Yes, you can. Humble Bundle includes all version of all the games listed, and many have soundtracks. You get the Mac, Linux, and Win versions of all the games without restrictions on downloading. Also they now give out keys to add your Bundles to Steam, Desura, and Onlive. It really is the sweetest deal. with GOG coming just behind them. For as little as a penny you can get a tremendous value of games for 3 different computers OSes and they go out of their way to make it convenient. Plus if you pay more than the average price ($7.80 by its close) they gave you the first Humble Bundle for free.
The Xbox 360 wired controller works pretty well for DCUO. I bought a controller for some of my GFWL games and found it to work well with Champions Online. For DCUO, you'll have to largely ignore the onscreen PS3 button prompts and do a bit of trial and error, but the gameplay works well.
Overall I like this game, but feel it's just missing something. I see no chance to knock down buildings, nor do I feel like I have to worry about property damage or that my actions matter. The game world would benefit from phasing so that my actions have results I can see. As it is, I complete my tasks and am told to move on while the chaos around me continues unchanged.
I like the fighting combos and counters. You can block, learn moves to overcome blocks, learn moves to counter attacks, and modify your travel powers into comic book movement based attacks. The game need another year or two of polish, but its fighting does feel nice.
This is my suggestion as well. Google Voice is free, expanding, and lets you set numbers for any special treatment you desire. You can select the harasser's number and set it to block on the Voice web page. You can also have it stop sending calls to your phones (and dump them to Google's voicemail) during certain hours. Best yet, you can have the voicemails transcribed and emailed, or download the voicemails yourself. Think of it as free ammunition for the FCC.
GV also lets you record calls on the fly, or listen in on voicemails while they are being left (with the option to pick up). And by setting your cell phone number to GV, the day you want to leave AT&T's service, you won't have to worry about number portability. Just sign up and give the number you pick to everyone. Google can spam filter phone calls for you.
I remember the original version of this story. Europe colonizing and exploring North America.:) From the Revolution, to the Constitution, to the Robber Barrons, you did good here.
Skills, not levels, are exactly the reason I love playing Eve Online. Everyone can potentially take down every other player due to the fact that everyone can play effectively in PVP without artificial levels. The veteran player has a huge advantage in better ships, more gear, and more skills, but the new player is still effective. Plus new players can gang up on larger ships and win.
Eve isn't perfect, but the balancing is nice. The game trains skills in real time, so the only advantage in playing constantly is gaining more money and items. Anyone can compete with anyone, and there strategy is king, not an artificial level. I don't magically become able to use a different class of ship, I have to train for the skills to not only pilot it but to also pilot it effectively. It's a refreshing change from EQ, EQ2, WoW, IRO, CoX, and the like.
Still have to fire up my old favorites. X-Com, Total Annihilation, Fallout, Fallout 2, TES3 Morrowind, Super Mario Brothers, Zelda, Metroid, Galactic Civilization, Homeworld, Homeworld: Cataclysm, Starscape, Kyodai Mahjong, and Afterlife. Nethack still gets fired up at times as well.
Can't get Tie Fighter and Interstate '76 to run under WinXP, but I still crave those.
I also still play Everquest while dabbling with Everquest 2 and SWG.
I am waiting for TES4 Oblivion and Vanguard.
As the City of X devs are learning, players always deduce the numbers and want them provided, and games that provide numbers do not confuse their player base. WoW and EQ2 provide the numbers, and the players are not overwhelmed and perplexed. City of Heroes/Villains is slowly adding numbers, and admiting that hiding them was a bad idea.
In CoX Players spend hours on the test server crunching numbers, and then update character planners. Players resent hearing that a power offers a vague amount of damage or resistance, only to find out that the numbers are super low and not worth enhancing. Giving the players more information allows players to make informed decisions with fewer regrets. Most of us hate deleting toons to recreate as we learn how the game really works.
I used to love Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh (Module U1)! Back in the mid 80s I received a copy and began using its British spelling in school (not a good idea in "progressive" Louisiana). I loved the details!
In high school a few years later, I used a map of the town as the main campaign city for PCs set in the middle of wilderness as explorers. I made a wizard's tower, an insane archmage to generate "jobs", and ran with it.
That one module gave me so many ideas! Pirates, fake haunting, rural setting, spooky atmosphere, and coastal access. I loved it!
Kimmie, tired of WoC's constant churn rate, and annoyed at buying 3.5 core books only to see version II out already.
A few weeks ago, dying to pass into Old Ironforge was fixed so that your ghost cannot walk through the wall.
The exploit still remained for mages by casting Blink to appear through the wall. Not much to see there, but it would be nice to give Horde a backdoor to the dwarven King.
Pretty Amethyst ceiling, lots of lava/molten iron (can't tell which but looks same as molten iron in IF), and several doors connecting to the path back to the throne room. Neat place to visit!:D
Just go to the IF throne room, walk to the "keyhole" walls flanking the entrance, and blink through the one on the right. In ya go!
Blink is a level 20 Mage spell.
I too have seen this problem. Both of my Iriver CD-MP3 players have eventually become only FM players after slowly losing MP3 recognition followed by no longer playing CDs at all.
The real kicker was when my new DVD burner from Asus stopped reading CDs at all, but still recognized and burned DVDs. It just started having trouble with some CD-Roms, then music CDs, then CD blanks. Just couldn't see them anymore.
I switched to Lite On, but now I wonder if my problems were not just one off flukes.
Seems the fan community for the Dreamcast is as enamored with them as the Newton Community is. Both groups continue to love their minicomputers, maintain them, and mod away! Very cool! While the DC is learning how to emulate, Newton just learned how to run Gameboy games. Newton now can do wi-fi and bluetooth, so will that be coming to DC as well? Bluetooth keyboards and controls anyone? Very cool stuff!
Be sure to check out Stardock's The Political Machine! It's free to their Drengin Network subscribers. The Corporate Machine and Galactic Civilizations were big hits, so they decided to make a political sim! Check it out!
http://www.politicalmachine.com/
I bought my first one in 1987 and the faceplate fell off, and rain killed it.
When my boat pulled into Yokosuka, Japan in 1997, I bought a Databank 300 at the Navy Exchange for $70. Replaced the battery twice so far, and use it's calculator often. Chrome is peeling, faceplate is badly scratched, but the keys glow in the dark, the light is bright, and the watch performs flawlessly. Still highly recommend this model which holds a combination of memos and phone numbers totaling up to 300.
Kimberly, rare geek girl who wears a big watch.
Damn you Interplay! You just killed a company I believed in, and the product lines that earned you my money! I was wary when Torn was canceled, but losing Van Buren is criminal! I would like to see how you attempt to earn my PC gaming dollars now, for I am not a console owner. Reap what you have sown, for I have only badwill for you now!
Just what I need, a program listening to Clearwater channels and making more pop crap just like they play! No thanks, sticking to rock, preferably classic rock. I want music worth listening to, and that I am able to enjoy.
The owners of Otakuworld also run Unicorn Jelly (http://www.unicornjelly.com), and there are a lot of people like me on their boards. A significant portion of us, including the owner and 2 of her spouses, are transsexual.
Her homepage:
http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/conway.html
Her story:
http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/LynnsStory. html
Her bio:
http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/BioSketch.h tml
As a leftie, Calligrapher on my Ipaq is a no-go. It assumes you are right handed and will cross letters and write them from left to right. If you don't, it gets screwy on you. We Southpaws naturally cross letters towards our hand, same as right handed folks, and that is right to left. Doubleclick on the examples with Calligrapher and Transcriber, and see how it always draws left to right (for example when crossing the letter "t"). Now try writing the same letter but crossing it right to left. No good.
My Messagepad 2100 learned how I write, and it was pretty good after being wiped clean. I can't say the same for my Ipaq.
So this whale is what we call a Boing Fish on submarines? As a former STS2(SS), I am used to hearing a loud BOING sound stretched out and repeated for several sets, with a good half an hour break between sets when sitting broadband.
We guessed the Boing Fish was created by whales (we knew it was biological vice seismic or man-made), but I am surprised to see that this is it. One less mystery, but a shame to solve it.
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Yes, you can. Humble Bundle includes all version of all the games listed, and many have soundtracks. You get the Mac, Linux, and Win versions of all the games without restrictions on downloading. Also they now give out keys to add your Bundles to Steam, Desura, and Onlive. It really is the sweetest deal. with GOG coming just behind them. For as little as a penny you can get a tremendous value of games for 3 different computers OSes and they go out of their way to make it convenient. Plus if you pay more than the average price ($7.80 by its close) they gave you the first Humble Bundle for free.
The Xbox 360 wired controller works pretty well for DCUO. I bought a controller for some of my GFWL games and found it to work well with Champions Online. For DCUO, you'll have to largely ignore the onscreen PS3 button prompts and do a bit of trial and error, but the gameplay works well. Overall I like this game, but feel it's just missing something. I see no chance to knock down buildings, nor do I feel like I have to worry about property damage or that my actions matter. The game world would benefit from phasing so that my actions have results I can see. As it is, I complete my tasks and am told to move on while the chaos around me continues unchanged. I like the fighting combos and counters. You can block, learn moves to overcome blocks, learn moves to counter attacks, and modify your travel powers into comic book movement based attacks. The game need another year or two of polish, but its fighting does feel nice.
This is my suggestion as well. Google Voice is free, expanding, and lets you set numbers for any special treatment you desire. You can select the harasser's number and set it to block on the Voice web page. You can also have it stop sending calls to your phones (and dump them to Google's voicemail) during certain hours. Best yet, you can have the voicemails transcribed and emailed, or download the voicemails yourself. Think of it as free ammunition for the FCC. GV also lets you record calls on the fly, or listen in on voicemails while they are being left (with the option to pick up). And by setting your cell phone number to GV, the day you want to leave AT&T's service, you won't have to worry about number portability. Just sign up and give the number you pick to everyone. Google can spam filter phone calls for you.
I remember the original version of this story. Europe colonizing and exploring North America. :) From the Revolution, to the Constitution, to the Robber Barrons, you did good here.
Skills, not levels, are exactly the reason I love playing Eve Online. Everyone can potentially take down every other player due to the fact that everyone can play effectively in PVP without artificial levels. The veteran player has a huge advantage in better ships, more gear, and more skills, but the new player is still effective. Plus new players can gang up on larger ships and win.
Eve isn't perfect, but the balancing is nice. The game trains skills in real time, so the only advantage in playing constantly is gaining more money and items. Anyone can compete with anyone, and there strategy is king, not an artificial level. I don't magically become able to use a different class of ship, I have to train for the skills to not only pilot it but to also pilot it effectively. It's a refreshing change from EQ, EQ2, WoW, IRO, CoX, and the like.
Why does this remind me of the book "1984"? The concept is disturbing to me.
I'd love to see the Daedra Crescent be ported over! It is the coolest looking blade EVER!
Still have to fire up my old favorites. X-Com, Total Annihilation, Fallout, Fallout 2, TES3 Morrowind, Super Mario Brothers, Zelda, Metroid, Galactic Civilization, Homeworld, Homeworld: Cataclysm, Starscape, Kyodai Mahjong, and Afterlife. Nethack still gets fired up at times as well. Can't get Tie Fighter and Interstate '76 to run under WinXP, but I still crave those. I also still play Everquest while dabbling with Everquest 2 and SWG. I am waiting for TES4 Oblivion and Vanguard.
As the City of X devs are learning, players always deduce the numbers and want them provided, and games that provide numbers do not confuse their player base. WoW and EQ2 provide the numbers, and the players are not overwhelmed and perplexed. City of Heroes/Villains is slowly adding numbers, and admiting that hiding them was a bad idea. In CoX Players spend hours on the test server crunching numbers, and then update character planners. Players resent hearing that a power offers a vague amount of damage or resistance, only to find out that the numbers are super low and not worth enhancing. Giving the players more information allows players to make informed decisions with fewer regrets. Most of us hate deleting toons to recreate as we learn how the game really works.
Bring back the Saturn V rockets and Apollo Lunar Modules. Those things WORKED!
Fantasy Hero is alive and well, part of the Hero 5th Edition Revised and Expanded system. www.herogames.com
I used to love Sinister Secret of Saltmarsh (Module U1)! Back in the mid 80s I received a copy and began using its British spelling in school (not a good idea in "progressive" Louisiana). I loved the details! In high school a few years later, I used a map of the town as the main campaign city for PCs set in the middle of wilderness as explorers. I made a wizard's tower, an insane archmage to generate "jobs", and ran with it. That one module gave me so many ideas! Pirates, fake haunting, rural setting, spooky atmosphere, and coastal access. I loved it! Kimmie, tired of WoC's constant churn rate, and annoyed at buying 3.5 core books only to see version II out already.
A few weeks ago, dying to pass into Old Ironforge was fixed so that your ghost cannot walk through the wall. The exploit still remained for mages by casting Blink to appear through the wall. Not much to see there, but it would be nice to give Horde a backdoor to the dwarven King. Pretty Amethyst ceiling, lots of lava/molten iron (can't tell which but looks same as molten iron in IF), and several doors connecting to the path back to the throne room. Neat place to visit! :D
Just go to the IF throne room, walk to the "keyhole" walls flanking the entrance, and blink through the one on the right. In ya go!
Blink is a level 20 Mage spell.
I too have seen this problem. Both of my Iriver CD-MP3 players have eventually become only FM players after slowly losing MP3 recognition followed by no longer playing CDs at all.
The real kicker was when my new DVD burner from Asus stopped reading CDs at all, but still recognized and burned DVDs. It just started having trouble with some CD-Roms, then music CDs, then CD blanks. Just couldn't see them anymore.
I switched to Lite On, but now I wonder if my problems were not just one off flukes.
Kimmie
Seems the fan community for the Dreamcast is as enamored with them as the Newton Community is. Both groups continue to love their minicomputers, maintain them, and mod away! Very cool! While the DC is learning how to emulate, Newton just learned how to run Gameboy games. Newton now can do wi-fi and bluetooth, so will that be coming to DC as well? Bluetooth keyboards and controls anyone? Very cool stuff!
Be sure to check out Stardock's The Political Machine! It's free to their Drengin Network subscribers. The Corporate Machine and Galactic Civilizations were big hits, so they decided to make a political sim! Check it out! http://www.politicalmachine.com/
I bought my first one in 1987 and the faceplate fell off, and rain killed it. When my boat pulled into Yokosuka, Japan in 1997, I bought a Databank 300 at the Navy Exchange for $70. Replaced the battery twice so far, and use it's calculator often. Chrome is peeling, faceplate is badly scratched, but the keys glow in the dark, the light is bright, and the watch performs flawlessly. Still highly recommend this model which holds a combination of memos and phone numbers totaling up to 300. Kimberly, rare geek girl who wears a big watch.
Damn you Interplay! You just killed a company I believed in, and the product lines that earned you my money! I was wary when Torn was canceled, but losing Van Buren is criminal! I would like to see how you attempt to earn my PC gaming dollars now, for I am not a console owner. Reap what you have sown, for I have only badwill for you now!
Just what I need, a program listening to Clearwater channels and making more pop crap just like they play! No thanks, sticking to rock, preferably classic rock. I want music worth listening to, and that I am able to enjoy.
Fallout, Homeworld, and Planescape: Torment.
The owners of Otakuworld also run Unicorn Jelly (http://www.unicornjelly.com), and there are a lot of people like me on their boards. A significant portion of us, including the owner and 2 of her spouses, are transsexual.
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Her homepage:
http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway
Her story:
http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/Ly
Her bio:
http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/BioS
Her homepage: http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/conway.html
Her story:
http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/LynnsStory. html
Her bio:
http://ai.eecs.umich.edu/people/conway/BioSketch.h tml
As a leftie, Calligrapher on my Ipaq is a no-go. It assumes you are right handed and will cross letters and write them from left to right. If you don't, it gets screwy on you. We Southpaws naturally cross letters towards our hand, same as right handed folks, and that is right to left. Doubleclick on the examples with Calligrapher and Transcriber, and see how it always draws left to right (for example when crossing the letter "t"). Now try writing the same letter but crossing it right to left. No good.
My Messagepad 2100 learned how I write, and it was pretty good after being wiped clean. I can't say the same for my Ipaq.
So this whale is what we call a Boing Fish on submarines? As a former STS2(SS), I am used to hearing a loud BOING sound stretched out and repeated for several sets, with a good half an hour break between sets when sitting broadband.
We guessed the Boing Fish was created by whales (we knew it was biological vice seismic or man-made), but I am surprised to see that this is it. One less mystery, but a shame to solve it.