Game Companies are Morons.
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UPDATED: Monday, August 31, 2026 15:48
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Signym: "Now all we need is CHRISISALL and ANTHONY, and it will be like old times."
Just what I was thinking ... & Penguin & Joni. I miss Niki2.
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Originally posted by Oonjerah:
Net Neutrality?
It just refers to how data is handled by your internet provider. The neutrality part means that all data must be handled the same way without interference or slow down throttling (which hasn't ever really been a problem, but now they want to take it away and they can do whatever they want, as long as they tell the FCC about it, but not the consumers
). It benefits all the little guys in business so the big guys can't put their content ahead of others. If they repeal net neutrality, it means you will be paying for the internet bits you want, a lot like choosing sports, cooking, arts on cable channels...except you will be choosing social media, business, entertainment (think Netflix or youtube). I don't know if it will be on top of your normal internet bill or instead of, but I can GUARANTEE they will make sure it will not be cheaper, and will just complicate everything horribly. To have to pay extra for internet is ridiculous when you consider we are about 20th on the list for speeds and pricing. We invented it and we suck at it STILL. Are we great again??
You WANT your ISP being neutral with your content, really really...
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On the matter of game companies ...
I don't have anything good to play at home alone.
... except my olde Sherlock puzzle.
I want to stay clear of the MMO (massively multiplayer online) part.
I prefer RPGs (role playing games), & want to download 1 or 2 published
before 2010. i.e., Pretty much obsolete.
I found what looks like a great download site for over 100 olde games.
But whenever I click the DownLoad button, my security software freaks out.
Where can I safely download olde games?
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Originally posted by Oonjerah:
On the matter of game companies ...
I don't have anything good to play at home alone.
... except my olde Sherlock puzzle.
I want to stay clear of the MMO (massively multiplayer online) part.
I prefer RPGs (role playing games), & want to download 1 or 2 published
before 2010. i.e., Pretty much obsolete.
I found what looks like a great download site for over 100 olde games.
But whenever I click the DownLoad button, my security software freaks out.
Where can I safely download olde games?
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That's kind of a loaded question. :)
If you "truly" want to be safe, you'll have to pay... no way around it. If you don't mind doing that, there is a site called gog.com that has re-published a TON of old computer games. If you have an account there, I hear that they even offer some old titles for free now and then to members (I don't believe you need a paid membership for them either).
I know plenty of ways to get them otherwise, but probably none that wouldn't set your alerts off. There are a lot of false positives when it comes to your antivirus software, but I wouldn't want to tell you to just ignore them because I don't know what sites you're using.
Actually, now that I think about it, you might want to try Archive.org. They actually have very large collections of old games on there.
If you don't mind torrenting, send me a PM and I'll give you the address of a great tracker that wouldn't have any viruses. They don't have anything that isn't at least 10 years old though.
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Originally posted by Oonjerah:
Where can I safely download olde games?
Right here.
https://www.gog.com/
Also there is abandonware - one game I highly suggest is Betrayal at Krondor, which carries out much like a novel and will run on anything back to 386.
-Frem
I do not serve The Blind God.
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Another one I kinda recommend, that is both awesome, and horrible at the same time (bring some kleenex) is This War of Mine.
It is loosely based on the siege of Kosovo, which a friend of mine was directly invested in due to being in the peacekeeping force, and I was shipping him extra assistance in food and medical supplies.
While gut-wrenching to play, it will bring you a better understanding of the end results of nation building and regime change, and what that means for the ordinary folks under the hammer when we do that.
-Frem
I do not serve The Blind God
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Thank you, 6.
Thank you, Frem.
I will check them out. :)
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Wishimay: "Aww, everybody dropping by for the holidays? Where's Chrisisall??"
OK, I went looking for Chris today (I believe he's still out there).
When he left here, he was getting way into his model making.
Chrisisall is a member on HobbyTalk (forum).
I couldn't figure out how to slide in there & drop him a line, so I didn't.
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Originally posted by Oonjerah:
Thank you, 6.
Thank you, Frem.
I will check them out. :)
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No problem. I see Frem said gog.com too.
There's only two problems with that site for old games, IMO. They don't always configure them correctly, at least right away (there is a fan community there that is really loud about such things and eventually they fix it). Also, if there were copy protection, rarely is it disabled. You are usually still forced to look up key words in the manuals, which they give you in a PDF format. Aside from a very few games that I couldn't figure out how to crack, I have most of the old school classics cracked now.
gog.com pretty much would be the way for you to do it though, because of compatibility issues. None of those old games will work on new operating systems without using a program called DosBox. It's not impossible to figure out, especially if you remember any DOS stuff from back in the day, but for most people it's just way easier to use something from GOG. They've done a pretty fine job integrating the games into DosBox for you so all you have to do is double click a link and it should run.
I hope some of the original writers and programmers are seeing a slice of that pie, but I think it's probably just a cash-grab by whoever owns the rights to these titles all these years later, sadly. :(
Do Right, Be Right. :)
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Tonight is cloudy, so I'm an indoor sniper kitty, which gives me a sad. I was looking forward to tonight's Geminid meteor peak.
But last night was crisp, cold, and clear, which made for great viewing.
I have been chasing after the Horsehead Nebula for a bit, and I finally caught it last night.
The Horsehead Nebula lies in the Sword of Orion (the three vertical stars in a line that form the "sword" beneath the belt of Orion the Hunter).
That middle blurry pair is where the nebula resides; you can see it near the bottom of this image (you can also see where it gets its name - it looks like a horse's head in profile):
Here it is zoomed in a bit more:
And even more:
I only got off one shot at maximum zoom, but a shaky tripod and the Earth's rotation conspired to blur the photo.
Believe it or not, the hardest part of these kinds of shots is figuring out where the subject is going to be when the shutter opens. At these kind of zoom levels (4000mm), you can actually watch the stars and the Moon move, and it's motion enough to present framing problems if you have a two-second delay on your shutter to allow for the tripod to stabilize after you push the shutter release. An infrared remote is in the offing. :)
That said, it is both daunting and peaceful to zoom in on the full moon and watch it move across the screen.
I was chasing Jupiter during the summer months, and Saturn, but I have since refined my settings, and look forward to much better shots of those gas giants when they come back into view. In the meantime, I have the nebula to work with, and I am now chasing Andromeda. I am fairly confident that I will be able to get pix of it that will allow the viewer to see that it's a spiral galaxy.
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