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  1. Alter Ego by Darkforge · · Score: 3, Interesting · on On Provoking Emotions Via Games

    Like the game says: What if you could live your life over again?

    If you make it all the way to the end of this game and you don't feel anything, you're not really a human being. ;-)

    (Full disclaimer: I ported AE to the web from the Commodore 64.)

  2. Re:The jury's out... by Darkforge · · Score: 1 · on What Spore May Spawn

    That was my main criticism of The Sims as well. (Shameless plug) If you're like me, you may prefer Alter Ego instead.

    "What if you could live your life over again?"

  3. Re:"Real Life" MMRPG w/ 6 billion denizens by Moghedien · · Score: 1 · on Massively Multiplayer Games For Dummies

    Reminds me of Alter Ego.

  4. The Sleeping Princess is back from the dead too!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Argonaut Games Back From the Dead

    SHE'S BACK!! She's okay!! omg I'm so happy!! Also, the coordinates for Sunday's broadcast have been posted, and as always you can find them in human-readable format. If there's an axon anywhere near you, you MUST make Sunday's rendezvous because this could be your last chance. Melissa and the Princess may be leaving us. All we know is that something huge is going to happen. REMEMBER TO CHANGE YOUR CLOCKS FOR DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME SO YOU DON'T MISS THE RENDEZVOUS; MELISSA WOULD NOT APPROVE OF BEING AN HOUR LATE.

  5. THE SLEEPING PRINCESS IS ALIVE!!!!!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic · on Microsoft Just Wants a Little Look

    SHE'S BACK!! She's okay!! omg I'm so happy!! Also, the coordinates for Sunday's broadcast have been posted, and as always you can find them in human-readable format. If there's an axon anywhere near you, you MUST make Sunday's rendezvous because this could be your last chance. Melissa and the Princess may be leaving us. All we know is that something huge is going to happen. REMEMBER TO CHANGE YOUR CLOCKS FOR DAYLIGHT SAVINGS TIME SO YOU DON'T MISS THE RENDEZVOUS; MELISSA WOULD NOT APPROVE OF BEING AN HOUR LATE.

  6. Play it online by Jmstuckman · · Score: 2, Redundant · on Real Lives 2004 - Living Other People's Normal Lives?
    I found a fun online game (based on an 80's PC game) which lets you play the same kind of simulation.

    Alter Ego

    The game is very well made -- try it out!

  7. Re:Older 'life simulators' by krazykong · · Score: 5, Informative · on Real Lives 2004 - Living Other People's Normal Lives?

    Actually, someone has actually recreated that game in a web based format. It can be played here..

  8. Sounds like `Alter Ego' ... by dougmc · · Score: 3, Informative · on The Sims 2 - Evolution, Not Revolution?
    I recall a game on my Apple ][ called Alter Ego.

    And I seem to have found a web version here.

    Here is more on the original version (the c64 version, but whatever works.)

    And more.

  9. Re:Sims? by DennyK · · Score: 2 · on Virtual Simerica

    I tried playing The Sims a couple of times, but I just couldn't get into it. It's really just BORING, in all honesty. I don't really enjoy doing mundane tasks and chores in real life, where at least I get some real benefit from them (clean house, fewer "pet" flies, more money, etc.). The idea of spending hours on end ordering some game character to do the same things in some virtual world is mind-numbing.

    I think The Sims would be far more interesting if there was an option to let the Sims operate independently, while you just arrange their lives as you see fit. (Yes, I know you can give them "free will", but in my version of the game, at least, this means they invite their friends over and then get so interested in the picture hanging on the wall that they don't answer the door, never bother to go to work or pay the bills, and sometimes piss their pants because they forget to go to the bathroom... Then they start a fire in the kitchen while trying to cook and stand there screaming about it until the flames engulf them and burn them to a crisp... ) Creating situations to watch how your Sims react would be far more entertaining that ordering them to go pee, then shower, then go to sleep, then wake up, then go here, then do this, and on and on and on...

    On a somewhat off-topic note, a game that is much more entertaining and realistic than The Sims is Alter Ego. It lets you create and develop a person from birth to old age, and is quite addictive. Plus, it runs on a 286 and fits on a floppy disk! ;D There's also an online version for you non-DOS folks, though I don't know how complete it is myself. Definatly an entertaining game! :)

    DennyK