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1) The choice of DRM is the publishers, not the developers 2) If it is Steam you are thinking about, it has an offline mode (need to be online once when installing, after that it isn't needed) If it is on a console, no idea. Haven't heard anything about those requiring a connection.

For the real geeks... RFC1149 Yes, some mad norwegians actually implemented the CP/IP protocol

Zork (1980) Sword of Fargoal (1982) (dungeon romp, like 20 years before IWD2) Matrix (1982) (Gridrunner on LSD) Fort Apocalypse (1982) (Choplifter go home) Reach for the Stars (1983) (my first real xxxx game) Oil Barons (1983) (yes, it was an effin big box with maps, counters and all) Archon (1983) (battlechess, go home) Jumpman (1983) (most fun platform game evar) Boulderdash (1984) (addictive as...) NATO Commander (1983 first "real time" strategy game. Bloody awesome too if you had the disk version) Summer Games (1984) (slayer of joysticks) The Lords of Midnight (1984) (first humongous open/sandbox world 1st person crpg and strategy game hybrid I remember) Ultima IV (1985) (Not the shiniest graphics, but an interesting plot and a large world to explore) (sadly, I don't have my map and ankh anymore) Racing Destruction Set (1985) (racing was never this fun before, nor after) The Way of the Exploding Fist (1985) (still having seen a combat/action game that beats the "feel" of the moves and blocks) Little Computer People (1985) (yes, Activision invented "The Sims") Populous (1989) (being a god is quite fun) and so forth and so forth... Could probably write 3 full pages of games. A lot of the stuff by Epyx, Activision, EA, Ocean, Broderbund, Firebird etc. was pure genius pre-1990. From where I'm sitting and watching, the gaming industry has been in a constant decline since 1989

Don't you mean whenever PC gaming died and developers/publishers moved on to console games? No Some of us predates PC gaming

The time between two servings of vanilla ice cream is usually the best time to talk about vanilla ice cream, no?

The quality of video games started declining when PC gaming became popular. Suddenly games had to be dumbed down so they could run on the low tech equipment that was PC's with it's inferior operating system, inferior performance, inferior visuals/sound, less memory, just bloody awful... (Old C64/Amiga 4000 gamer)

Thanks, now I burst out laughing while I'm supposed to be dead serious at work

Lessons in logic from Volourn Are Dragon Age fans silly geeses? Continued here

Start of old thread End of old thread Umm, yes. (nothing to add)

So... you got ambushed Very sneaky powder gangers.

Not with that attitude. If you're going to be all defeatist about it... I'm a firm believer in "you can do anything you set your mind to." So be positive! I WILL BE IMMORTAL I WILL BE IMMORTAL I WILL BE IMMORTAL! Hey, don't lose your head

Hades/Killian/Sand/Visceris etc. ... wherever you are, your timing sucks. That he should miss out on this. Only thing that stops me from clapping my hands now is the Steam thing

You guys haven't really lived yet

My favourite is the Vindaloo. Doesn't have to be superhot, hot will do

Conan the Barbarian Just because somebody mentioned Basil Poledouris not that long ago. All cheese and good fun

Really?! That's what your first post is going to be?! Actually, its a carbon copy of two previous posts made on myspace and the Bioware forums.

Under the right circumstances you can get "The Perfect Blight"! Saw that Gamersgate have preorders for a "complete" Dragon Age (origins + awakening + most of the dlc). Was tempted mostly for Awakening. Then I remembered the guy with the "Buy me" neon sign over his head in my camp and decided against it. Still keeping an eye on DA2 previews etc. as you never know, a pleasant surprise might pop up some day. I would have sworn I wouldn't touch ME2 after ME, so my mind isn't set in stone about it. They are currently not doing a good job of it however

Nice I wish somebody would do games that does justtice to Operation Zitadelle or The Manchurian Strategic Offensive Operation some day

If Spider is anything to go by, then Swedish males are in general metrosexuals

Heh, when I first saw Starcraft way back, my first thoughts were something like "They've got Space Marines, Eldar and Tyranids, now where are the Orks?" (I was playing Epic40k Orks at the time).

Fffiohbies? uh uh... nuhh mnfjobies ere...

I have a calendar that shows the moons phases on my desktop >_

A day in your office consists of being eaten by a pelican? How do I apply? Been there, done that, although it wasn't in the office. Still while at work though >_ Working on a project inland, we (a colleague and I) were taking a quick lunch break down at the river, bringing some junk food. We noticed this pair of pelicans begging food scraps from the guys sitting on the bench next to ours and when they left, this pelican duo moved to our bench. Thinking Ah, what the heck? We found it somewhat amusing tossing french fries at the stupid birds, watching those otherwise ungainly creatures snatch them out of the air. Always being too curious for my own good, I wondered if I could hand feed them. Tentatively holding out my hand with a dangling frie... *Clomp* Tried to tear off my arm at the elbow Well, it didn't really tear it off, but the darned things (pelican beaks) are sharp and jagged, like serrated blades and the soft skin of my lower arm was no match for it. Took almost 24 hours before it stopped bleeding completely. Didn't hold a grudge though, gave them the rest of my fries before getting some cloth wrapped around my arm. Since then, I've had my suspicions about the ravenous nature of pelicans

Bah, everybody knows

...and there are you'll be cursing and swearing at, because they just don't want to leave your brain alone again afterwards Some nostalgia... Awesome remix of c64 classic For pc games, few hold a more special place than (title theme)