[SWCollect] Surprised

[Dan Chisarick]

	For no particular reason I stopped in the local "Game Stop".  I've 
been grabbing all the fullsize "Baldur's Gate" and "Icewind Dale" 
titles (and their add-ons) for $10-20 each lately.  6 down, 2 to go.  
Anyway, guy behind the counter, couldn't have been more than... 19.  I 
mention something about the fullsize boxes and what a scam the 
re-release packaging is (no printed docs being the worst).  He mentions 
how he has games from (some number of years ago).  I said I had a few 
from '79.  Imagine my surprise when he said his favorite game of all 
time is "Wasteland".  He was talking about wanting to write to Brian 
Fargo about making a real sequel to that (none of this "Fallout" or 
even "Fountain of Dreams").  I was quite surprised.  He was at best in 
Kindergarden when Wasteland was released.  He grabbed images of it from 
the Internet and played it on an emulator.  Beat it several times.  I 
was jealous (any may be loading it up again in the very near future).
	On an unrelated note, I saw someone with a "Firaxis" e-mail (or at 
least had @Firaxis.com) as part of his ebay ID bidding on SSI games.  
Hobby or research not known (but I hope its both).  What I wouldn't 
give to see the "big box" SSI designers make something (of similar 
depth) today.  Open the box of a game along the lines of "Torpedo Fire" 
and out pops a CD and a protractor for computing firing solutions :) 

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