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| Displayed name | Icshi |
| Member number | 1528 |
| Title | Mongolian Barbeque |
| Postcount | 907 |
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| Registered | Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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Mongolian Barbeque
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written Wednesday, July 6 2005 19:16
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quote:I've had a very busy day today, so haven't had time to examine your page as closely as I would like. Poor Valerie did indeed finally succumb to accumulated blood poisoning, as I feared she would, so she's lying down on the cot (she's currently living here at the office, since her apartment complex met an untimely yet spectacular end in mysterious circumstances) and taking it easy until I can find some untainted blood and give her a transfusion. And mind you, untainted blood isn't easy to come by among our close-knit circle of friends and acquiantances. In the meantime, I'll just replace her with her identical twin sister—also named Valerie, oddly enough—who is less talented but fine for temporary fill-in. As soon as all this is cleared up, I shall give this fine literature my closest attention. But on the surface is seems harmless enough—you restrain yourself to such phrases as "sending a hit man to break offender's fingers"—which is a very nice front for your true aims and I must applaud your talent for cunning deception. If we accept your offer, we would also like to publish unexpurgated (and fully illustrated) editions of your manifesto—along with any demented ravings you may have cluttering up your desk drawers—to cater to our fine and discerning clientele, who are always eager for fresh supplies of such things. quote:Excellent! Personally, rather than go into politics, I'll just wait for my mad scientist friend — you may have heard of him, Professor Thadeus G. Stanislaw Koenigsberg IX, who comes from a long and distinguished line of scientifically gifted Slavic asylum-inmates — to finish building me that Deathcruiser he's been promising me since last Christmas. It's his latest and most up-to-date design, equipped with the brand-new wide-range Pain-Dispenser Beams, a full underside array of Firmament Flushers, and the improved precise-targeting ExoVirinium Crustpuncher Rays that come in a exciting new variety of colors. Once I have that I can forgo the tedious "deceiving the public with carefully-spun lies" thing and just plunge right into the "If you don't do as I say, I'll incinerate your puny, defenseless world" business, which apart from being more straightforward is immensely more satisfying. quote:Mmmm! Various delectable possibilities cross my mind... I can draw you up some design schematics for possible new Disposal Factories—I got a new set of glow-in-the-dark crayons a couple of days ago that I'm just itching to use—during slow hours at the office. It's awfully dull around here without Valerie running up and down the warehouse aisles screaming at the top of her lungs as some hideous form pursues her with slavering jaws. quote:Fantastic! There's nothing quite like turning something good and wholesome around to make it into something twisted and dripping with sickly loathsomeness. Well, I must go now; the garbage man just arrived at my door to pick up all those lumps charred beyond recognition which are stacked in my cellar... Oh, how intrusive is the tedium of everyday life! Best regards, Icshi P.S.—Come to think of it, I suspect this other Valerie may be nothing more than one of those duplicates that Dr. Koenigsberg cooked up as an elaborate April Fool's joke a few years ago. He assured me they were all disposed of since then, but I have my doubts—the identical name, for instance makes doubt his word. In which case, perhaps I have found the untainted blood we need... Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 16:40
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quote:Yes, I'd be interested in knowing who the other two are. But I suspect a couple of smartasses said they did when they didn't, just to stir up chatter and make people ask the inevitable awkward questions. Or maybe—just maybe—a couple of you need to make A Trip to the Confessional and come clean. Put please just unburden yourself in a post and ignore the poll because I rather made a complete mess of it... :rolleyes: -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 16:30
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Well, okay, I guess it is a wee bit silly to plunk a game down at the bottom of the list just because it has "sub" in its name. And indeed, RWG is far more deserving of that dubious honor. After all, if we're committed to being the most ignored and bewildering forum around, we may as well do it right and really be lurking in the Unplumbed Depths! -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 15:23
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quote:Thank you! <Icshi smiles widely, bows serenly, and does a little curled-hand Queen-Elizabeth wave> ...but remember, it was all Zorro's idea! <points accusingly> [ Tuesday, July 05, 2005 15:25: Message edited by: Icshi ] Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 15:18
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Dear Zeviz (whose custom title I initially misread as "Puke and Knave"), I have hitherto utterly and pointedly ignored the election shenanigans going on in General as such things make me dizzy and confuse me terribly. Besides, I've always viewed politics as the plaything of amateurs—the minds of the public must be warped from within through subversive surrealist literature. Damage like that cannot be imposed from without. I have no idea what the EVOL party is, but if it has been officially condemned and outlawed in at least five major countries, I am tentatively prepared to give it my support and would be interested in hearing more about it. For instance, is "EVOL" a deliberate mispelling of "EVIL" designed to foil search engine filters? If so, my interest heightens. Where could I find more about the EVOL party? What are its tenets? Who are its members? And most importantly, where is the pre-arranged drop spot for the hefty bag of cash coming my way? Sincerely, Icshi [ Tuesday, July 05, 2005 15:20: Message edited by: Icshi ] Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 12:45
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quote:Slp006, have you had any luck in contacting Jeff, or has the fit of GC mania passed by? Zorro has also said he probably would've registered it if it were still available on the order page. In point of fact—if he doesn't mind me publicly shaming him like this—the poor fellow and I are currently engaged in what he has so aptly termed the "first international Galactic Core craptacular" as we fling a multiplayer game back and forth via email. I'm playing as the really with-it Peroc, while he's floundering around in Tardanian junkships. :P But since we just finished our first respective turns, my victory celebration is a tad premature. But we shall see how the war will progress, and undoubtedly many surprises are in store... Will victory be decided through diabolical ingenuity, or merely through inherent superiority of ship designs and favorable cost ratios as carelessly decided by the debatably late-lamented Richard White? :eek: Anyone care to place bets? This is a historic occasion, perhaps the first time in the long and sorry annals of Chromite Software that two moronic humans have matched wits, rather than a moronic human and an even more moronic computer. I guess you could also call this epic battle of wills the "first international Galactic Core moron-a-thon!" < Ringside seats still available. Dry cleaning costs incurred as a result of the splashing of blood-laced spittle as the contestants duke it out are not the liability of the Interstellar Carnage Commission. > ---------- The Peroc-Tardanian war was brought to you by by Jimminy Cricket's Chainsaw— "Y/our pain is y/our pleasure!" (Delete Where Applicable) [ Tuesday, July 05, 2005 12:51: Message edited by: Icshi ] Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 12:20
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I beg to differ. While SubTerra may be a superior game to anything RW churned out, the very fact that it contains the word "Sub" in its title demands that it be placed below everything else. [ Tuesday, July 05, 2005 12:21: Message edited by: Icshi ] -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 11:28
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Stronghold takes up the most amount of space of any game on my computer. It had only one install option (i.e., no "minimum" or "full), so when I installed it it schlonked the entire contents of the CD-ROM over onto my harddrive, at about 700 MB. That really hurt on my clamshell iBook—it took up about 1/9 of my entire harddrive, and it would barely run! It wasn't long before I uninstalled it. It works better on my new iMac, and takes up a lot less harddrive space (percentage-wise). I'd like to get Myst IV some day—but I sincerely hope it has a minimum install option! 7 GB on my iMac would be like 700 MB on my iBook... Seems like every time computers get bigger and better—and you think "Finally I have enough space for everything!"—the game makers practically anull that by increasing the demands of their products. Grrr. That's one reason why I like Spiderweb games so much. -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 11:18
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We'll miss your ravings down in RWG! [ Tuesday, July 05, 2005 11:19: Message edited by: Icshi ] -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 11:13
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Geneforge 2 is the most fun to play, while the original Geneforge had the best plot. Geneforge 3 was... well... a little peculiar. Motsly it seemed like running around killing rogues. Full-scale war rather than a story per se. It was more repeitious than the first two games—I guess that's my main impression of Geneforge 3. It would've helped some if there had been more than two sects, though I admired how Jeff forced you to pick a side rather than sit on the fence all the way through, bleeding each sect dry as much as you could without committing. But Geneforge 2 was easily the most fun. Hordes of lunatics scheming against each other, barricaded in their separate cities, border skirmishes, canisters lying all over the place just begging to be used, and lots of new terryfing creatures and powerful new spells. [ Tuesday, July 05, 2005 11:16: Message edited by: Icshi ] Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 11:13
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Geneforge 2 is the most fun to play, while the original Geneforge had the best plot. Geneforge 3 was... well... a little peculiar. Motsly it seemed like running around killing rogues. Full-scale war rather than a story per se. It was more repeitious than the first two games—I guess that's my main impression of Geneforge 3. It would've helped some if there had been more than two sects, though I admired how Jeff forced you to pick a side rather than sit on the fence all the way through, bleeding each sect dry as much as you could without committing. But Geneforge 2 was easily the most fun. Hordes of lunatics scheming against each other, barricaded in their separate cities, border skirmishes, canisters lying all over the place just begging to be used, and lots of new terryfing creatures and powerful new spells. [ Tuesday, July 05, 2005 11:16: Message edited by: Icshi ] -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 11:04
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quote:This is a nice bit of information. Now that I know what it does, I'll have to use it accordingly. Using it on Alwan also sounds like a good strategy, as I notice he gets hit an awful lot. Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 11:00
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The first time I played through all the scenarios that came with BoA, I liked A Small Rebellion best. Second time through, though, I came to really like the Za-Khazi Run. There's so much there to explore, and you can experiment with different routes each time. It also had the subterranean setting that I found so enthralling with the first two Avernum games. To me, an Avernum game should be about being underground. That's this series' main claim to fame, I think. But once you're on the surface world, it becomes much like any other fantasy RPG. -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 10:54
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Not exactly mon petite chou-chou, is it? [ Tuesday, July 05, 2005 10:55: Message edited by: Icshi ] -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Tuesday, July 5 2005 10:43
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Yes, that's how the Black Pirate Roberts rescued Princess Buttercup. "I poisoned both glasses." I'm afraid next year Valerie's going to invite me to come along with her. I won't quite come up to her standard, and will have to disappoint her by replenishing my fluids at the tea tent, or, perhaps more wisely, bringing along all my own beverages in sealed aluminum cans. Or I could just say no altogether, but then she'll sulk around the office for goodness-knows how long. And you've never seen her sulk—believe me, eldritch R'lyeh is no more nightmarish than spending three weeks trying to go about your normal business with a grumpy female relative nearby glaring daggers at your back, who you can't fire or even cut her pay. [ Tuesday, July 05, 2005 10:46: Message edited by: Icshi ] Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Monday, July 4 2005 11:51
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All I know about Donald Trump is that he has a funky haircut and has appeared on some silly television commercial. Oh, and that he's really really rich and buys $100 hamburgers. That's it. I'd like to remind you that the business practices of Jimminy Cricket's Chanisaw are simply the product of a disordered mind, and any similarity between our methods and those of any other organization are purely coincidental. By the way, my secretary Valerie Krauthammer is also my half-cousin twice removed on my father's side. She just returned from Droitwich this morning—she's a little hung over from all the arsenic, but otherwise okay. She's won the Stamina Competition at the Jim Jones Festival for four straight years now, but I'm afraid sooner or later all this accumulated poisoning will catch up with her. :( Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Sunday, July 3 2005 12:10
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Oh dear. Uh, we didn't actually send you a copy yet—we're still busy over here printing up stickers that say "Jimminy Cricket's Chainsaw" to put over the area that says "Shriekingskulls Press" on the title page, book spine, and copyright acknowledgements page on every copy of every book in our inventory. This process may take up to two weeks, depending on how soon (if at all) my secretary Valerie gets back from her trip to the Jim Jones Kool-Aid Tasting Festival in Droitwich. We recommend that you destroy the book immediately. To find out how to get rid of such accursed books safely, we recommend buying our booklet 101 Techniques for Disposing of Level 12 Tomes of Pure Evil, which should be ready for mailing in a couple of weeks or so. Until then, try to ignore the book you received, no matter how much noise it makes, or how many of your pets transform/disappear/explode. And, by all that's good and holy, DO NOT TOUCH IT!!! Remember, since it didn't come from us, you don't know where it's been. And as for the unidentified lump that came with it—well, generally, the best means of disposal in such cases is to cook and eat it. We know this sounds drastic, and you should of course use your own judgment, but if it seems innocuous enough while it's sleeping, you may like to give it a try. Such things are often quite tasty despite their gruesome appearance. You may be interested in a volume in our cookbook series, Homestyle Recipes for Unidentified Amorpous Lumps of Spontaneously Appearing Alien Biomass. But before you do so, could you take a photo of it and send it to us? We'd love to see it, and may even add it to the next edition of the cookbook. Of course, such photos often don't turn out right owing to the whole warping of space and time that has manifested itself with this incident, but please give it your best shot. We hope this has been of help to you, and it is our wish that you survive this most unfortunate ordeal with all limbs and santiy intact. We will send you your replacement copy of the Necronomicon by July 18th. If you send us your credit card number now, we will also include the two books mentioned above. And if you receive this shipment of books before you pay us, well then, something really, really bad is brewing in your neighborhood, and we recommend you immediately leave all your worldly possessions behind as you flee for your very life. Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Sunday, July 3 2005 11:36
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This has got to be one of the most unexpectedly successful missionary endeavors of all time. I'm beginning to think I'm imagining all this. Or maybe all the Jimminy Cricket's Chainsaw-related chatter has stripped the layers of reason from everyone's minds. Either way, I continue to be delightfully shocked! :eek: ...Quite frankly I have no idea how to react. I'm writing this with my mouth hanging open and a Bertie Wooster-like expression of disbelieving confusion plastered on my face. :confused: Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Saturday, July 2 2005 13:20
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Yes, there is a certain degree of risk involved, but we guarantee that the book will always come out sparkling clean. However, we recommend using only Cascade, for reasons that will become apparent if you try to use anything else. ---------- Incidentally, this is a good time and place to make a public announcement. I'm quoting here from our company's most recent in-house newsletter: quote:[/b] [ Saturday, July 02, 2005 13:20: Message edited by: Icshi ] Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Friday, July 1 2005 21:19
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quote:Did I mention that it's dishwasher safe? It's a new feature. You see, the accumulated encrustations of blood and transdimensional ichor can often detract from one's reading enjoyment, so we made it easy to wash. [ Friday, July 01, 2005 21:22: Message edited by: Icshi ] Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Friday, July 1 2005 21:07
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I love being under anesthesia. I also love Galactic Core, yet for me GC is anything but an aid to unconsciousness. I'm also immune to caffeine, so maybe I'm just plain weird. :confused: -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Friday, July 1 2005 20:59
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Considering that a mood is as often as not a mental state as well as an emotional one, I'd have to say my favorite mood is "amused," followed in a close second by "interested." I prefer mild amusement to riotous laugh-out-loud tickled pink. It lasts longer and isn't as strenuous to my delicate constitution. And as far as "interested"—I like it when something catches and holds my interest, gets my brainwheels spinning in a pleasant fashion. Again, safer and milder than "fascination." And, as long as I'm at it, here's my list (in no particular order) of pick-me-up music when I'm down or stressed— 1. Enya. Anything by Enya. Let it wash over you and relax you. And no, I'm not into crystal pyramids and herbal teas—I don't care if it's supposed to be New Agey, I just like the music. It sounds nice and does nice things to my brainwaves. 2. Domenico Scarlatti. A forgotten giant of the baroque period, wrote 555 short sonatas for the harpsichord. Always great to listen to, the fast pieces are perfect for elevating one's downcast moods. But one must listen to his works played on a harpsichord, not a bloody double-danged sissy piano. If you play Scarlatti on the piano, you might as well play Wagner on the kazoo. [Note to self: Next time you want to relax and become cheerful by listening to Scarlatti, don't think about pianos!] 3. Celtic harp music, preferably as played by Laurie Riley. Lovely melodies, delicious sounds. 4. Beatles. Of course. Great fun. Gotta love Sgt. Pepper, Magical Mystery Tour, and the White Album. 5. The Conan the Barbarian soundtrack. When you're really mad at someone and want to crystalize those unpleasant thoughts into scenes of vivid sword-slinging violence. Very soothing. [Note to self: Better watch that temper!] 6. Terry Riley (no relation to Laurie Riley). Especially In C. That is a fantastic piece of music, people, and will absorb you in its complex world of weaving instruments, making you forget all your troubles as you explore this new wonderland. :) -------------------- The A.E. van Vogt Information Site My Tribute to the Greatest Writer of the Science Fiction Golden Age Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Friday, July 1 2005 20:28
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quote:<clears throat apologetically> Just for the record, let me clarify this comment. I enjoy the music in GC. But, like the music for Babylon 5, in certain large quantities it can start to make you see things and give you a headache and make you want to scream and scream and scream and never stop. Thus showing the incredible ability of the composer to transfer his near-senile and chemically-beclouded mental state to his listeners. [ Friday, July 01, 2005 20:29: Message edited by: Icshi ] Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Friday, July 1 2005 20:20
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I guess we'll have to fire up the ol' ouija board and hit the redial button... I am truly, truly amazed to find an Ocean Bound enthusiast. I found it to be absolute crap. It's one of the dullest games I've ever played. The most fitting comparison I've come up with is that it's like SimCity but without the city. But despite my harsh words I'm glad somebody likes it. Regardless of what I may think of the game, RW put effort into it and it's always nice to see any amount of effort getting a reward, whatever shape and quantity such a reward appears in. Thus quoth the Galactic Core enthusiast (qui c'est moi). Ah well, one man's delicacy is another man's poison (and vice versa). Speaking of the whole Win/Mac thing, I wish someone would port SubTerra (not by RW) to Macintosh. It sounds like a fun game. [ Friday, July 01, 2005 20:21: Message edited by: Icshi ] Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |
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written Friday, July 1 2005 11:19
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The music in Galactic Core, on the whole, sounds like it was done by a tottering and aging Christopher Franke after a particularly damaging post-Babylon 5 marijuana binge. ...By the way, Student of Trinity, I really enjoyed that patch joke! :) [ Friday, July 01, 2005 11:21: Message edited by: Icshi ] Posts: 907 | Registered: Monday, July 15 2002 07:00 |