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Re: Most important games

Posted on 2021-08-15, 17:36

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My first week or so playing WoW is very memorable. I basically just walked around exploring this vast virtual world. (My first toon was a rogue so I was able to explore about 3/4 of the two big islands before dinging 40.) Entering Ironforge for the first time was an awesome experience, then ( …

Re: Most important games

Posted on 2021-08-15, 16:03

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One game that really touched me was Homeworld. Appropriately, it was from Sierra, a company that had already given me so much enjoyment with their graphics adventures, and at the same time the game was an RTS, a genre that I absolutely loved since Dune II. A perfect combination for me. Also, it was …

Re: Most important games

Posted on 2021-08-15, 15:36

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Dune II - should be mentioned here as well. I played that game so had, it broke my serial mouse as you had to click so much 😁 It also paved the way for all coming up RTS games or at least helped their "boom" in the 90s. Seconded. There were only a few games for me that really gave me a "WOW" factor …

Re: What do you think about Steam Deck handheld PC ?

Posted on 2021-08-15, 08:01

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Yea Arch is a rolling release, it will (should) be much quicker to support and implement features, fixes, and other things (or break them). I would think that there has to be something on the device or OS that is closed or secret for cheat-busting, I believe this has been a major issue with a lot …

Re: What do you think about Steam Deck handheld PC ?

Posted on 2021-08-14, 22:31

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Point taken about the freedom bit, but that seems to be something that would be valued by a much smaller segment of the gaming population. In that vein it will be interesting to see if or how much valve locks this down and tries to prevent hacking etc. Remember when PS3 offered the ability to …

Re: What do you think about Steam Deck handheld PC ?

Posted on 2021-08-14, 16:10

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@drosse1meyer it's absolutely fair (and wise) to maintain a wait-and-see approach, since the production units aren't out yet. A few things, though: It has been confirmed that even the base model (that comes with just eMMC storage) can be upgraded with an NVMe M.2 drive. And sure, it's a lower …

Re: Most important games

Posted on 2021-08-14, 15:42

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The people born in the late '70s and early '80s are sometimes considered a separate micro-generation, sandwiched between Generation X and the Millennials. I subscribe to this generation, actually. We are a particularly interesting generation, since we have experienced (and are comfortable with) both …

Re: What do you think about Steam Deck handheld PC ?

Posted on 2021-08-14, 14:59

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I think this short clip from The WAN Show (a podcast from the Linus Tech Tips people) sums up very well what makes the Steam Deck so cool. It's innovative hardware, sharply priced for what you're getting, and the fact that it stimulates the improvement of Linux as a gaming platform "frees gamers …

Re: Most important games

Posted on 2021-08-14, 14:08

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The beauty of learning excess vocabulary is that you can call dopey f****rs, soporific copulators to their face. lol Then I guess be grateful that it wasn't a Northern English lad who wrote Space Quest, you might have been trying to figure out "cacked your kecks" ... though that might have …

Re: Windows Me - "Misunderstood Edition"

Posted on 2021-08-14, 13:04

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Microsoft already wanted to move on from DOS back in 1987, when OS/2 was supposed to be the "follow up" of DOS. They even ran advertising campaigns stating that "DOS is dead". With DOS, Microsoft had competitors in the market (most notably DR-DOS) which potentially hurt their sales. That is why …

Re: Most important games

Posted on 2021-08-14, 12:24

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The Sierra graphics adventure games with text command input, starting with King's Quest I, really did wonders for my English language skills, back when I was a kid. Some notable cases I remember: Wanting to climb the tree in King's Quest I, but constantly failing, since I wasn't aware that there was …

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