Duck and Cover

At least 200 CDs worth. In PC games. A few dozen more for PS1 and 2 and the SNES. I recently bought a Z Binder capable of holding 400 at once, since I like to keep them together and in some semblance of order. I'd have more, but I am waiting for certain things (better deals, someone to goddamn sell ...

I remember a while back watching a Highlander episode with Ron Perlman guest starring in it. It was awesome.

From what I've heard about Civ IV, and having played I,II,III and SMACX I'm pretty concerned... It doesn't sound like a Sid Meier's game to me at all.

Just have to wait and see?

(Power-ups? What!?)

I thought it also happens if you try to steal from him in non-combat and he catches you? Or does he just plain attack you for that?

I generally bring one NPC to the oil rig, as a mule.

I shamelessly exploit the trade buf that allows NPCs to carry way too much stuff, and thus load up massively on goodies.

It really really annoyed me how much they ignored or changed. Not to mention that they completely altered the end of the first book and gave them a goal that was pointless.

Don't leave out Street Fighter. It's so bad that it's good. But Raul Julia did have a certain... charisma.

Read "Grand Strategy of the Roman Empire: From the First Century AD to the Third" by Edward N Luttwak.

Amazing book. Recommend it wholeheartedly.

SMAX. X for eXpansion. Or so I'm told. Incorrect, good sir. It is SMACX. The expansion adds increased protection against Planet Busters and various missiles, adds two new warheads (Fungus and Tectonic) a new weapon (Attack 30, AKA HOLY SHIT.) and other new techs that help other, weaker strategies f...

St. Toxic wrote:Screens looked a bit messy.

True, there was certainly a lot going on. In large battle situations it was not difficult to get very badly confused.

Alpha Centauri is undoubtedly the best game, superior to Civ III in many ways. More roboust of a combat system, a better morale system, wonderful social engineering system... The list does go on a bit.

I just pray that someday an AC II is made or that Civ 4 incorporates some of these features...

Recently replayed GTA Vice City, and an SNES game called Uncharted Waters: New Horizons.

Man, that game was good.

S4ur0n27 wrote:What? I'll be telling the tales of the DAC vs. NMA ongoing war to my kids and theirs in 50 years.

And you just KNOW they'll love hearing those stories...

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I agree that it's a good idea to have the history available, even if most people are not interested in it. Especially since all of this will basically be forgotten in 10-20 years, you know?

I maintain that the hardest way to play through the game is to kill everything and everyone outside of Arroyo, no matter where you meet them or how conveninent it would be to let them live. Kill EVERYTHING. It makes the game surprisingly difficult, especially until you get somewhat decent weapons. M...

Actually, I really need to get around to playing through FO1. I've replayed F2 an insane amount of times and know only a little less about it than masters like Per, but I've never played the first...

Wouldn't that cause a big problem in resolution? I mean, doesn't FO play in like 640X480?

I always hated my desktop icons getting screwed up by res changes.