I find that the more likes I've put into a station, the more repetitive it can be. It also digs down and finds obscure tracks from an artist that gets more likes than others, or so it seems. I think the key is just make new stations once in a while, using one band as a jumping-off point.
It was the weirdest thing to log in on the very first day (using *free* NetZero internet access no less!) and see people frozen on top of buildings. Back then, knowing about *atoyot* made you officially no longer a noobie.
AC was one of the greatest and first really "deep" MMORPGs, much more varied, original storyline, and with a better skill/attribute system than Everquest, the only real competition at the time. I played in beta 1, through 2003 or so, then tried it again last year, but it's just too sparse these days. Back when you could log on and there would be 2000+ on a server, that was excellent.
Of all the great memories I have of AC, the greatest has to be the first sightings of the Tremendous Monouga, a 50 foot tall monster that basically wrecked everyone in the "end days" leading up to the shutdown of the beta. Keep in mind, most of us were on 56k back then, but it was easy to see that AC was going to be something special, and here they are, nine years later and still ticking.
Sure it's hopelessly outdated, but it's still hopelessly fun.
Half Life 2 did a great job of rationing ammo for the powerful weapons, and there were some great gameplay situations based on caches of rockets when fighting a boss.
There were so many damn Quake mods back in the day.. Anyone remember the rocket launcher that shot dobermans? or the Descent-esque spaceship that you could fly around in? The grappling hook for Quake II was also a pretty great little deathmatch mod. Those were some great times. And let's not forget the original Half-Life really bringing modding to the light, spawning some of the most popular user-created (at the time) mods of all time.
Lucasarts adventure games were and always will be my childhood. You can't beat stuff like Maniac Mansion, Loom, both Indy adventures, the Monkey Island series (excluding 4), Grim Fandango, Zak McKracken, Sam & Max, Full Throttle, Day of the Tentacle, and so forth. The only Star Wars games I care about are the old X-Wing series.
Asheron's Call, in my humble opinion, was and still is one of the greatests MMORPG's to grace the Earth. Great gameplay and skill advancement, magic system, great however now dated graphics, monthly updates with TONS of content, huge arcing storylines, an entire city getting blown off the face of the planet, the list goes on and on.
I played in the original Beta and we had the same situation. The world was going to end, because the beta was ending, so it was basically a huge ingame party. People were running around giving away items, dancing and chatting the time away until our connections all timed out. Met some great people in my several years on the Frostfell server.. good times.
WoW, while it is the next generation, just doesn't keep up to par for me. AC1 was a sublime experience, my first MMORPG and will likely remain my favorite for a long time.
I had a huge map of Dereth from Asheron's Call back in the day.. that and the techtrees from Civilization II and Alpha Centauri. They make great wall hangers in any geek cave, even if you don't use them.
With LucasArts milking the Star Wars franchise for all it is worth, I can't wait to see an actual adventure game on the market again. It's been far too long. SCUMMVM is a godsend, bringing back the tentacles, three-headed monkeys and motorcycle company takeover plots that have fallen so far by the wayside, remembered by only a few.
Agreed. Gates is right, it seems like malaria is almost overlooked even in the media with all the focus on AIDS, cancer, killer bees, avian flu, anthrax threats, SARS, etc...
Even in this world of user interfaces and instant satisfaction, there will ALWAYS be an appeal for a tangible book, newspaper, or magazine. Call me old-fashioned, but I would prefer to sit down with a hot cup of tea and a huge hardback book than a hot cup of tea and my laptop.
I have to agree with you on this one. Another thing scary about Deus Ex was the amazing level of detail put into the game environment... sitting all night with headphones on, lights out, and reading about how the world is crumbling in newspapers or public terminals.. the plague victims/zyme addicts made the atmosphere complete. Spooky. Not jump out of your seat scary, but complete immersion.
Well I'll be damned. But read down a little ways.
Dell does not officially support running Linux on Dell desktops.
They ship workstations, OK, but the average consumer sure won't be buying one.
OSS, while it may be changing the way the industry works, is still not commonplace to the end user. Linux distros will never have the distribution Microsoft has because of brand name recognition and accessibility. It may be getting there, O'Reilly points out the fact that web-based "killer apps" that appeal to a desktop user (ie. Google) run Linux but a Dell shipping with Red Hat is a long way off.
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I find that the more likes I've put into a station, the more repetitive it can be. It also digs down and finds obscure tracks from an artist that gets more likes than others, or so it seems. I think the key is just make new stations once in a while, using one band as a jumping-off point.
Can drone-strike him, with impunity, then?
America. It just keeps getting more like a bad Harlan Ellison story.
Or a bad Tom Clancy novel.
A use for Carnival of Souls.
No 4242?
Pretty sure the TSA guys would be enjoying that beer with their next pat-down session rather than you actually getting it on the plane.
It was the weirdest thing to log in on the very first day (using *free* NetZero internet access no less!) and see people frozen on top of buildings. Back then, knowing about *atoyot* made you officially no longer a noobie.
AC was one of the greatest and first really "deep" MMORPGs, much more varied, original storyline, and with a better skill/attribute system than Everquest, the only real competition at the time. I played in beta 1, through 2003 or so, then tried it again last year, but it's just too sparse these days. Back when you could log on and there would be 2000+ on a server, that was excellent.
Of all the great memories I have of AC, the greatest has to be the first sightings of the Tremendous Monouga, a 50 foot tall monster that basically wrecked everyone in the "end days" leading up to the shutdown of the beta. Keep in mind, most of us were on 56k back then, but it was easy to see that AC was going to be something special, and here they are, nine years later and still ticking.
Sure it's hopelessly outdated, but it's still hopelessly fun.
I've been meaning to buy Civ IV for a while now, and now I don't even need to leave the room.
Half Life 2 did a great job of rationing ammo for the powerful weapons, and there were some great gameplay situations based on caches of rockets when fighting a boss.
Running out of ammo. Some games are pretty damn good at limiting it, others, not so much.
There were so many damn Quake mods back in the day.. Anyone remember the rocket launcher that shot dobermans? or the Descent-esque spaceship that you could fly around in? The grappling hook for Quake II was also a pretty great little deathmatch mod. Those were some great times. And let's not forget the original Half-Life really bringing modding to the light, spawning some of the most popular user-created (at the time) mods of all time.
Lucasarts adventure games were and always will be my childhood. You can't beat stuff like Maniac Mansion, Loom, both Indy adventures, the Monkey Island series (excluding 4), Grim Fandango, Zak McKracken, Sam & Max, Full Throttle, Day of the Tentacle, and so forth. The only Star Wars games I care about are the old X-Wing series.
Asheron's Call, in my humble opinion, was and still is one of the greatests MMORPG's to grace the Earth. Great gameplay and skill advancement, magic system, great however now dated graphics, monthly updates with TONS of content, huge arcing storylines, an entire city getting blown off the face of the planet, the list goes on and on.
I played in the original Beta and we had the same situation. The world was going to end, because the beta was ending, so it was basically a huge ingame party. People were running around giving away items, dancing and chatting the time away until our connections all timed out. Met some great people in my several years on the Frostfell server.. good times.
WoW, while it is the next generation, just doesn't keep up to par for me. AC1 was a sublime experience, my first MMORPG and will likely remain my favorite for a long time.
I had a huge map of Dereth from Asheron's Call back in the day.. that and the techtrees from Civilization II and Alpha Centauri. They make great wall hangers in any geek cave, even if you don't use them.
Mod parent up.
With LucasArts milking the Star Wars franchise for all it is worth, I can't wait to see an actual adventure game on the market again. It's been far too long. SCUMMVM is a godsend, bringing back the tentacles, three-headed monkeys and motorcycle company takeover plots that have fallen so far by the wayside, remembered by only a few.
Agreed. Gates is right, it seems like malaria is almost overlooked even in the media with all the focus on AIDS, cancer, killer bees, avian flu, anthrax threats, SARS, etc...
Even in this world of user interfaces and instant satisfaction, there will ALWAYS be an appeal for a tangible book, newspaper, or magazine. Call me old-fashioned, but I would prefer to sit down with a hot cup of tea and a huge hardback book than a hot cup of tea and my laptop.
I have to agree with you on this one. Another thing scary about Deus Ex was the amazing level of detail put into the game environment... sitting all night with headphones on, lights out, and reading about how the world is crumbling in newspapers or public terminals.. the plague victims/zyme addicts made the atmosphere complete. Spooky. Not jump out of your seat scary, but complete immersion.
Caulk your wagon if the river is above 3ft. Also, heres the Apple II emulator: http://www.virtualapple.com/oregontraildisk.html if you'd like to try your hand at avoiding dysentery.
I have the same amount of power in my computer's power supply. Something seems fundamentally wrong with that.
Well I'll be damned. But read down a little ways. Dell does not officially support running Linux on Dell desktops. They ship workstations, OK, but the average consumer sure won't be buying one.
Heh, it's from Dilbert. The *pop* was the Pointy-Haired Boss' head exploding.
OSS, while it may be changing the way the industry works, is still not commonplace to the end user. Linux distros will never have the distribution Microsoft has because of brand name recognition and accessibility. It may be getting there, O'Reilly points out the fact that web-based "killer apps" that appeal to a desktop user (ie. Google) run Linux but a Dell shipping with Red Hat is a long way off.
What was that sound? A paradigm shifting without a clutch.