restrictions on how high and how far you can jump. The difference here is that you can choose how

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2011-04-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, I wouldn't doubt that any. ESpeak definitely sounds like some robot out of the 50's or 60's B movie. Definitely not one of my favorite voices, but I've grown use to it on Linux since it is the default voice for most Linux access products. Cheers! On 4/2/11, Valiant8086 wrote: > Might sort

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2011-04-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Muhammed, As for MOTA 3D you won't need any special hardware to play it. I've recently decided to use 2d stereo by default for the game. The main reasons I decided upon this course of action is A, not many people have the money to invest in a true 5.1 surround sound setup, and B, Streemway curr

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2011-04-02 Thread Valiant8086
Might sort of be able to duplicate that with ESpeak US speaking slowly on no inflection lol. Sent with Thunderbird 3.1.9 portable. On 4/2/2011 6:11 AM, dark wrote: Hi Tom. Glad to here Crystal potentially gets to keep her part after her rather good performance ;D. Actually this is about th

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2011-04-02 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Yeah, that's exactly what betas are for. One thing I hope to acomplish with MOTA 3D is not only to get gamers use to a true 3d first-person game, but to work out game mechanics that are almost universally helpful to a blind gamer. Its one thing to look at Shades of Doom and get ideas, and

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2011-04-02 Thread Thomas Ward
HI Dark and all, All you will need for MOTA 3D is a stereo set of headphones. This is for too reasons. First, as we have discussed on list most people simply don't have the hardware required to render true 5.1 or 7.1 3d audio so making that a manditory requirement will hurt sales if the potential

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2011-04-02 Thread Tim Kilgore
Yeah some voices actually work well for singing pronounciations. Tim - Original Message - From: "dark" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 4:43 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011 ironically tom i feel the same way in the

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2011-04-02 Thread dark
lot with virtual 3D in sterrio, particularly if you've got a good set of headphones. Beware the Grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: "Shiny protector" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 8:52 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games Ne

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2011-04-02 Thread Ben
For the cybermen either those or willow pond. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. Al

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2011-04-02 Thread dark
e - From: "Hayden Presley" To: "'Gamers Discussion list'" Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2011 12:29 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011 Hi Thomas, The only problem I see with your jumping system is, we lose a lot of the elements, like drawbridges an

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2011-04-02 Thread dark
Hi Tom. Glad to here Crystal potentially gets to keep her part after her rather good performance ;D. Actually this is about the only occasion i can think of where a synth would be better than a human for contributing characterization to the game ;D. About the only other instance I can think

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2011-04-02 Thread dark
m for hyperspacial pan dimentional beings though, goodness knows how much they'd have to pay for a copy ;D. Beware the grue! Dark. - Original Message - From: "Phil Vlasak" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 6:48 PM Subject: Re: [Audy

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2011-04-02 Thread dark
Hi Tom. That is true regarding what has happened in audio 3D thus far, sinse being strictly logical Shades, Sarah, monkey business etc are first person 2D titles rather like the original doom itself not 3D ones, though I admit due to the analogue movement both styles have we have sometimes con

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2011-04-02 Thread dark
ironically tom i feel the same way in the other direction, one reason I use orphius Alan for my Hal voice (which has great reaction speed), and scansoft daniel for my gaming sapi voice. Hereing something with Zee just doesn't sound right to me either, as far as I, and my synths are concer

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2011-04-02 Thread Shiny protector
- Original Message - From: "burakyuksek" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 11:04 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011 Hi, I have a suggestion. Can you add a life system if it's possible? sevgiler saygilar - Original

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2011-04-02 Thread Shiny protector
o the head? o- Original Message - From: "dark" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 8:31 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011 Hi tom. Having spent the week betwene boxing day and new years day of Christmas prostrated with th

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2011-04-01 Thread Hayden Presley
] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 12:57 PM To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011 Hi Dark, H...Well, you are right about AT&T Crystal. My initial reason for picking her is exactly because with a little tinkering around with Goldwave

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2011-04-01 Thread Tommy
I agreed with you completely Thomas. Tommy - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "The Addictor" ; "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 4:50 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011 Hi Ken, Well, as far as pa

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2011-04-01 Thread burakyuksek
Hi, I have a suggestion. Can you add a life system if it's possible? sevgiler saygilar - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 8:59 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011 Hi Phil, A

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2011-04-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Ken, Well, as far as package deals goes I'll probably eventually have something like that in place, but I don't honestly expect everyone to buy both. Clear back as early as 2008 I remember asking the list weather or not they wanted me to replace Montezuma's Revenge, AKA Montezuma's Return, with

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2011-04-01 Thread Tommy
That's cool! I'm excited! Tommy - Original Message - From: "Charles Rivard" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 12:14 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011 Hmm. An extra dimension at no cost. How can you beat

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2011-04-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Lori, Well, if you heard Scansoft Daniel in a trailer that was probably because I was using Microsoft Sapi directly rather than prerecorded wav files. The G3D Engine, like BGT, offers a developer the option to speak status messages using a Sapi voice of his/her choice, or you can use prerecorde

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2011-04-01 Thread Yohandy
great to know everyone's getting well! - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Lori Duncan" ; "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 1:03 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011 Hi Lori, Yes, thank you. Everyo

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2011-04-01 Thread Charles Rivard
Same idea, basically the same puzzle, yet quite different. --- Shepherds are the best beasts! - Original Message - From: "The Addictor" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 1:14 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011 Hey, I don&#x

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2011-04-01 Thread The Addictor
customers buying both, unless they buy the 2d, get used to that and want to take that next big jump...Ken Downey The Addictor www.TheAddictor.com - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 1:11 PM Subject: Re:

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2011-04-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Phil, AhemPlease tell me you are joking. Smile. On 4/1/11, Phil Vlasak wrote: > Hi Thomas, > I object to your pricing. > If 2 d and 3 d are both $35 then the 2d is over priced as you get one less d > for the same price. > It would be better if you charged for each dimension. > The 2d cou

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2011-04-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, H...Well, you are right about AT&T Crystal. My initial reason for picking her is exactly because with a little tinkering around with Goldwave she sounds like a starship computer. I'll take your suggestion under advisement. Since I have many of the necessary speech clips done using her

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2011-04-01 Thread Phil Vlasak
put out a 1d version for 11.66 smiles Phil - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 1:11 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011 Hi Tim, The price for the 3d version will be $35.00 USD. Sa

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2011-04-01 Thread Damien Pendleton
" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 6:33 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011 Hi, Yeah, maybe. I just know with the Scansoft voices Emily, Daniel, Karen, and Sorina they use the sh sound for schedule. That drives me a little nuts hearin

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2011-04-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Dark, Very true. When it comes to 2d side-scrollers Mysteries of the Ancients is really a first in this community. Beta 18 has cut some new gground in the audio games market in terms of 2d platformers, and I've done my best to modernize the 2d platformer by adding features triditionally found i

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2011-04-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Yeah, maybe. I just know with the Scansoft voices Emily, Daniel, Karen, and Sorina they use the sh sound for schedule. That drives me a little nuts hearing that because to my ears that sounds wrong. Not only that take the letter z. Here in the U.S. we say zee like that but in most foreign cou

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2011-04-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, UmmmI think you misunderstood me. The games are $35.00 USD each. The standard and 3d versions are being sold separately in order to raise money for USA Games plus cover the expenses of production. I went way over budget with MOTA, and as much money as I can make off the two differe

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2011-04-01 Thread Damien Pendleton
ject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011 Hi Lori, Yes, thank you. Everyone is doing much better. My wife is almost fully recovered accept for a little bit of a rash she is putting cream on. My son seams to have beaten the flu, and I'm pretty much over it as well. We are, all things

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2011-04-01 Thread Charles Rivard
PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011 Hi Tim, The price for the 3d version will be $35.00 USD. Same as the 2d version. Although, I may run a special or something around the time it is released. I'm not sure. I just know that the final price will be $35.00. Cheers! On 3/31/1

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2011-04-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Tim, The price for the 3d version will be $35.00 USD. Same as the 2d version. Although, I may run a special or something around the time it is released. I'm not sure. I just know that the final price will be $35.00. Cheers! On 3/31/11, Tim Kilgore wrote: > What's the price of the 3d version

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2011-04-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi, Yeah, but I'm not exactly using the TTS engine itself in the game. All I'm doing is taking a program called Text Aloud, created by Nextup.com, and having it save voice clips from the Sapi voice to a PCM wav file which I drop into the games speech folder. Doing speech output that way definitely

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2011-04-01 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Lori, Yes, thank you. Everyone is doing much better. My wife is almost fully recovered accept for a little bit of a rash she is putting cream on. My son seams to have beaten the flu, and I'm pretty much over it as well. We are, all things considered, almost all back to full health. As for Scan

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2011-04-01 Thread Tommy
Wow! I'm excited. I can't wait! Tommy - Original Message - From: "Charles Rivard" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 2:58 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011 A great update, and, as far as the health of the

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2011-04-01 Thread Lori Duncan
"Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 8:31 PM Subject: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011 USA Games News March 31, 2011 Introduction Hello, and welcome to another edition of the USA Games news letter. This has been, so far, not a good start to the new year for us a

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2011-04-01 Thread Tim Kilgore
Ivona is a really good speech engine but I think it may have a larger footprint. Not sure though. Tim - Original Message - From: "Charles Rivard" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:38 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011

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2011-04-01 Thread Tim Kilgore
What's the price of the 3d version. Thanks Tim - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Charles Rivard" ; "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 4:05 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011 Hi Charles, Yeah

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2011-04-01 Thread dark
different fighting moves, so I myself think it's good we have two alternatives here. Beware the Grue! dark. - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 2:16 AM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2

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2011-04-01 Thread dark
Hi tom. Having spent the week betwene boxing day and new years day of Christmas prostrated with the flue myself, very irritating sinse I had such a bad sore throat I didn't even want to speak for fear of damaging my voice, so had to resort to a combination of Typing stuff on my laptop and sign

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2011-03-31 Thread Tommy
go to Ivona dot com. and check it out Thomas. Tomy - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 9:16 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011 Hi Tommie, Ivona voice? What's that? I&#x

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2011-03-31 Thread Charles Rivard
Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011 Hi Charles, Actually, I thought I was a pod person. Grin. P.S. For those who don't get the joke watch Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I.E. that 1950's sci-fi B Movie. Cheers! On 3/31/11, Charles Rivard wrote: Almost human? Oh my God! And

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2011-03-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, Actually, I thought I was a pod person. Grin. P.S. For those who don't get the joke watch Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I.E. that 1950's sci-fi B Movie. Cheers! On 3/31/11, Charles Rivard wrote: > Almost human? Oh my God! And here I was, thinking you're getting better? > You

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2011-03-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Tommie, Ivona voice? What's that? I've never heard of that Sapi voice, nor do I have it. Cheers! On 3/31/11, Tommy wrote: > Hey Thomas! What about Ivona voice? You could use that MOTA too. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-un

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2011-03-31 Thread Bryan Peterson
Yeah! Mwa ha ha ha ha! We are the Knights who say...Ni! - Original Message - From: "Charles Rivard" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 7:45 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011 Almost human? Oh my God! And here I

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2011-03-31 Thread Tommy
Hey Thomas! What about Ivona voice? You could use that MOTA too. - Original Message - From: "Charles Rivard" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 8:45 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011 Almost human? Oh my God! And

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2011-03-31 Thread Tommy
I'm glad that you and your family getting better Thomas. Tommy - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Charles Rivard" ; "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 4:05 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011

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2011-03-31 Thread Charles Rivard
ke it to heart. - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 8:16 PM Subject: Re: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011 Hi Willem, Thanks. Todays the first day I felt almost human in four or five days. For the past

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2011-03-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Willem, Thanks. Todays the first day I felt almost human in four or five days. For the past week I've mainly sat in bed with my laptop exchanging a few e-mails, or buried under blankets listening to books on my mp3 player. So its glad to be back with the living again. Anyway, as for the 3d bet

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2011-03-31 Thread Willem Venter
Hi Thomas. I'm glad to see you've weathered the storm and hope things will go better soon. All the changes you mentioned sound very exciting! I can't wait for the 3d fps beta! On 3/31/11, Thomas Ward wrote: > Hi Charles, > > Yeah, tell me about it. For a couple of days there I thought I was > go

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2011-03-31 Thread Thomas Ward
Hi Charles, Yeah, tell me about it. For a couple of days there I thought I was going to die. You know how when you get a serious case of the flu all you do is sleep, throw up, sleep, throw up, break out in chills, throw up, sweat to death, throw up, etc.There were a couple of nasty days were I cou

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2011-03-31 Thread Charles Rivard
easts! - Original Message - From: "Thomas Ward" To: "Gamers Discussion list" Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2011 2:31 PM Subject: [Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011 USA Games News March 31, 2011 Introduction Hello, and welcome to another edition of the USA Games news lett

[Audyssey] USA Games News 3/31/2011

2011-03-31 Thread Thomas Ward
USA Games News March 31, 2011 Introduction Hello, and welcome to another edition of the USA Games news letter. This has been, so far, not a good start to the new year for us at USA Games Interactive. My family and I have undergone several health issues that have slowed and in large part prevent