Geneforge 3 Questions
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Apprentice
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written Friday, March 11 2005 09:35
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I noticed that SW releases game for Mac first. Thats ok I guess, but how long will it take for the Windows version to come out after the Mac version? A couple months? I really like the screenshots for G3 and can't wait to play it. Jeff's games make this 35 y/o feel like I am 15 again. *dreams about the good ol' days of Infocom games, SSI games, Bard's Tale and Ultima 4 & 5, etc, etc* -------------------- Don't eat dirt, its nasty. Posts: 17 | Registered: Tuesday, June 1 2004 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Friday, March 11 2005 09:52
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If I'm not mistaken the PC version should come out around June. Earlier topics have mentioned this on the Geneforge board. -------------------- Nena Posts: 2032 | Registered: Wednesday, January 26 2005 08:00 |
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BANNED
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written Friday, March 11 2005 10:56
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it says it all over their home page jeff usually releases things for mac first -------------------- Avernum is as addictive as skribbane!!! Withdrawal symptoms are harsh so I just keep playing. Free skribbane at Wal-mart Posts: 296 | Registered: Monday, September 22 2003 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Friday, March 11 2005 14:29
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I think you should just get a mac and avoid the wait. They are better anyway. Posts: 1 | Registered: Sunday, January 9 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, March 11 2005 14:31
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More expensive, too, at least here. I think I'll stay with what I have. -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperment, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, March 11 2005 14:36
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Jeff releases everything for Mac first because he writes them on a Mac. Then he releases it and works on the port. They usually take a month or two, but the exact time is hard to determine because the PC beta testers can find weird and unsquishable bugs. —Alorael, who has heard that Macs are very difficult to come by in Germany. Maybe he just consorts with too many heathen PC users over there, though. Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Friday, March 11 2005 14:59
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Itz called online ordering innit. I don't have a Mac retailer within 1,000 km of my town. But that doesn't mean online orders don't work. Or perhaps a trek by camel through a winding mountain path into so-called civilization would work. -------------------- I stop rubber at 160km/h, five times a week. CANUCKS RESPEK! My Style The Knight Between Posts. Posts: 2395 | Registered: Friday, November 2 2001 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Friday, March 11 2005 18:02
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I used to think Canadians didn't have this US way of placing the fringe of civilization directly at the borders of their nation... Anyway, I see no advantage of either Macs or PCs. If you don't want to conform, go all the way and use Linux. :P (What you install it *on* is of course your own prerogative.) [ Friday, March 11, 2005 18:04: Message edited by: I'm Late, I'm Late, For ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperment, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Sunday, March 13 2005 07:58
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Poot, since you miss the days of Infocom and other old games, have you visited any of the abandonware sites? Or, for that matter, any of the IF sites? I guess around June-July, more or less, we'll see G3 for Windows. -------------------- quote:Random Jack Vance Quote Manual Generator Apparatus (Cugel's Saga) Posts: 604 | Registered: Sunday, June 20 2004 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Monday, March 14 2005 08:41
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@behind stingy cactus: Home of the Underdogs is a good place to find abandonware. It is all legal, no piracy there. Also, just because I miss them, doesn't mean I play them. I just miss them. I have too little time to play the newer games as it is. :) -------------------- Don't eat dirt, its nasty. Posts: 17 | Registered: Tuesday, June 1 2004 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Monday, March 14 2005 13:36
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quote:Don't be so certain. I'm not going to say its wrong - just illegal. Work that is subject to copyright does not go into the public domain because the copyright owner does not enforce it or goes out of business. It is, in fact, one of the complaints of Eldred in the current Supreme Court case on the constitutionality of copyright law. The law may be an ass, but it is still the law. Posts: 148 | Registered: Tuesday, December 7 2004 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Monday, March 14 2005 18:21
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The HOTU website acknowledges that the abandonware that they provide for download is illegal. That said, they claim to be willing to take down any game if the publisher so requests and they are very scrupulous about not uploading any game still produced and sold anywhere. —Alorael, who is with the "illegal but not wrong" stance on abandonware. If it is literally impossible to purchase it for any price and you would like to play it, is there a moral reason not to download it for free? Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Tuesday, March 15 2005 12:07
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Uh, sorry for posting this info about HOTU. I guess I didn't know the legalities well enough. I didn't realized they acknowledged the their site may be illegal. What a bummer! :( It is a pretty nifty place to go for really old software. I guess it may be illegal, but the software companies don't really care about their ultra old titles. Who knows? -------------------- Don't eat dirt, its nasty. Posts: 17 | Registered: Tuesday, June 1 2004 07:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Tuesday, March 15 2005 14:04
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the real question is, why is it legal to sell things you can get for free. Consider this example: Prostitution = illegal. You can get it for free but paying for it is against the law. Pirated Software = illegal. You can buy it, but its illegal to download it for free. food for thought. Posts: 27 | Registered: Thursday, February 24 2005 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, March 15 2005 14:37
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quote:I do not think it is paying for these services that is the illegal part. It is offering to sell them that is illegal (when it is illegal at all, of course. It is not here as far as I know.) The other would be unenforcable - who can check whether or not you have paid? Oh, and yes, I'm talking about prostitution, not piracy. :P [ Tuesday, March 15, 2005 14:40: Message edited by: I'm Late, I'm Late, For ] -------------------- The Encyclopaedia Ermariana <-- Now a Wiki! "Polaris leers down from the black vault, winking hideously like an insane watching eye which strives to convey some strange message, yet recalls nothing save that it once had a message to convey." --- HP Lovecraft. "I single Aran out due to his nasty temperment, and his superior intellect." --- SupaNik Posts: 8752 | Registered: Wednesday, May 14 2003 07:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Tuesday, March 15 2005 15:12
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Here it is definitely illegal to hire a prostitute. There are periodic stings with false prostitutes, and they've spawned new and improved ways to differentiate between the real thing and the literal jailbait. It's also illegal to purchase, download, or possess pirated software. The rumor that it's only illegal to upload or sell is a myth. It may not be easy for anyone to tell whether you pirated it or not, but it's illegal. —Alorael, who knows exactly why both things are illegal. Pirated software is illegal because it is, in essence, theft. Someone produces a product and deserves money when someone else uses it. Prostitution is illegal because of moral and social issues, some more valid than others, but making sex illegal would be a distinctly difficult proposition. Besides, the Bible doesn't rail against all sex. Just most sex! Posts: 14579 | Registered: Saturday, December 1 2001 08:00 |
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Apprentice
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written Tuesday, March 15 2005 15:33
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If i was president of the world, i would make sex illegal. p.s. vote for me if you hate sex! Posts: 27 | Registered: Thursday, February 24 2005 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Tuesday, March 15 2005 15:38
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quote:well, than I am relived you are not president. -------------------- Nena Posts: 2032 | Registered: Wednesday, January 26 2005 08:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Tuesday, March 15 2005 17:08
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Giving away data(music, software,ebooks, etc) shouldn't be illegal, after all, those things produce money in other ways, besides, once you buy it it should be yours to do with as you wish, within reason. Just look at concerts, movies in movie theaters, and paper books-the people who make these make larrge amounts of money from them. But by that logic, software shouldn't be pirated because it has no other source of income. however, everybody shouldn't start pirating data, or eventually noone will make it except those who can afford to do so for free, and we'd all have to settle for data that people did in they're spare time instead of data that people had a lot of time to perfect. -------------------- Important Information about Stuff Posts: 258 | Registered: Wednesday, March 9 2005 08:00 |
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Shake Before Using
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written Wednesday, March 16 2005 06:46
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Self-contradiction much? Posts: 3234 | Registered: Thursday, October 4 2001 07:00 |
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Infiltrator
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written Wednesday, March 16 2005 06:46
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quote:I predict you will get a total of 6 votes. [ Wednesday, March 16, 2005 06:47: Message edited by: MY Name is not imporTant ] -------------------- Forever Always on Past the End tracihedlund@charter.net[/url] TrueSite for Blades - Blades Walkthroughs Pixle Profusion - BoE Graphics Archive Posts: 563 | Registered: Tuesday, July 27 2004 07:00 |
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BANNED
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written Wednesday, March 16 2005 10:32
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why would anyone hate sex???????? -------------------- Avernum is as addictive as skribbane!!! Withdrawal symptoms are harsh so I just keep playing. Free skribbane at Wal-mart Posts: 296 | Registered: Monday, September 22 2003 07:00 |
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Agent
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written Wednesday, March 16 2005 11:06
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quote:Because he won't get any? Because he had bad experiences? Because he had too much of it? :) and welcome to Spiderweb boards bobis2high! Leave your sanity behind the door and don't become a 1-post-noob. -------------------- ^ö^ I was a cannibal for twenty-five years. For the rest I have been a vegetarian. George Bernard Shaw Posts: 1420 | Registered: Wednesday, October 2 2002 07:00 |
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Shock Trooper
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written Wednesday, March 16 2005 11:21
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In my insight, it isn't, in any direct perspective, immoral, but being obsessed by it or disrespectfully regarding the other genus as a mere sex object is, unquestionably, low. I have an unexplainable suspicion that Geneforge 3 will not be available for Macintosh in March. Hopefully, it is merely pessimism. [ Wednesday, March 16, 2005 11:25: Message edited by: Mind ] Posts: 356 | Registered: Tuesday, April 6 2004 07:00 |
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Shaper
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written Wednesday, March 16 2005 11:25
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quote:To add on to what was stated above there are many who hate sex simply because they are to uptight to relax. I'll spare you the explanation of that statement. Not getting any and trauma would certainly be at the top of some lists. Also heavy religious groups often discourage theses things. Aside from marriage in which it is conditioned. For the record I'm not included in any of these groups [ Wednesday, March 16, 2005 11:26: Message edited by: Dolphin ] -------------------- Nena Posts: 2032 | Registered: Wednesday, January 26 2005 08:00 |
