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by Zyx
Sat Dec 28, 2013 9:19
Forum: Nostalgia
Topic: Internet Archive puts classic 70s and 80s games on the net
Replies: 5
Views: 12159

Internet Archive puts classic 70s and 80s games on the net

Classic video games from the 1970s and 1980s have been put online by the Internet Archive and can be played within a web browser for nothing or so tells the BBC . These are Atari 2600 and Colecovision games. Well-recognised titles such as Pacman, Space Invaders and Frogger are all in the archive - ...
by Zyx
Thu Dec 26, 2013 10:01
Forum: General Gaming Discussion
Topic: Cheap Game Sale
Replies: 79
Views: 89474

Re: Cheap Game Sale

For today only, the premier zombie smashing game, Left 4 Dead 2 is free.
by Zyx
Fri Dec 20, 2013 8:01
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: Feminism/Gender Studies
Replies: 24
Views: 38884

Re: Feminism/Gender Studies

Now the spam bots are telling sexist jokes. In a feminism thread.

They have become sentient.
by Zyx
Sat Dec 14, 2013 9:24
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: Feminism/Gender Studies
Replies: 24
Views: 38884

Re: Feminism/Gender Studies

There's no clear border, you're a product of culture and nature. Alcohol just changes your brain's chemical balance, just like when you're angry or whatever. This affects your mood and decision making. Language doesn't change when you drink. Your use of if might. (Of course, one could argue that lan...
by Zyx
Thu Dec 12, 2013 22:06
Forum: Freeware News
Topic: GOG offers Fallout for free
Replies: 15
Views: 22240

Re: GOG offers Fallout for free

The rights to original Fallout games are changing hands from next year on, and what better way to celebrate that than by poisoning the well to the new owner by giving the games for free? So, for the next day and a half, you can get Fallout 1, Fallout 2 and Fallout: Tactics for free at GOG.com . Howe...
by Zyx
Tue Dec 10, 2013 14:25
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: Feminism/Gender Studies
Replies: 24
Views: 38884

Re: Feminism/Gender Studies

Relating to this, there was an article on the Economist about the difference in brain activity between males and females . Dr Verma’s other main finding is that most of these differences are not congenital. Rather, they develop with age. Her volunteers ranged from 8 to 22 years old. The brains of bo...
by Zyx
Fri Dec 06, 2013 11:10
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: Feminism/Gender Studies
Replies: 24
Views: 38884

Re: Feminism/Gender Studies

Did you know that in Swedish daycares where boys are "honom"(he) and girls are "hun"(she) they have a practice of calling all children "hen" instead It's "han" and "hon", "honom" is the masculine objective form (eg. "till honom",...
by Zyx
Thu Dec 05, 2013 19:08
Forum: General Gaming Discussion
Topic: New adventure games
Replies: 127
Views: 126529

Re: New adventure games

The new Broken Sword (number 5, The Serpent's Curse) was released todayish. So far so Broken Sword. I believe the reason Grim Fandango is often said as the last great adventure game is that it tried to push the boundaries by going 3D and dropping mouse controls. It tried. BS5 doesn't try and the mec...
by Zyx
Mon Nov 25, 2013 8:58
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: My trouble with understanding singularity
Replies: 20
Views: 25357

Re: My trouble with understanding singularity

Mathematics and physics are tools to understand reality, not reality themselves.
by Zyx
Sat Nov 23, 2013 12:26
Forum: Nostalgia
Topic: Nostalgia never dies
Replies: 2
Views: 7733

Nostalgia never dies

As H.P. Lovecraft said, "That is not dead which can eternal lie, yet with stranger eons, even death may die."
by Zyx
Fri Nov 22, 2013 13:51
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: It's the middle of the night
Replies: 197
Views: 205248

Re: It's the middle of the night

It's in the middle of the night and I'm only awake, because I had to ban and kill all these f****** Russian spam bots. Think my work is done for now and I can go to bed. Good night! I guess you do not have access to the "Delete all posts by this user"-functionality that is in the admin pa...
by Zyx
Tue Nov 19, 2013 19:47
Forum: General Gaming Discussion
Topic: Cheap Game Sale
Replies: 79
Views: 89474

Re: Cheap Game Sale

The guys at Frozenbyte have a new Seal up! and it's a big one, it's a Huge Seal . You get to choose 5 coupons that give great discounts for some great indie titles like Stealth Bastard Deluxe, Legend of Grimrock, Trine, Rochard, Antichamber, FTL, Giana Sisters and other games that you probably alrea...
by Zyx
Tue Nov 05, 2013 21:02
Forum: General Gaming Discussion
Topic: Is freeware dead?
Replies: 7
Views: 15679

Is freeware dead?

With the advent of indie games and variety of digital distribution channels and especially mobile, are freeware PC games becoming extinct? Now that channels like GOG.com, Steam Greenlight and Kickstarter exist, are developers choosing to sell their games for small amount instead of giving it out for...
by Zyx
Tue Nov 05, 2013 20:52
Forum: General Gaming Discussion
Topic: Cheap Game Sale
Replies: 79
Views: 89474

Re: Cheap Game Sale

It seems that every day there's a new bundle up on the interwebs. Anyway, now there's a good chance to pick up three games for 5 dollars or more and all the money goes towards your selected charity. And, unlike in the Humble Bundles, all games are free of any DRM, because I don't think GOG.com has g...
by Zyx
Tue Nov 05, 2013 20:49
Forum: General Gaming Discussion
Topic: What games are you playing currently
Replies: 334
Views: 357456

Re: What games are you playing currently

I decided it was time I gave the Assassin's Creed series a go, but had heard that like Hitman series, it's better to forget that the first game exists. So, I started to play Assassin's Creed 2. Having read Stephenson's Quicksilver trilogy, I find I like this historical fiction stuff where real histo...
by Zyx
Tue Nov 05, 2013 20:45
Forum: General Gaming Discussion
Topic: Guess the game
Replies: 127
Views: 159391

Re: Guess the game

Legend of Grimrock?
by Zyx
Tue Oct 29, 2013 9:34
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: Wer kann mir helfen?
Replies: 1
Views: 6493

Re: Wer kann mir helfen?

No-one can help you, dear spam bots.
by Zyx
Mon Oct 21, 2013 21:34
Forum: General Gaming Discussion
Topic: Guess the game
Replies: 127
Views: 159391

Re: Guess the game

I think that's a quite recent game, where when you died, it randomly created a new dude with new possible abilities.
by Zyx
Mon Oct 14, 2013 19:40
Forum: The Village Square
Topic: Developing Ramblings
Replies: 185
Views: 193023

Re: Developing Ramblings

I have to deal with sodding Overscan now!! Welcome to the modern world of console development. All console manufacturers have in their technical requirements that a game must not show any menu/HUD elements outside the "safe zone". If anyone has ever wondered why in modern games all the sc...