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With the current craze of turning everything into an open world survival crafting game, it may be better if they don't remember some old games.

Things to know about Arcanum: AoE works through walls. So the Jolt spell (if I remember the name) can clear most dungeons easily by walking along walls and killing the monsters on the other side. Generally magic is stronger than technology. The living one will be reborn on wings of fire. You can skip half the game by exploiting teleportation on the world map. You can't trust gnomes. Good and evil playthroughs are different enough to make a second playthrough worthwhile.

I find it hilarious the country that changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico and wants to rename Greenland to Red and Blue Land is threatening to close their consulate in Johannesburg over the change of a street name

I'm playing Wonder Boy The Dragon's Trap. Just defeated the Mummy Dragon and turned into a mouse. So I stopped dying as a fire-spitting lizard-man and started dying as a tiny acrobatic mouse-man.

I think throughout history no promise made to the Kurds has ever been kept. So if someone says they'll be good for them, I do not trust that person and expect them to just need Kurdish cannon fodder for their own goals. Kurds are alongside Palestinians the world's punching bag

But asphalt stays the same. It smells of Maureen and trouble.

Not really. The combat is the series strong point. So if you don't enjoy it, skip the games entirely. I mean, obviously you auto-resolve the sure fights that would just waste your time, but you should be playing the "fun" and "challenging" ones for the fun of it. I find myself auto-resolving more in AoW4.

Meaning they also can't write a good story? Seriously, Triumph's writing got worse with each game. It peaked in badness with Planetfall though, so I think they are a bit embarrassed that AoW4 has returned to AoW3 levels of writing. AoW4 is shaping up to becoming a good game. It is a shame it needed so many DLC for it though. edit: The News: KCD2 releases on GOG on 28th March.

On the way home yesterday I walked past the record shop. I now have "new" vinyl records: Toto Hydra, Toto Turn Back, Toto IV, Toto Isolation, Eddy Grant Killer on the rampage, and done KC & the Sunshine Band album...

I tried the TMNT turnbased tactic game. It is pretty fun, but already the second mission got tiresome. Maybe the mission is simply too long and goes past that point where you realise that you are always just doing the same thing.

Kotor 1&2 mobile versions are free in the epic mobile app.

Did anyone try the demo for the new Julian Gollop? https://youtu.be/VCdO-C0kpVM?si=7IxwAXsWRtOmZ8El

I was out of town, so I have to be twice as fast downloading to catch up.

downloading the demo for Solasta II.

downloading the demo for Solasta II.

The kids have grown so much from the first family trip photos I remember.

Sounds like Skyrim where you had draugr around every corner.

No GOG? Just them dodgy American sites

Ironically it was the colour pattern I was most worried about how it would come out

We do know that Israel has not upheld its part. We do know that Israel has continued killing people daily. The ceasefire is one-way. Always has been with Israel. It was the same with the first ceasefire. It was the same with Lebanon. It has been the same with any deal with Israel - they have in seven decades never upheld their end of any deal. Those are the facts. Refusing to see them doesn't change them - and the west refuses to acknowledge them; partly because of so many bribed politicians and bought journos. Palestinians are in a lose lose situation: give Israel what it wants and get killed because now they have 0 leverage OR do not give Israel what it wants and get killed. Remember, the hostage deal was on the table since the 9th of October 2023. Israel has been refusing to take their hostages back. And the Westbank has no Hamas and no hostages and Israel is going berzerk there.

From the trade show last month. Bad lighting in the hall. As an architect I feel offended by how bad the lighting was. Even worse attendance. Complete waste of money.

Because the war never stopped. Israel keeps killing even throughout ceasefires. We all know the hostages being released will not stop Israel. But while there are hostages, at least part of Israeli society want a ceasefire to get the hostages back. Once they got them back they'll happily rejoin their deathcult masquerading as a nation.

You really don't have to. I already played it for your sins. Honor my sacrifice.

Which brings up an important question: If you double post and the post includes a rating in the (globally respected) Bruce game rating system, do the ratings stack?

I haven't started it offline. I haven't noticed it being slower than I'm used to though. I thought not running auto-run was the normal thing to do. Why would I want to have my PC boot up on startup all these programs that I may or may not use? If and when I want to use a program, I'll fire it up myself.