Re: USA Presidential Race

2008-06-07 Thread Charlie Bell
On 07/06/2008, at 2:22 AM, John Garcia wrote: Now that it looks like it's McCain vs. Obama (listed in alphabetical order) I was wondering what you all think of this matchup. I'm especially interested in what our friends from outside of the USA think. Young dynamic world-travelled senator

Re: A videogame that will make William happy

2008-06-07 Thread William T Goodall
On 7 Jun 2008, at 03:02, Dave Land wrote: Oddworld Inhabitants, the company behind the delightful Oddworld series, make such richly textured, beautiful worlds that their next project, set in the same universe as the games, is a motion picture. Like the highly acclaimed _Final Fantasy_

Re: USA Presidential Race

2008-06-07 Thread William T Goodall
On 7 Jun 2008, at 06:41, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 10:42 PM Friday 6/6/2008, Wayne Eddy wrote: I would have thought that Obama Clinton sniping at other over the past months will make it harder for the Democrats to win, but I can't believe that the American public will vote the

Re: Portal (was Re: A videogame that will make William happy)

2008-06-07 Thread Rceeberger
On 6/6/2008 1:29:45 PM, Jim Sharkey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Dave Land wrote: I just finished Portal with my son: it's a fun, short puzzle game, kind of a first-person-shooter where you don't shoot anything living. I'm sure that would ruin it for Call of Duty or GTA fans. The Orange

Re: Portal (was Re: A videogame that will make William happy)

2008-06-07 Thread Martin Lewis
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 7:29 PM, Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just finished Portal with my son: it's a fun, short puzzle game, kind of a first-person-shooter where you don't shoot anything living. I'm sure that would ruin it for Call of Duty or GTA fans. The Orange Box was the best

Re: A videogame that will make William happy

2008-06-07 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 6 Jun 2008 at 16:52, William T Goodall wrote: The best television is an art form. I don't need to justify art do I? TV is a passive medium, some of us also like an interactive one. I prefer books for my passive media because I can progress through them in my own time (usually very rapidly,

Re: A videogame that will make William happy

2008-06-07 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 7 Jun 2008 at 2:19, Charlie Bell wrote: Not really. Good games are good games. I loved Lemmings and the Lucasarts adventures (Monkey Island, Grim Fandango, Loom, The Dig...) as much as San Andreas and GTA4 (and Half Life, Far Cry, Deus Ex...). I think GTA4 as a game is fairly meh - I'm

Re: A videogame that will make William happy

2008-06-07 Thread Dave Land
On Jun 7, 2008, at 1:12 AM, William T Goodall wrote: On 7 Jun 2008, at 03:02, Dave Land wrote: Oddworld Inhabitants, the company behind the delightful Oddworld series, make such richly textured, beautiful worlds that their next project, set in the same universe as the games, is a motion

Re: Portal (was Re: A videogame that will make William happy)

2008-06-07 Thread Jim Sharkey
Rceeberger wrote: I've been having fun on the achievement servers, at least the ones that are not under constant attack by purist trolls. BTW Jim.what servers do you play? I may try to meet up with you to play a bit. forumocalypse.nuclearfallout.net A lot of really good players, but

Re: Portal (was Re: A videogame that will make William happy)

2008-06-07 Thread Jim Sharkey
Martin Lewis wrote: There is a Flash adaption: http://portal.wecreatestuff.com/ My understanding is that Portal was originally a Flash game and the Valve guys liked it so much they hired them people who created it to make a game with their engine. Jim

Re: A videogame that will make William happy

2008-06-07 Thread Jim Sharkey
Andrew Crystall wrote: Played Planescape:Torment? PS:T is a masterpiece. Finest RPG I ever played. It took over my life from the moment I started it up until I finished it. I must have played that game 6-10 hours a day, obsessing over every detail. Jim The Nameless Maru

Re: A videogame that will make William happy

2008-06-07 Thread Max Battcher
Andrew Crystall wrote: On 7 Jun 2008 at 2:19, Charlie Bell wrote: Not really. Good games are good games. I loved Lemmings and the Lucasarts adventures (Monkey Island, Grim Fandango, Loom, The Dig...) as much as San Andreas and GTA4 (and Half Life, Far Cry, Deus Ex...). I think GTA4 as

Re: Portal (was Re: A videogame that will make William happy)

2008-06-07 Thread Max Battcher
Jim Sharkey wrote: Martin Lewis wrote: There is a Flash adaption: http://portal.wecreatestuff.com/ My understanding is that Portal was originally a Flash game and the Valve guys liked it so much they hired them people who created it to make a game with their engine. Portal was based on