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"Miowarra Tomokatu" <not@thistime.net> wrote in message
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> While taking a short break from the daily grind of enslavement and
> world domination, Gary Mitchell mentioned
>
> >Lisa Smith wrote:
> >>
> >> "Dani" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> >> news:OK3ne.6$fp6.0@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> >> > Oooh ooh!
> >> >
> >> > I want Area 51 and Oddworld, too.
> >> >
> >> > Are they any good?
> >> >
> >> > My hubby and I usually ask other people about the games before we go
and
> >> buy
> >> > them ourselves. I haven't read any reviews on either game, but am
anxious
> >> to
> >> > see how they play.
> >> >
> >> > Dani
> >>
> >> Odd World: SW is excellent, Area 51 is good but not Halo good. Of
course,
> >> Halo is pretty hard to beat......;0)
> >>
> >> Lisa aka Pagemaster
> >
> >As I read all these comments about other games, it occurs to
> >me that most of the time we aren't really telling each other
> >very much. If one person likes game X, that's great, but how
> >do others know they'll like it?
> >
> > -- G
>
> The way to get around THAT problem is to discuss between ourselves a
> system of categories (graphics, good writing, cool actions available
> etc etc etc ) and then post regularly a blank review form for anybody
> to fill out for a particular game. Collect a bunch of responses for
> each game reviewed and average out the scoring system.
>

No, no...I really dislike scoring systems.
You simply can't explain why a game is good, or not, or inbetween with a
number. It can't be done.

They work if the game's on sale, and you just want a quick glance to see if
it's worth buying or not...but if you really want to know whether a game is
going to interest you, well, IMHO you clearly need a review - and reviews
don't have to be overly long.

> Now, ISTR that there are various gaming sites that already DO that for
> us, so how about we discuss the rating systems THEY use and refer each
> other there?
> .
> .
> "When in danger or in doubt,
> Run in circles, scream and shout"
> .
> It's not just a management tool,
> It's a philosophy for living!!
> .

 

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While taking a short break from the daily grind of enslavement and
world domination, Dragoncarer mentioned

>No, no...I really dislike scoring systems.
>You simply can't explain why a game is good, or not, or inbetween with a
>number. It can't be done.


Ok different horses for different courses.

By the way, did you collect that graphic I posted for you in alt dot
binaries dot clip-art?
..
..
"When in danger or in doubt,
Run in circles, scream and shout"
..
It's not just a management tool,
It's a philosophy for living!!
..

 

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"Miowarra Tomokatu" <not@thistime.net> wrote in message
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> While taking a short break from the daily grind of enslavement and
> world domination, Dragoncarer mentioned
>
> >No, no...I really dislike scoring systems.
> >You simply can't explain why a game is good, or not, or inbetween with a
> >number. It can't be done.
>
>
> Ok different horses for different courses.
>
> By the way, did you collect that graphic I posted for you in alt dot
> binaries dot clip-art?

*looks shamfaced* no...I I I *stutters* didn't know you'd posted anything
there...*checks*

OK my ISP only indexes back to the 30/05, and you've just been cut
off....*blushes* repost please? *looks beseeching*.

Uhm btw I have ACDSee, don't know if it can handle .psp but it can handle
just abooot everything else.

Your use of different nicks is so confusing! Poor widdle I....so, uhm....who
are you in arwm? Can I have a clue?


Thanks Mio (if I can call you Mio....)...nihonjin....nihongo wa....? It
sounds similar...

> .
> .
> "When in danger or in doubt,
> Run in circles, scream and shout"
> .
> It's not just a management tool,
> It's a philosophy for living!!
> .

 

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On Tue, 31 May 2005 17:40:47 +1000, "Dragoncarer" <woops@no.sorry>
wrote:


>Syberia I PC (except it keeps freezing...)

There is a service pack 3 available. Helps a lot.

--
Best regards
Klaus Petrat

 

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While taking a short break from the daily grind of enslavement and
world domination, Dragoncarer mentioned

>
>"Miowarra Tomokatu" <not@thistime.net> wrote in message
>news:s2i2a19sg8vlc7d48hn3e05k9vncpbihnh@4ax.com...
>> While taking a short break from the daily grind of enslavement and
>> world domination, Dragoncarer mentioned
>>
>> >No, no...I really dislike scoring systems.
>> >You simply can't explain why a game is good, or not, or inbetween with a
>> >number. It can't be done.
>>
>>
>> Ok different horses for different courses.
>>
>> By the way, did you collect that graphic I posted for you in alt dot
>> binaries dot clip-art?
>
>*looks shamfaced* no...I I I *stutters* didn't know you'd posted anything
>there...*checks*
>
>OK my ISP only indexes back to the 30/05, and you've just been cut
>off....*blushes* repost please? *looks beseeching*.
>
Yeah, there 's a lot more traffic in there than I had anticipated.
I shall repost forthwith (ie later this afternoon just gone 2:00pm
now)

>Uhm btw I have ACDSee, don't know if it can handle .psp but it can handle
>just abooot everything else.
>
Don't worry, there's a .jpg there as well.
I only posted the .psp in case you had an application that handles
layers. It makes the graphic easier to customise for your own
purposes. If you have something else, let me know what layer formats
you CAN handle (Photoshop?) and I'll convert and repost.

The graphic is posted in the public domain. I don't need copyright on
that one and so I haven't put my logo on.

>Your use of different nicks is so confusing! Poor widdle I....so, uhm....who
>are you in arwm? Can I have a clue?

No. I'm keeping my religious persona separate from my gaming and
erotica persona.

*I* have no problem reconciling the various aspects of the real me,
but I don't intend to confuse people who cannot and thereby colour
their perceptions of me. This seems to be very important in dealing
with the various religious fundamentalists I encounter from time to
time. (You know the sort- there's lots of them in the Hills District
of Sydney, in the Asian Christian communities and especially in the
USA)

>
>
>Thanks Mio (if I can call you Mio....)...nihonjin....nihongo wa....? It
>sounds similar...
>

Aha! I have been told it translates (almost) as "Bright Field
[Miowarra] Friend to Cats [Tomokatsu]". In shortened form, I prefer to
be called Tomo - which also has that essential Aussie ring to it and
translates directly as "friend" which is cool with me..

Getting Off Topic Here
I have no Japanese language myself, but a great and abiding interest
in the culture. My late father was a survivor of Changi POW camp and
when I was a kid, I needed to find out how the ability to treat people
in such a way came about.

Well, I DID find out and I reckon the cause isn't something inherent
in the Japanese culture as all the propaganda told us, but instead
it's an attitude inherent in Fascism. The Japanese Fascist militarists
had held enough power from the late '10s to enable them to
indoctrinate the upcoming generations who actually fought in China and
the Pacific.

The majority of survivors of J Force have said that the Japanese
civilian population they encountered while there, were as
compassionate and caring as anybody could wish.
..
..
We are Microsoft of Borg.....Your technological distinctiveness will be
added to our own.....Resistance is fu...
......$$@#
..
General Protection Fault in MSBORG32.DLL
...

 

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"Klaus Petrat" <klaas46@t-online.de> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 31 May 2005 17:40:47 +1000, "Dragoncarer" <woops@no.sorry>
> wrote:
>
>
> >Syberia I PC (except it keeps freezing...)
>
> There is a service pack 3 available. Helps a lot.

I have Syberia I too...and it also keeps freezing. I've applied all the
patches I can find, and it still does it. I've since given up.

>
> --
> Best regards
> Klaus Petrat

 

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"Miowarra Tomokatu" <not@thistime.net> wrote in message
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> While taking a short break from the daily grind of enslavement and
> world domination, Dragoncarer mentioned
>
> >
> >"Miowarra Tomokatu" <not@thistime.net> wrote in message
> >news:s2i2a19sg8vlc7d48hn3e05k9vncpbihnh@4ax.com...
> >> While taking a short break from the daily grind of enslavement and
> >> world domination, Dragoncarer mentioned
> >>
> >> >No, no...I really dislike scoring systems.
> >> >You simply can't explain why a game is good, or not, or inbetween with
a
> >> >number. It can't be done.
> >>
> >>
> >> Ok different horses for different courses.
> >>
> >> By the way, did you collect that graphic I posted for you in alt dot
> >> binaries dot clip-art?
> >
> >*looks shamfaced* no...I I I *stutters* didn't know you'd posted anything
> >there...*checks*
> >
> >OK my ISP only indexes back to the 30/05, and you've just been cut
> >off....*blushes* repost please? *looks beseeching*.
> >
> Yeah, there 's a lot more traffic in there than I had anticipated.
> I shall repost forthwith (ie later this afternoon just gone 2:00pm
> now)
>

Great thanks....are you on eastern standard time? I'm in Melb, so I am...


> >Uhm btw I have ACDSee, don't know if it can handle .psp but it can handle
> >just abooot everything else.
> >
> Don't worry, there's a .jpg there as well.
> I only posted the .psp in case you had an application that handles
> layers. It makes the graphic easier to customise for your own
> purposes. If you have something else, let me know what layer formats
> you CAN handle (Photoshop?) and I'll convert and repost.
>
> The graphic is posted in the public domain. I don't need copyright on
> that one and so I haven't put my logo on.
>
> >Your use of different nicks is so confusing! Poor widdle I....so,
uhm....who
> >are you in arwm? Can I have a clue?
>
> No. I'm keeping my religious persona separate from my gaming and
> erotica persona.
>
> *I* have no problem reconciling the various aspects of the real me,
> but I don't intend to confuse people who cannot and thereby colour
> their perceptions of me. This seems to be very important in dealing
> with the various religious fundamentalists I encounter from time to
> time. (You know the sort- there's lots of them in the Hills District
> of Sydney, in the Asian Christian communities and especially in the
> USA)
>

Yes, it makes sense.

Nonetheless, if I do post over there, I'm sure you'll notice me and answer
me...this should keep your anonymity.
Personally, I don't mind....I mean, 'dragoncarer'! lol 😛.....back when I
used to do chat rooms I would occasionally enter a Christian chat room (this
was before I'd read and agreed with Nietzsche) just to talk about
spirituality and theology in general and some wacko would leap on me before
I'd even said anything...based entirely on my handle!

How silly...

> >
> >
> >Thanks Mio (if I can call you Mio....)...nihonjin....nihongo wa....? It
> >sounds similar...
> >
>
> Aha! I have been told it translates (almost) as "Bright Field
> [Miowarra] Friend to Cats [Tomokatsu]". In shortened form, I prefer to
> be called Tomo - which also has that essential Aussie ring to it and
> translates directly as "friend" which is cool with me..
>
> Getting Off Topic Here
> I have no Japanese language myself, but a great and abiding interest
> in the culture. My late father was a survivor of Changi POW camp and
> when I was a kid, I needed to find out how the ability to treat people
> in such a way came about.
>
> Well, I DID find out and I reckon the cause isn't something inherent
> in the Japanese culture as all the propaganda told us, but instead
> it's an attitude inherent in Fascism. The Japanese Fascist militarists
> had held enough power from the late '10s to enable them to
> indoctrinate the upcoming generations who actually fought in China and
> the Pacific.
>
> The majority of survivors of J Force have said that the Japanese
> civilian population they encountered while there, were as
> compassionate and caring as anybody could wish.

To a degree, I think this is like anything in terms of war and
individuality. It could be said that the anti-Japanese sentiments of that
period were indoctrination as much as Japanese fascist/millitary
was...Anyway that's enough of this near-edge topic, I've nominated this part
of the topic/ post closed for friendly happiness reasons.

> .
> .
> We are Microsoft of Borg.....Your technological distinctiveness will be
> added to our own.....Resistance is fu...
> .....$$@#
> .
> General Protection Fault in MSBORG32.DLL
> ..

lol...so true, so very true.

 

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"Dragoncarer" <woops@no.sorry> wrote in message
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> "Miowarra Tomokatu" <not@thistime.net> wrote in message
> news:sqv4a1h15rop30m5dul84opuaf90b7alu5@4ax.com...
>> While taking a short break from the daily grind of enslavement and
>> world domination, Dragoncarer mentioned
>>
>>>
>>> "Miowarra Tomokatu" <not@thistime.net> wrote in message
>>> news:s2i2a19sg8vlc7d48hn3e05k9vncpbihnh@4ax.com...
>>>> While taking a short break from the daily grind of enslavement and
>>>> world domination, Dragoncarer mentioned
>>>>
>>>>> No, no...I really dislike scoring systems.
>>>>> You simply can't explain why a game is good, or not, or inbetween
>>>>> with a number. It can't be done.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Ok different horses for different courses.
>>>>
>>>> By the way, did you collect that graphic I posted for you in alt
>>>> dot binaries dot clip-art?
>>>
>>> *looks shamfaced* no...I I I *stutters* didn't know you'd posted
>>> anything there...*checks*
>>>
>>> OK my ISP only indexes back to the 30/05, and you've just been cut
>>> off....*blushes* repost please? *looks beseeching*.
>>>
>> Yeah, there 's a lot more traffic in there than I had anticipated.
>> I shall repost forthwith (ie later this afternoon just gone 2:00pm
>> now)
>>
>
> Great thanks....are you on eastern standard time? I'm in Melb, so I
> am...
>
>
>>> Uhm btw I have ACDSee, don't know if it can handle .psp but it can
>>> handle just abooot everything else.
>>>
>> Don't worry, there's a .jpg there as well.
>> I only posted the .psp in case you had an application that handles
>> layers. It makes the graphic easier to customise for your own
>> purposes. If you have something else, let me know what layer formats
>> you CAN handle (Photoshop?) and I'll convert and repost.
>>
>> The graphic is posted in the public domain. I don't need copyright on
>> that one and so I haven't put my logo on.
>>
>>> Your use of different nicks is so confusing! Poor widdle I....so,
>>> uhm....who are you in arwm? Can I have a clue?
>>
>> No. I'm keeping my religious persona separate from my gaming and
>> erotica persona.
>>
>> *I* have no problem reconciling the various aspects of the real me,
>> but I don't intend to confuse people who cannot and thereby colour
>> their perceptions of me. This seems to be very important in dealing
>> with the various religious fundamentalists I encounter from time to
>> time. (You know the sort- there's lots of them in the Hills District
>> of Sydney, in the Asian Christian communities and especially in the
>> USA)
>>
>
> Yes, it makes sense.
>
> Nonetheless, if I do post over there, I'm sure you'll notice me and
> answer me...this should keep your anonymity.
> Personally, I don't mind....I mean, 'dragoncarer'! lol 😛.....back
> when I used to do chat rooms I would occasionally enter a Christian
> chat room (this was before I'd read and agreed with Nietzsche) just
> to talk about spirituality and theology in general and some wacko
> would leap on me before I'd even said anything...based entirely on my
> handle!
>
> How silly...
>
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks Mio (if I can call you Mio....)...nihonjin....nihongo
>>> wa....? It sounds similar...
>>>
>>
>> Aha! I have been told it translates (almost) as "Bright Field
>> [Miowarra] Friend to Cats [Tomokatsu]". In shortened form, I prefer
>> to be called Tomo - which also has that essential Aussie ring to it
>> and translates directly as "friend" which is cool with me..
>>
>> Getting Off Topic Here
>> I have no Japanese language myself, but a great and abiding interest
>> in the culture. My late father was a survivor of Changi POW camp and
>> when I was a kid, I needed to find out how the ability to treat
>> people in such a way came about.
>>
>> Well, I DID find out and I reckon the cause isn't something inherent
>> in the Japanese culture as all the propaganda told us, but instead
>> it's an attitude inherent in Fascism. The Japanese Fascist
>> militarists had held enough power from the late '10s to enable them
>> to indoctrinate the upcoming generations who actually fought in
>> China and the Pacific.
>>
>> The majority of survivors of J Force have said that the Japanese
>> civilian population they encountered while there, were as
>> compassionate and caring as anybody could wish.
>
> To a degree, I think this is like anything in terms of war and
> individuality. It could be said that the anti-Japanese sentiments of
> that period were indoctrination

I think that would be fear and "lynch mob" reasoning 🙁 Seems that
pretty much anybody that looked Japanese was rounded up and taken to
holding camps for the duration of WWII. I used to think how Nazi like
that was. But after reading a few personal accounts of various people
from the period, I came to realize just how powerful and extreme a
factor this "lynch mob" mentality can be. I am wondering now if because
of the fierce anti-Japanese sentiments of the populace here, the US Gov.
did this as much to protect these people from the mobs.

Given the circumstances; Humanity can be very bad to humanity. This
isn't confined to any one 'people'.

McG.

> as much as Japanese fascist/millitary
> was...Anyway that's enough of this near-edge topic, I've nominated
> this part of the topic/ post closed for friendly happiness reasons.
>
>> .
>> .
>> We are Microsoft of Borg.....Your technological distinctiveness will
>> be added to our own.....Resistance is fu...
>> .....$$@#
>> .
>> General Protection Fault in MSBORG32.DLL
>> ..
>
> lol...so true, so very true.

 

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While taking a short break from the daily grind of enslavement and
world domination, McGrandpa mentioned

>>> Well, I DID find out and I reckon the cause isn't something inherent
>>> in the Japanese culture as all the propaganda told us, but instead
>>> it's an attitude inherent in Fascism. The Japanese Fascist
>>> militarists had held enough power from the late '10s to enable them
>>> to indoctrinate the upcoming generations who actually fought in
>>> China and the Pacific.
>>>
>>> The majority of survivors of J Force have said that the Japanese
>>> civilian population they encountered while there, were as
>>> compassionate and caring as anybody could wish.
>>
>> To a degree, I think this is like anything in terms of war and
>> individuality. It could be said that the anti-Japanese sentiments of
>> that period were indoctrination
>
>I think that would be fear and "lynch mob" reasoning 🙁 Seems that
>pretty much anybody that looked Japanese was rounded up and taken to
>holding camps for the duration of WWII. I used to think how Nazi like
>that was. But after reading a few personal accounts of various people
>from the period, I came to realize just how powerful and extreme a
>factor this "lynch mob" mentality can be. I am wondering now if because
>of the fierce anti-Japanese sentiments of the populace here, the US Gov.
>did this as much to protect these people from the mobs.
>
>Given the circumstances; Humanity can be very bad to humanity. This
>isn't confined to any one 'people'.
>
>McG.


I think that there was also a great level of sympathy in the USA for
"strong man" solutions to political problems. Umm... what I'm sayng is
that the USA of the 20s and 30s was just as prone to the prevailing
world political fashion for Fascism as anywhere else and the (ahem!)
"shock and awe" of the attack on Pearl Harbour sparked off a largely
fascist and racist response in the isolationist population which lead
to the over-reaction of the Nisei camps.

Your Silver Shirts never really got off the ground politically, but
the Deutsche-Amerika Bund was VERY strong and carried that racist
message quite strongly.

I think we saw a resurgance of that attitude after the attack on the
Twin Towers too.

..
..
"When in danger or in doubt,
Run in circles, scream and shout"
..
It's not just a management tool,
It's a philosophy for living!!
..

 

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McGrandpa wrote:
>
> "Dragoncarer" <woops@no.sorry> wrote in message
> news:42a2a501$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au
> > "Miowarra Tomokatu" <not@thistime.net> wrote in message
> > news:sqv4a1h15rop30m5dul84opuaf90b7alu5@4ax.com...
> >> While taking a short break from the daily grind of enslavement and
> >> world domination, Dragoncarer mentioned
> >>
> >>>
> >>> "Miowarra Tomokatu" <not@thistime.net> wrote in message
> >>> news:s2i2a19sg8vlc7d48hn3e05k9vncpbihnh@4ax.com...
> >>>> While taking a short break from the daily grind of enslavement and
> >>>> world domination, Dragoncarer mentioned
> >>>>
> >>>>> No, no...I really dislike scoring systems.
> >>>>> You simply can't explain why a game is good, or not, or inbetween
> >>>>> with a number. It can't be done.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Ok different horses for different courses.
> >>>>
> >>>> By the way, did you collect that graphic I posted for you in alt
> >>>> dot binaries dot clip-art?
> >>>
> >>> *looks shamfaced* no...I I I *stutters* didn't know you'd posted
> >>> anything there...*checks*
> >>>
> >>> OK my ISP only indexes back to the 30/05, and you've just been cut
> >>> off....*blushes* repost please? *looks beseeching*.
> >>>
> >> Yeah, there 's a lot more traffic in there than I had anticipated.
> >> I shall repost forthwith (ie later this afternoon just gone 2:00pm
> >> now)
> >>
> >
> > Great thanks....are you on eastern standard time? I'm in Melb, so I
> > am...
> >
> >
> >>> Uhm btw I have ACDSee, don't know if it can handle .psp but it can
> >>> handle just abooot everything else.
> >>>
> >> Don't worry, there's a .jpg there as well.
> >> I only posted the .psp in case you had an application that handles
> >> layers. It makes the graphic easier to customise for your own
> >> purposes. If you have something else, let me know what layer formats
> >> you CAN handle (Photoshop?) and I'll convert and repost.
> >>
> >> The graphic is posted in the public domain. I don't need copyright on
> >> that one and so I haven't put my logo on.
> >>
> >>> Your use of different nicks is so confusing! Poor widdle I....so,
> >>> uhm....who are you in arwm? Can I have a clue?
> >>
> >> No. I'm keeping my religious persona separate from my gaming and
> >> erotica persona.
> >>
> >> *I* have no problem reconciling the various aspects of the real me,
> >> but I don't intend to confuse people who cannot and thereby colour
> >> their perceptions of me. This seems to be very important in dealing
> >> with the various religious fundamentalists I encounter from time to
> >> time. (You know the sort- there's lots of them in the Hills District
> >> of Sydney, in the Asian Christian communities and especially in the
> >> USA)
> >>
> >
> > Yes, it makes sense.
> >
> > Nonetheless, if I do post over there, I'm sure you'll notice me and
> > answer me...this should keep your anonymity.
> > Personally, I don't mind....I mean, 'dragoncarer'! lol 😛.....back
> > when I used to do chat rooms I would occasionally enter a Christian
> > chat room (this was before I'd read and agreed with Nietzsche) just
> > to talk about spirituality and theology in general and some wacko
> > would leap on me before I'd even said anything...based entirely on my
> > handle!
> >
> > How silly...
> >
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Thanks Mio (if I can call you Mio....)...nihonjin....nihongo
> >>> wa....? It sounds similar...
> >>>
> >>
> >> Aha! I have been told it translates (almost) as "Bright Field
> >> [Miowarra] Friend to Cats [Tomokatsu]". In shortened form, I prefer
> >> to be called Tomo - which also has that essential Aussie ring to it
> >> and translates directly as "friend" which is cool with me..
> >>
> >> Getting Off Topic Here
> >> I have no Japanese language myself, but a great and abiding interest
> >> in the culture. My late father was a survivor of Changi POW camp and
> >> when I was a kid, I needed to find out how the ability to treat
> >> people in such a way came about.
> >>
> >> Well, I DID find out and I reckon the cause isn't something inherent
> >> in the Japanese culture as all the propaganda told us, but instead
> >> it's an attitude inherent in Fascism. The Japanese Fascist
> >> militarists had held enough power from the late '10s to enable them
> >> to indoctrinate the upcoming generations who actually fought in
> >> China and the Pacific.
> >>
> >> The majority of survivors of J Force have said that the Japanese
> >> civilian population they encountered while there, were as
> >> compassionate and caring as anybody could wish.
> >
> > To a degree, I think this is like anything in terms of war and
> > individuality. It could be said that the anti-Japanese sentiments of
> > that period were indoctrination
>
> I think that would be fear and "lynch mob" reasoning 🙁 Seems that
> pretty much anybody that looked Japanese was rounded up and taken to
> holding camps for the duration of WWII. I used to think how Nazi like
> that was. But after reading a few personal accounts of various people
> from the period, I came to realize just how powerful and extreme a
> factor this "lynch mob" mentality can be. I am wondering now if because
> of the fierce anti-Japanese sentiments of the populace here, the US Gov.
> did this as much to protect these people from the mobs.


Mob mentality can be absolutely frightening... that we are even
capable of it. If you're part of an angry mob, the guilt from
anything you do is transferred to the group. Something you normally
would never dream of doing on your own is suddenly well within
reason if you're in a mob. And you yourself would not feel like
*you* are responsible, it was the *group* that did it, despite the
fact that maybe no one else participated in that particular act
except you.

> Given the circumstances; Humanity can be very bad to humanity. This
> isn't confined to any one 'people'.

Yep. I never cease to be amazed at our capacity for cruelty. And
not just to each other, we can be even worse to non-humans. We
like to think of ourselves as the hottest thing to grace this planet.
But actually, we've still got a long way to go. :/

-- G

 

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In news:<e8Pme.30613$tM3.9405@twister.nyroc.rr.com> schrieb Dani
>
> I'm playing Prince of Persia: Sands of Time.
>
> It's my first computer game - picked it up at a discount - used as it is -
> and I'm enjoying the hell out of it. I've played Lara completely on
> Playstation - so this time around I just might pick up the PC version and
> see how it goes... : )
>
> And y'all?
>
You might laugh: "Lego Star Wars"! - This game really reminds me
very much of what I like about the TR games in general:

* There is *some* storyline.
* You can search for hidden secrets in each level;
although the levels are *very* short.
* Problems with the clumsy controls. ;-)
* Running and jumping around the levels with the Padmé Amidala
character with a blaster in her "hand" reminds me every time
of our favourite heroine with her pair of uzis.

On the other hand, there are no real puzzles in "Lego Star Wars"
(just like in TR AOD), and it is *very* short,
but was also cheaper than the average TR game.

BTW: Has anyone of you played "Legend of Kain"?
What are the controls like?

 

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=>> The runes were cast, the portents thundered and then "Dani"
warbled on about "What are we playing while waiting?" in a.g.t <<=

> I'm playing Prince of Persia: Sands of Time.
>
> It's my first computer game - picked it up at a discount - used as it is -
> and I'm enjoying the hell out of it. I've played Lara completely on
> Playstation - so this time around I just might pick up the PC version and
> see how it goes... : )
>
> And y'all?

World Of Warcraft is my (current) big timewaster. Got my green-haired
girls on Cenarion Circle up to the mid-40 level (druid and rogue).
Running a few Horde chars on Scarlet Crusade. Even rolling up a mage
char now - shows you how hooked I am when I start playing casters in
RPGs...

Also playing some HL2 mods (having run through the main game three times
now): the strider mod - which allows you to run around in most of the
game's vehicles - and the CTF mod. Not much room for anything else
apart from the odd blip of Rome TW (1 year at a time, takes about 20min
tops) and I even looked at UT2K4 briefly for about 15min online before
getting bored and jumping back to the WoW.

Have tried the demo for Pariah, and it failed to impress: yet another
eye-candy linear FPS with weak 'flip-that-switch' puzzles to provide the
challenge. Best news I've read on the gaming front recently is that
Fallout3 is looking like a serious possibility...

Now, back to running my druid through Zul'Farrak for the blue (rare)
goodies that drop there...

--
Hours spent gaming last week: 40 Online/Single player: 38
Last game(s) finished: --
Currently playing: WoW %%%%%%%%% HL2 mods %
Games on wishlist: Stalker, TRL, HL2:Aftermath, Fallout3

 

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Snark^!

I knew you'd come back to the group eventually. LOL
Nice to see ya back!
Dani

"snark^" <snarkamedes@tulgeywook.org> wrote in message
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>=>> The runes were cast, the portents thundered and then "Dani"
> warbled on about "What are we playing while waiting?" in a.g.t <<=
>
>> I'm playing Prince of Persia: Sands of Time.
>>
>> It's my first computer game - picked it up at a discount - used as it
>> is -
>> and I'm enjoying the hell out of it. I've played Lara completely on
>> Playstation - so this time around I just might pick up the PC version and
>> see how it goes... : )
>>
>> And y'all?
>
> World Of Warcraft is my (current) big timewaster. Got my green-haired
> girls on Cenarion Circle up to the mid-40 level (druid and rogue).
> Running a few Horde chars on Scarlet Crusade. Even rolling up a mage
> char now - shows you how hooked I am when I start playing casters in
> RPGs...
>
> Also playing some HL2 mods (having run through the main game three times
> now): the strider mod - which allows you to run around in most of the
> game's vehicles - and the CTF mod. Not much room for anything else
> apart from the odd blip of Rome TW (1 year at a time, takes about 20min
> tops) and I even looked at UT2K4 briefly for about 15min online before
> getting bored and jumping back to the WoW.
>
> Have tried the demo for Pariah, and it failed to impress: yet another
> eye-candy linear FPS with weak 'flip-that-switch' puzzles to provide the
> challenge. Best news I've read on the gaming front recently is that
> Fallout3 is looking like a serious possibility...
>
> Now, back to running my druid through Zul'Farrak for the blue (rare)
> goodies that drop there...
>
> --
> Hours spent gaming last week: 40 Online/Single player: 38
> Last game(s) finished: --
> Currently playing: WoW %%%%%%%%% HL2 mods %
> Games on wishlist: Stalker, TRL, HL2:Aftermath, Fallout3

 

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"Dani" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Snark^!
>
> I knew you'd come back to the group eventually. LOL
> Nice to see ya back!
> Dani

Agreed!

>
> "snark^" <snarkamedes@tulgeywook.org> wrote in message
> news😛mhba1drvgp7dqpld9l54k8ossp6niekff@4ax.com...
> >=>> The runes were cast, the portents thundered and then "Dani"
> > warbled on about "What are we playing while waiting?" in a.g.t <<=
> >
> >> I'm playing Prince of Persia: Sands of Time.
> >>
> >> It's my first computer game - picked it up at a discount - used as it
> >> is -
> >> and I'm enjoying the hell out of it. I've played Lara completely on
> >> Playstation - so this time around I just might pick up the PC version
and
> >> see how it goes... : )
> >>
> >> And y'all?
> >
> > World Of Warcraft is my (current) big timewaster. Got my green-haired
> > girls on Cenarion Circle up to the mid-40 level (druid and rogue).
> > Running a few Horde chars on Scarlet Crusade. Even rolling up a mage
> > char now - shows you how hooked I am when I start playing casters in
> > RPGs...
> >
> > Also playing some HL2 mods (having run through the main game three times
> > now): the strider mod - which allows you to run around in most of the
> > game's vehicles - and the CTF mod. Not much room for anything else
> > apart from the odd blip of Rome TW (1 year at a time, takes about 20min
> > tops) and I even looked at UT2K4 briefly for about 15min online before
> > getting bored and jumping back to the WoW.
> >
> > Have tried the demo for Pariah, and it failed to impress: yet another
> > eye-candy linear FPS with weak 'flip-that-switch' puzzles to provide the
> > challenge. Best news I've read on the gaming front recently is that
> > Fallout3 is looking like a serious possibility...
> >
> > Now, back to running my druid through Zul'Farrak for the blue (rare)
> > goodies that drop there...
> >
> > --
> > Hours spent gaming last week: 40 Online/Single player: 38
> > Last game(s) finished: --
> > Currently playing: WoW %%%%%%%%% HL2 mods %
> > Games on wishlist: Stalker, TRL, HL2:Aftermath, Fallout3
>
>

 

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"Lisa Smith" <pagemstr@mchsi.com> wrote in message
news:5%ane.23139$PS3.13394@attbi_s22...
>
> "Dungeonbunny" <Dungeonbunny@amuse-guele@isletsoflangerhan.org> wrote in
> message news:1117573314.c9cdc298fbe4c0bd4791251ebc238ccf@teranews...

<snip>

> Hi Dungeon Bunny! It's good to see some of the regulars starting to filter
> back in.
>
> Lisa aka Pagemaster

Hi Lisa !- nice to see *you* back too - haven't been over to fan fic in a
while- I
have a complete story to catch up on- that real life thang gets too much in
the way! 😉

DB

 

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"Lisa Smith" <pagemstr@mchsi.com> wrote in message
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>
> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:ZaRme.24923$6g3.8723@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>> "cinefyl" <cinefyl@gmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:1117505470.637422.228150@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com
>> > I have been playing a few things:
>> >
>> > Gungrave: Overload ( a sort of Anime 3rd person shooter--very fun)
>> >
>> > Call of Duty: Finest Hour (my large weakspot for WWII inspired FPS)
>> >
>> > waiting for Destroy all Humans and Medal of Honor: European Assault.
>> >
>> > Republic Commando also looks like a cool FPS for the Box
>> >
>> > Cinefyl
>>
>> Me, I'm playing Deus Ex a little at a time. Chronicles of
>> Riddick-Escape from Butchers Bay, AoD (restart), TR3, The Longest
>> Journey, a little at a time. Quake. HL2 and Doom3 reruns. RIVEN
>> restart. Have Exile and started it, will do Riven first. Playing
>> around with stuff in American McGee's ALICE. Love the ambiance in that
>> game. Will be playing Chronicles off and on, on my 98SE machine.
>> That plus workaday life. Ho hum :\
>> McG.
>
> The Longest Journey is wonderful! I played it about a year ago. You DO
> know
> they are making a sequal to it called "Dreamfall" Currently slogging
> through
> the first part of Syberia 2 I played it on PC about half way through and
> then switched to the X-Box version, so I decided to play it again from the
> beginning. Also playing "Area 51" and "Oddworld: Strangers Wrath"
>
> Lisa aka Pagemaster
>
Lisa if you've got an Xbox, have you tried Galleon. I loved it! I think
you can pick it up quite cheaply as it didn't appeal to the photorealism
fans!

Mary

 

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"mary clarke" <mary.cclarke@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:dcrcev$qv6$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>
> "Lisa Smith" <pagemstr@mchsi.com> wrote in message
> news:mU0ne.23803$g66.5009@attbi_s71...
>>
>> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:ZaRme.24923$6g3.8723@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>>> "cinefyl" <cinefyl@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1117505470.637422.228150@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com
>>> > I have been playing a few things:
>>> >
>>> > Gungrave: Overload ( a sort of Anime 3rd person shooter--very fun)
>>> >
>>> > Call of Duty: Finest Hour (my large weakspot for WWII inspired FPS)
>>> >
>>> > waiting for Destroy all Humans and Medal of Honor: European Assault.
>>> >
>>> > Republic Commando also looks like a cool FPS for the Box
>>> >
>>> > Cinefyl
>>>
>>> Me, I'm playing Deus Ex a little at a time. Chronicles of
>>> Riddick-Escape from Butchers Bay, AoD (restart), TR3, The Longest
>>> Journey, a little at a time. Quake. HL2 and Doom3 reruns. RIVEN
>>> restart. Have Exile and started it, will do Riven first. Playing
>>> around with stuff in American McGee's ALICE. Love the ambiance in that
>>> game. Will be playing Chronicles off and on, on my 98SE machine.
>>> That plus workaday life. Ho hum :\
>>> McG.
>>
>> The Longest Journey is wonderful! I played it about a year ago. You DO
>> know
>> they are making a sequal to it called "Dreamfall" Currently slogging
>> through
>> the first part of Syberia 2 I played it on PC about half way through and
>> then switched to the X-Box version, so I decided to play it again from
>> the
>> beginning. Also playing "Area 51" and "Oddworld: Strangers Wrath"
>>
>> Lisa aka Pagemaster
>>
> Lisa if you've got an Xbox, have you tried Galleon. I loved it! I think
> you can pick it up quite cheaply as it didn't appeal to the photorealism
> fans!
>
> Mary
I have had many many problems logging back into this group. I hope that I
have succeeded at long last. So I'm sorry for the last message which has
apparently been sitting in my outbox for months.

Hi anyway, to those of you who remember me!

Mary

 

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"mary clarke" <mary.cclarke@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:dcrcmn$rii$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com
> "mary clarke" <mary.cclarke@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:dcrcev$qv6$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>>
>> "Lisa Smith" <pagemstr@mchsi.com> wrote in message
>> news:mU0ne.23803$g66.5009@attbi_s71...
>>>
>>> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ZaRme.24923$6g3.8723@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>>>> "cinefyl" <cinefyl@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:1117505470.637422.228150@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com
>>>>> I have been playing a few things:
>>>>>
>>>>> Gungrave: Overload ( a sort of Anime 3rd person shooter--very fun)
>>>>>
>>>>> Call of Duty: Finest Hour (my large weakspot for WWII inspired
>>>>> FPS) waiting for Destroy all Humans and Medal of Honor: European
>>>>> Assault. Republic Commando also looks like a cool FPS for the Box
>>>>>
>>>>> Cinefyl
>>>>
>>>> Me, I'm playing Deus Ex a little at a time. Chronicles of
>>>> Riddick-Escape from Butchers Bay, AoD (restart), TR3, The Longest
>>>> Journey, a little at a time. Quake. HL2 and Doom3 reruns. RIVEN
>>>> restart. Have Exile and started it, will do Riven first. Playing
>>>> around with stuff in American McGee's ALICE. Love the ambiance in
>>>> that game. Will be playing Chronicles off and on, on my 98SE
>>>> machine. That plus workaday life. Ho hum :\
>>>> McG.
>>>
>>> The Longest Journey is wonderful! I played it about a year ago.
>>> You DO know
>>> they are making a sequal to it called "Dreamfall" Currently slogging
>>> through
>>> the first part of Syberia 2 I played it on PC about half way
>>> through and then switched to the X-Box version, so I decided to
>>> play it again from the
>>> beginning. Also playing "Area 51" and "Oddworld: Strangers Wrath"
>>>
>>> Lisa aka Pagemaster
>>>
>> Lisa if you've got an Xbox, have you tried Galleon. I loved it! I
>> think you can pick it up quite cheaply as it didn't appeal to the
>> photorealism fans!
>>
>> Mary
> I have had many many problems logging back into this group. I hope
> that I have succeeded at long last. So I'm sorry for the last
> message which has apparently been sitting in my outbox for months.
>
> Hi anyway, to those of you who remember me!
>
> Mary

Hi Mary, good to see you again!
McG.

 

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"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
news:d5bIe.115021$X76.45310@tornado.texas.rr.com...
> "mary clarke" <mary.cclarke@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:dcrcmn$rii$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com
>> "mary clarke" <mary.cclarke@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>> news:dcrcev$qv6$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>>>
>>> "Lisa Smith" <pagemstr@mchsi.com> wrote in message
>>> news:mU0ne.23803$g66.5009@attbi_s71...
>>>>
>>>> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:ZaRme.24923$6g3.8723@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>>>>> "cinefyl" <cinefyl@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:1117505470.637422.228150@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com
>>>>>> I have been playing a few things:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Gungrave: Overload ( a sort of Anime 3rd person shooter--very fun)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Call of Duty: Finest Hour (my large weakspot for WWII inspired
>>>>>> FPS) waiting for Destroy all Humans and Medal of Honor: European
>>>>>> Assault. Republic Commando also looks like a cool FPS for the Box
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cinefyl
>>>>>
>>>>> Me, I'm playing Deus Ex a little at a time. Chronicles of
>>>>> Riddick-Escape from Butchers Bay, AoD (restart), TR3, The Longest
>>>>> Journey, a little at a time. Quake. HL2 and Doom3 reruns. RIVEN
>>>>> restart. Have Exile and started it, will do Riven first. Playing
>>>>> around with stuff in American McGee's ALICE. Love the ambiance in
>>>>> that game. Will be playing Chronicles off and on, on my 98SE
>>>>> machine. That plus workaday life. Ho hum :\
>>>>> McG.
>>>>
>>>> The Longest Journey is wonderful! I played it about a year ago.
>>>> You DO know
>>>> they are making a sequal to it called "Dreamfall" Currently slogging
>>>> through
>>>> the first part of Syberia 2 I played it on PC about half way
>>>> through and then switched to the X-Box version, so I decided to
>>>> play it again from the
>>>> beginning. Also playing "Area 51" and "Oddworld: Strangers Wrath"
>>>>
>>>> Lisa aka Pagemaster
>>>>
>>> Lisa if you've got an Xbox, have you tried Galleon. I loved it! I
>>> think you can pick it up quite cheaply as it didn't appeal to the
>>> photorealism fans!
>>>
>>> Mary
>> I have had many many problems logging back into this group. I hope
>> that I have succeeded at long last. So I'm sorry for the last
>> message which has apparently been sitting in my outbox for months.
>>
>> Hi anyway, to those of you who remember me!
>>
>> Mary
>
> Hi Mary, good to see you again!
> McG.
Good to be seen!

I've been watching as much as possible but have only just been able to post
again after some time.

Am I right in thinking Tombraider Legend will be out Christmas time? UK as
well? It's looking good to me!

And if anyone has PS2, God of War is worth looking at. It has many of the
TR elements (not such great athletics) but a wonderful game of exploration
and combat and puzzles. It's on PS2 and not sure if it's on PC.

Great to be back!

Mary

 

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"mary clarke" <mary.cclarke@btinternet.com> wrote in message
news:dcrij4$nh9$1@nwrdmz02.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com
> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:d5bIe.115021$X76.45310@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>> "mary clarke" <mary.cclarke@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>> news:dcrcmn$rii$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com
>>> "mary clarke" <mary.cclarke@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>>> news:dcrcev$qv6$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>>>>
>>>> "Lisa Smith" <pagemstr@mchsi.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:mU0ne.23803$g66.5009@attbi_s71...
>>>>>
>>>>> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:ZaRme.24923$6g3.8723@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>>>>>> "cinefyl" <cinefyl@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:1117505470.637422.228150@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com
>>>>>>> I have been playing a few things:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gungrave: Overload ( a sort of Anime 3rd person shooter--very
>>>>>>> fun) Call of Duty: Finest Hour (my large weakspot for WWII
>>>>>>> inspired
>>>>>>> FPS) waiting for Destroy all Humans and Medal of Honor: European
>>>>>>> Assault. Republic Commando also looks like a cool FPS for the
>>>>>>> Box Cinefyl
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Me, I'm playing Deus Ex a little at a time. Chronicles of
>>>>>> Riddick-Escape from Butchers Bay, AoD (restart), TR3, The Longest
>>>>>> Journey, a little at a time. Quake. HL2 and Doom3 reruns. RIVEN
>>>>>> restart. Have Exile and started it, will do Riven first. Playing
>>>>>> around with stuff in American McGee's ALICE. Love the
>>>>>> ambiance in that game. Will be playing Chronicles off and on,
>>>>>> on my 98SE machine. That plus workaday life. Ho hum :\
>>>>>> McG.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Longest Journey is wonderful! I played it about a year ago.
>>>>> You DO know
>>>>> they are making a sequal to it called "Dreamfall" Currently
>>>>> slogging through
>>>>> the first part of Syberia 2 I played it on PC about half way
>>>>> through and then switched to the X-Box version, so I decided to
>>>>> play it again from the
>>>>> beginning. Also playing "Area 51" and "Oddworld: Strangers Wrath"
>>>>>
>>>>> Lisa aka Pagemaster
>>>>>
>>>> Lisa if you've got an Xbox, have you tried Galleon. I loved it! I
>>>> think you can pick it up quite cheaply as it didn't appeal to the
>>>> photorealism fans!
>>>>
>>>> Mary
>>> I have had many many problems logging back into this group. I hope
>>> that I have succeeded at long last. So I'm sorry for the last
>>> message which has apparently been sitting in my outbox for months.
>>>
>>> Hi anyway, to those of you who remember me!
>>>
>>> Mary
>>
>> Hi Mary, good to see you again!
>> McG.
> Good to be seen!
>
> I've been watching as much as possible but have only just been able
> to post again after some time.
>
> Am I right in thinking Tombraider Legend will be out Christmas time?
> UK as well? It's looking good to me!
>
> And if anyone has PS2, God of War is worth looking at. It has many
> of the TR elements (not such great athletics) but a wonderful game of
> exploration and combat and puzzles. It's on PS2 and not sure if it's
> on PC.
> Great to be back!
>
> Mary

I believe Legend is pushed back to 'early 2006', but we'll just wait n
see
McG.

 

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"mary clarke" <mary.cclarke@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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>
> "mary clarke" <mary.cclarke@btinternet.com> wrote in message
> news:dcrcev$qv6$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>>
>> "Lisa Smith" <pagemstr@mchsi.com> wrote in message
>> news:mU0ne.23803$g66.5009@attbi_s71...
>>>
>>> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:ZaRme.24923$6g3.8723@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>>>> "cinefyl" <cinefyl@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:1117505470.637422.228150@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com
>>>> > I have been playing a few things:
>>>> >
>>>> > Gungrave: Overload ( a sort of Anime 3rd person shooter--very fun)
>>>> >
>>>> > Call of Duty: Finest Hour (my large weakspot for WWII inspired FPS)
>>>> >
>>>> > waiting for Destroy all Humans and Medal of Honor: European Assault.
>>>> >
>>>> > Republic Commando also looks like a cool FPS for the Box
>>>> >
>>>> > Cinefyl
>>>>
>>>> Me, I'm playing Deus Ex a little at a time. Chronicles of
>>>> Riddick-Escape from Butchers Bay, AoD (restart), TR3, The Longest
>>>> Journey, a little at a time. Quake. HL2 and Doom3 reruns. RIVEN
>>>> restart. Have Exile and started it, will do Riven first. Playing
>>>> around with stuff in American McGee's ALICE. Love the ambiance in that
>>>> game. Will be playing Chronicles off and on, on my 98SE machine.
>>>> That plus workaday life. Ho hum :\
>>>> McG.
>>>
>>> The Longest Journey is wonderful! I played it about a year ago. You DO
>>> know
>>> they are making a sequal to it called "Dreamfall" Currently slogging
>>> through
>>> the first part of Syberia 2 I played it on PC about half way through and
>>> then switched to the X-Box version, so I decided to play it again from
>>> the
>>> beginning. Also playing "Area 51" and "Oddworld: Strangers Wrath"
>>>
>>> Lisa aka Pagemaster
>>>
>> Lisa if you've got an Xbox, have you tried Galleon. I loved it! I think
>> you can pick it up quite cheaply as it didn't appeal to the photorealism
>> fans!
>>
>> Mary
> I have had many many problems logging back into this group. I hope that I
> have succeeded at long last. So I'm sorry for the last message which has
> apparently been sitting in my outbox for months.
>
> Hi anyway, to those of you who remember me!
>
> Mary
>

Harro!

 

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"mary clarke" <mary.cclarke@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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>
> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "mary clarke" <mary.cclarke@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>> news:dcrcmn$rii$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com
>>> "mary clarke" <mary.cclarke@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>>> news:dcrcev$qv6$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>>>>
>>>> "Lisa Smith" <pagemstr@mchsi.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:mU0ne.23803$g66.5009@attbi_s71...
>>>>>
>>>>> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:ZaRme.24923$6g3.8723@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>>>>>> "cinefyl" <cinefyl@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>> news:1117505470.637422.228150@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com
>>>>>>> I have been playing a few things:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Gungrave: Overload ( a sort of Anime 3rd person shooter--very fun)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Call of Duty: Finest Hour (my large weakspot for WWII inspired
>>>>>>> FPS) waiting for Destroy all Humans and Medal of Honor: European
>>>>>>> Assault. Republic Commando also looks like a cool FPS for the Box
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Cinefyl
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Me, I'm playing Deus Ex a little at a time. Chronicles of
>>>>>> Riddick-Escape from Butchers Bay, AoD (restart), TR3, The Longest
>>>>>> Journey, a little at a time. Quake. HL2 and Doom3 reruns. RIVEN
>>>>>> restart. Have Exile and started it, will do Riven first. Playing
>>>>>> around with stuff in American McGee's ALICE. Love the ambiance in
>>>>>> that game. Will be playing Chronicles off and on, on my 98SE
>>>>>> machine. That plus workaday life. Ho hum :\
>>>>>> McG.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Longest Journey is wonderful! I played it about a year ago.
>>>>> You DO know
>>>>> they are making a sequal to it called "Dreamfall" Currently slogging
>>>>> through
>>>>> the first part of Syberia 2 I played it on PC about half way
>>>>> through and then switched to the X-Box version, so I decided to
>>>>> play it again from the
>>>>> beginning. Also playing "Area 51" and "Oddworld: Strangers Wrath"
>>>>>
>>>>> Lisa aka Pagemaster
>>>>>
>>>> Lisa if you've got an Xbox, have you tried Galleon. I loved it! I
>>>> think you can pick it up quite cheaply as it didn't appeal to the
>>>> photorealism fans!
>>>>
>>>> Mary
>>> I have had many many problems logging back into this group. I hope
>>> that I have succeeded at long last. So I'm sorry for the last
>>> message which has apparently been sitting in my outbox for months.
>>>
>>> Hi anyway, to those of you who remember me!
>>>
>>> Mary
>>
>> Hi Mary, good to see you again!
>> McG.
> Good to be seen!
>
> I've been watching as much as possible but have only just been able to
> post again after some time.
>
> Am I right in thinking Tombraider Legend will be out Christmas time? UK
> as well? It's looking good to me!
>
> And if anyone has PS2, God of War is worth looking at. It has many of the
> TR elements (not such great athletics) but a wonderful game of exploration
> and combat and puzzles. It's on PS2 and not sure if it's on PC.
>
> Great to be back!
>
> Mary
>

noooooooooooooo.
Well, TRL has been put back to some indefinate time early next year,
according to crazy Eidos spokeswoman.
Meanwhile, God of WAR?!?!? It was as bad as Prince of Persia - kind of fun
to play, except when you just have to do things over and over and over and
over. Unebelievably grating. And it bastardised a whole bunch of Greek myths
and stories. *not happy*.

 

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mary clarke wrote:
> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>>"mary clarke" <mary.cclarke@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>>news:dcrcmn$rii$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com
>>
>>>"mary clarke" <mary.cclarke@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>>>news:dcrcev$qv6$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>>>
>>>>"Lisa Smith" <pagemstr@mchsi.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:mU0ne.23803$g66.5009@attbi_s71...
>>>>
>>>>>"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>news:ZaRme.24923$6g3.8723@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>>>>>
>>>>>>"cinefyl" <cinefyl@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>news:1117505470.637422.228150@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>I have been playing a few things:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Gungrave: Overload ( a sort of Anime 3rd person shooter--very fun)
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Call of Duty: Finest Hour (my large weakspot for WWII inspired
>>>>>>>FPS) waiting for Destroy all Humans and Medal of Honor: European
>>>>>>>Assault. Republic Commando also looks like a cool FPS for the Box
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Cinefyl
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Me, I'm playing Deus Ex a little at a time. Chronicles of
>>>>>>Riddick-Escape from Butchers Bay, AoD (restart), TR3, The Longest
>>>>>>Journey, a little at a time. Quake. HL2 and Doom3 reruns. RIVEN
>>>>>>restart. Have Exile and started it, will do Riven first. Playing
>>>>>>around with stuff in American McGee's ALICE. Love the ambiance in
>>>>>>that game. Will be playing Chronicles off and on, on my 98SE
>>>>>>machine. That plus workaday life. Ho hum :\
>>>>>>McG.
>>>>>
>>>>>The Longest Journey is wonderful! I played it about a year ago.
>>>>>You DO know
>>>>>they are making a sequal to it called "Dreamfall" Currently slogging
>>>>>through
>>>>>the first part of Syberia 2 I played it on PC about half way
>>>>>through and then switched to the X-Box version, so I decided to
>>>>>play it again from the
>>>>>beginning. Also playing "Area 51" and "Oddworld: Strangers Wrath"
>>>>>
>>>>>Lisa aka Pagemaster
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Lisa if you've got an Xbox, have you tried Galleon. I loved it! I
>>>>think you can pick it up quite cheaply as it didn't appeal to the
>>>>photorealism fans!
>>>>
>>>>Mary
>>>
>>>I have had many many problems logging back into this group. I hope
>>>that I have succeeded at long last. So I'm sorry for the last
>>>message which has apparently been sitting in my outbox for months.
>>>
>>>Hi anyway, to those of you who remember me!
>>>
>>>Mary
>>
>>Hi Mary, good to see you again!
>>McG.
>
> Good to be seen!
>
> I've been watching as much as possible but have only just been able to post
> again after some time.
>
> Am I right in thinking Tombraider Legend will be out Christmas time? UK as
> well? It's looking good to me!

latest news say it was postponed, beginning of 2006. and that there's
gonna be playable version at the German Games Convention scheduled to
begin on August 17 in Leipzig (see e.g.
http://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/headlines2343.html)

and as far as the subject goes:

just got a steering wheel for the PC! Playing Trackmania Sunrise
(amazing!) and Flatout (pretty good physics, ragdoll drivers fly through
the windshields, pretty much everything is destructible etc.)

also playing Psychonauts, has all the characteristics of a good game
but somehow it's not that interesting... didn't play it much yet, maybe
it's a good game after all.

NOT PLAYING: Juiced, in case you're thinking about getting this one,
read the reviews, the game is even worse than reviews say...

erik

 

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"Erik Steffl" <steffl@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
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> mary clarke wrote:
>> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
>> news:d5bIe.115021$X76.45310@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>>
>>>"mary clarke" <mary.cclarke@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>>>news:dcrcmn$rii$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com
>>>
>>>>"mary clarke" <mary.cclarke@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:dcrcev$qv6$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>>>>
>>>>>"Lisa Smith" <pagemstr@mchsi.com> wrote in message
>>>>>news:mU0ne.23803$g66.5009@attbi_s71...
>>>>>
>>>>>>"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>news:ZaRme.24923$6g3.8723@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>"cinefyl" <cinefyl@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>news:1117505470.637422.228150@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>I have been playing a few things:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Gungrave: Overload ( a sort of Anime 3rd person shooter--very fun)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Call of Duty: Finest Hour (my large weakspot for WWII inspired
>>>>>>>>FPS) waiting for Destroy all Humans and Medal of Honor: European
>>>>>>>>Assault. Republic Commando also looks like a cool FPS for the Box
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Cinefyl
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Me, I'm playing Deus Ex a little at a time. Chronicles of
>>>>>>>Riddick-Escape from Butchers Bay, AoD (restart), TR3, The Longest
>>>>>>>Journey, a little at a time. Quake. HL2 and Doom3 reruns. RIVEN
>>>>>>>restart. Have Exile and started it, will do Riven first. Playing
>>>>>>>around with stuff in American McGee's ALICE. Love the ambiance in
>>>>>>>that game. Will be playing Chronicles off and on, on my 98SE
>>>>>>>machine. That plus workaday life. Ho hum :\
>>>>>>>McG.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>The Longest Journey is wonderful! I played it about a year ago.
>>>>>>You DO know
>>>>>>they are making a sequal to it called "Dreamfall" Currently slogging
>>>>>>through
>>>>>>the first part of Syberia 2 I played it on PC about half way
>>>>>>through and then switched to the X-Box version, so I decided to
>>>>>>play it again from the
>>>>>>beginning. Also playing "Area 51" and "Oddworld: Strangers Wrath"
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Lisa aka Pagemaster
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Lisa if you've got an Xbox, have you tried Galleon. I loved it! I
>>>>>think you can pick it up quite cheaply as it didn't appeal to the
>>>>>photorealism fans!
>>>>>
>>>>>Mary
>>>>
>>>>I have had many many problems logging back into this group. I hope
>>>>that I have succeeded at long last. So I'm sorry for the last
>>>>message which has apparently been sitting in my outbox for months.
>>>>
>>>>Hi anyway, to those of you who remember me!
>>>>
>>>>Mary
>>>
>>>Hi Mary, good to see you again!
>>>McG.
>>
>> Good to be seen!
>>
>> I've been watching as much as possible but have only just been able to
>> post again after some time.
>>
>> Am I right in thinking Tombraider Legend will be out Christmas time? UK
>> as well? It's looking good to me!
>
> latest news say it was postponed, beginning of 2006. and that there's
> gonna be playable version at the German Games Convention scheduled to
> begin on August 17 in Leipzig (see e.g.
> http://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/headlines2343.html)
>
> and as far as the subject goes:
>
> just got a steering wheel for the PC! Playing Trackmania Sunrise
> (amazing!) and Flatout (pretty good physics, ragdoll drivers fly through
> the windshields, pretty much everything is destructible etc.)
>
> also playing Psychonauts, has all the characteristics of a good game but
> somehow it's not that interesting... didn't play it much yet, maybe it's a
> good game after all.

*yeech* I downloaded the demo, and, well *yeech*. Yeah...it seemed like
every other platform game ever. Although the last I played was Voodoo Vince
and *shudders* don't get me *shudders* started on that!

>
> NOT PLAYING: Juiced, in case you're thinking about getting this one,
> read the reviews, the game is even worse than reviews say...
>
> erik

 

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"Dragoncarer" <notrightnow@oops.haha> wrote in message
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>
> "Erik Steffl" <steffl@bigfoot.com> wrote in message
> news:11f5f4i2b7rppc7@corp.supernews.com...
>> mary clarke wrote:
>>> "McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:d5bIe.115021$X76.45310@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>>>
>>>>"mary clarke" <mary.cclarke@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:dcrcmn$rii$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com
>>>>
>>>>>"mary clarke" <mary.cclarke@btinternet.com> wrote in message
>>>>>news:dcrcev$qv6$1@nwrdmz03.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>>>>>
>>>>>>"Lisa Smith" <pagemstr@mchsi.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>news:mU0ne.23803$g66.5009@attbi_s71...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>>"McGrandpa" <McGrandpaNOT@NOThotmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>news:ZaRme.24923$6g3.8723@tornado.texas.rr.com...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>"cinefyl" <cinefyl@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>>>>>>>news:1117505470.637422.228150@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>I have been playing a few things:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Gungrave: Overload ( a sort of Anime 3rd person shooter--very fun)
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Call of Duty: Finest Hour (my large weakspot for WWII inspired
>>>>>>>>>FPS) waiting for Destroy all Humans and Medal of Honor: European
>>>>>>>>>Assault. Republic Commando also looks like a cool FPS for the Box
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Cinefyl
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Me, I'm playing Deus Ex a little at a time. Chronicles of
>>>>>>>>Riddick-Escape from Butchers Bay, AoD (restart), TR3, The Longest
>>>>>>>>Journey, a little at a time. Quake. HL2 and Doom3 reruns. RIVEN
>>>>>>>>restart. Have Exile and started it, will do Riven first. Playing
>>>>>>>>around with stuff in American McGee's ALICE. Love the ambiance in
>>>>>>>>that game. Will be playing Chronicles off and on, on my 98SE
>>>>>>>>machine. That plus workaday life. Ho hum :\
>>>>>>>>McG.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>The Longest Journey is wonderful! I played it about a year ago.
>>>>>>>You DO know
>>>>>>>they are making a sequal to it called "Dreamfall" Currently slogging
>>>>>>>through
>>>>>>>the first part of Syberia 2 I played it on PC about half way
>>>>>>>through and then switched to the X-Box version, so I decided to
>>>>>>>play it again from the
>>>>>>>beginning. Also playing "Area 51" and "Oddworld: Strangers Wrath"
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Lisa aka Pagemaster
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Lisa if you've got an Xbox, have you tried Galleon. I loved it! I
>>>>>>think you can pick it up quite cheaply as it didn't appeal to the
>>>>>>photorealism fans!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Mary
>>>>>
>>>>>I have had many many problems logging back into this group. I hope
>>>>>that I have succeeded at long last. So I'm sorry for the last
>>>>>message which has apparently been sitting in my outbox for months.
>>>>>
>>>>>Hi anyway, to those of you who remember me!
>>>>>
>>>>>Mary
>>>>
>>>>Hi Mary, good to see you again!
>>>>McG.
>>>
>>> Good to be seen!
>>>
>>> I've been watching as much as possible but have only just been able to
>>> post again after some time.
>>>
>>> Am I right in thinking Tombraider Legend will be out Christmas time? UK
>>> as well? It's looking good to me!
>>
>> latest news say it was postponed, beginning of 2006. and that there's
>> gonna be playable version at the German Games Convention scheduled to
>> begin on August 17 in Leipzig (see e.g.
>> http://www.tombraiderchronicles.com/headlines2343.html)
>>
>> and as far as the subject goes:
>>
>> just got a steering wheel for the PC! Playing Trackmania Sunrise
>> (amazing!) and Flatout (pretty good physics, ragdoll drivers fly through
>> the windshields, pretty much everything is destructible etc.)
>>
>> also playing Psychonauts, has all the characteristics of a good game
>> but somehow it's not that interesting... didn't play it much yet, maybe
>> it's a good game after all.
>
> *yeech* I downloaded the demo, and, well *yeech*. Yeah...it seemed like
> every other platform game ever. Although the last I played was Voodoo
> Vince and *shudders* don't get me *shudders* started on that!
>
>>
>> NOT PLAYING: Juiced, in case you're thinking about getting this one,
>> read the reviews, the game is even worse than reviews say...
>>
>> erik
>
>
Oh well, I've clearly got different tastes from many of you. I enjoyed
Voodoo Vince and the Prince of Persia games.

I have to say though that there hasn't been that much that has really
grabbed my attention in the last few months.

I suspect the advent of next gen consoles is holding things up a bit,
although I note that the Shadow of the Colossus is due out and also a new
Zelda game (and for me another Prince of Persia *ducks down to miss the
brickbats*).

Off to do the weekly shop - curry for tea I think.

Mary