A few months ago I ran across a dusty CD wallet with all of my old LucasArts adventure games. I introduced Monkey Island to my girlfriend's little brother and the kid loved them. It you want to go into "they don't make 'em like they used ta" - there are some games that make the case. On the other hand my E.T. for my Atari 7800 just hasn't geld up well. Hehehe...
For those who are interested make sure to check out scummvm.org and the recently released Psychonauts.
I gave my grandmother an AOL account to surf the web with. She's quite elderly and can barely manuver the mouse. One day a 3 year old dig. camera shows up at here doorstop. Good ole AOL bombarded her with so many pop-ups and flashing windows that she became confused and ended up buying a $99 dollar camera (Not even made anymore) for over $250. Of course they automatically charged it to her account and she never even saw the bill. Way to rip off the elderly! I just want to watch them squirm as the inexperienced & inept user base they depend on keeps shrinking and they turn into more of a joke than they already are. sigh.
Side note: She can't figure she's buying a camera but she sure as heck knows how to use that damn forward button.(Notice the bitterness)
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A few months ago I ran across a dusty CD wallet with all of my old LucasArts adventure games. I introduced Monkey Island to my girlfriend's little brother and the kid loved them. It you want to go into "they don't make 'em like they used ta" - there are some games that make the case. On the other hand my E.T. for my Atari 7800 just hasn't geld up well. Hehehe... For those who are interested make sure to check out scummvm.org and the recently released Psychonauts.
I gave my grandmother an AOL account to surf the web with. She's quite elderly and can barely manuver the mouse. One day a 3 year old dig. camera shows up at here doorstop. Good ole AOL bombarded her with so many pop-ups and flashing windows that she became confused and ended up buying a $99 dollar camera (Not even made anymore) for over $250. Of course they automatically charged it to her account and she never even saw the bill. Way to rip off the elderly! I just want to watch them squirm as the inexperienced & inept user base they depend on keeps shrinking and they turn into more of a joke than they already are. sigh.
Side note: She can't figure she's buying a camera but she sure as heck knows how to use that damn forward button.(Notice the bitterness)