Careful, though, since next thing you know they'll be knocking on your door to remove the sex and violence from your DVDs...
To paraphrase an age-old quote: "First, they came for the sex and I did not speak out for it was not the sex in my videos.
Then, they came for the violence and I did not speak out for it was not the violence in my movies.
Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak out for me."
A lot of times, it wasn't just the demo but the full first episode of the game. That way, you got more than enough experience playing the actual game in order to decide whether you like it or not. This is a far cry from the "one level, two guns" approach that most games take nowadays, where you barely even get to see what the game is about befor you're presented with a screen telling you to buy the full version.
Then again, back in those days the gaming industry was a lot smaller and a lot less driven by hype machines. Could you imagine a game like Daikatana selling in the glory days of shareware, when sales were driven by word of mouth and 'gaming personalities' such as John Romero, Kilcreek, and Cliffy B were non-existent? Back then, they relied on a good shareware first episode to hook the player, not slick magazine ads or fancy movie tie-ins (*coughenterthematrixcough*).
But then again, maybe I'm just looking at the past through rose-coloured glasses here...;]
Feh! You young whippersnapper! You wouldn't know glory if it bit you on the foot! Why, in my days of being on AOL, you could make a username WITHOUT appending a long string of numbers to the end. And you could jump in a chat room WITHOUT getting hit on by 48 year-old marines. And spam was still the name of a canned 'meat' product!
That was true glory, not the stuff in that article...
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Careful, though, since next thing you know they'll be knocking on your door to remove the sex and violence from your DVDs...
To paraphrase an age-old quote:
"First, they came for the sex and I did not speak out for it was not the sex in my videos.
Then, they came for the violence and I did not speak out for it was not the violence in my movies.
Then they came for me, and there was no one left to speak out for me."
You could be next.
A lot of times, it wasn't just the demo but the full first episode of the game. That way, you got more than enough experience playing the actual game in order to decide whether you like it or not. This is a far cry from the "one level, two guns" approach that most games take nowadays, where you barely even get to see what the game is about befor you're presented with a screen telling you to buy the full version.
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Then again, back in those days the gaming industry was a lot smaller and a lot less driven by hype machines. Could you imagine a game like Daikatana selling in the glory days of shareware, when sales were driven by word of mouth and 'gaming personalities' such as John Romero, Kilcreek, and Cliffy B were non-existent? Back then, they relied on a good shareware first episode to hook the player, not slick magazine ads or fancy movie tie-ins (*coughenterthematrixcough*).
But then again, maybe I'm just looking at the past through rose-coloured glasses here...
The poor site didn't stand a chance. Here's Google's cached version.
Feh! You young whippersnapper! You wouldn't know glory if it bit you on the foot! Why, in my days of being on AOL, you could make a username WITHOUT appending a long string of numbers to the end. And you could jump in a chat room WITHOUT getting hit on by 48 year-old marines. And spam was still the name of a canned 'meat' product!
That was true glory, not the stuff in that article...
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If you're going to incorporate Dance Dance Revolution into your party (as many do nowadays) make sure you keep it separate from the computers.
Trust me, even the toughest Lian-Li cannot withstand the barreling of a sweaty dancer who has lost his balance or slipped on the pad...