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8777
Interesting comments- My husband doesn't play 3D first person shooters due to the same complaint. He'll watch our son play them to see the graphics and does ok...
Lani Lyman-Henley
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Apr 1, 2008
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8778
... [mwirkk] Sure. What I was proposing wouldn't even necssarily need to be a scrolling FP view. It could be isometric. That would actually fit in quite well...
Matt Wirkkala
mwirkk
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Apr 1, 2008
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8779
... It only started up in the last few years for me, but it's more like I get sweaty and feel cold, and then nauseous if I don't stop. It seems to depend on...
merle
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Apr 3, 2008
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8780
... Quite so, and that's exactly how I play it. For mines with traps I sometimes split the party into two groups of two, but the first person is always...
merle
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Apr 3, 2008
12:06 am
8781
... Yes, me too, I didn't know much, but some on the web say some people it effects are just people that need glasses and don't wear them. As many as 35% of...
John
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Apr 3, 2008
10:44 am
8782
... Not me. I wear coke-bottle contacts, and I wear them every waking minute. But then, I can barely read street signs without getting carsick, so I think it's...
Robert Beveridge
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Apr 3, 2008
11:07 am
8783
... Not me, either. I've had coke-bottle glasses since I was three (that's 42 years ago now), and I too wear them every waking minute. Because of past...
Meredith Dixon
hebeti
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Apr 3, 2008
2:16 pm
8784
I suffered from this when I started playing Unreal Tournament with my co-workers ... and I always wear contacts. I'm also prone to getting car-sick, especially...
rickstabile
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Apr 3, 2008
2:31 pm
8785
I know I have got mild vertigo on some games, like the Return to Wolfenstein game where you had to jump on a ski lift roof, and in a game called Urban Chaos...
John
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Apr 3, 2008
2:45 pm
8786
... A top down isometric perspective also allows you to give the game a completely different feel. Its good to make the game feel epic, while a first-person...
Brian Shapiro
saneperson
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Apr 3, 2008
4:06 pm
8787
I agree with you, Brian. The view they ended up with completely spoiled the game for me. It was the only ultima which I didn't enjoy. Brian Shapiro...
Marcelo Trein
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Apr 3, 2008
6:53 pm
8788
Here is an answer from newly purchased Microprose. Me: Are you going to revive some old game projects from MICROPROSE? Curt Vendel (MP): Possibly, several...
Ushakov Mikhail
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Apr 4, 2008
2:22 am
8789
Most excellent footwork Mikhail! You have confirmed for us, then, what Marty was hinting at. Thx!! -mwirkk YBL2 :) ... Forces and a few ... bring newer...
Matt Wirkkala
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Apr 4, 2008
4:30 am
8790
I've usually taken a nun up to abbess, for my religious character, though this time, I'm trying a noble heir who went to abbess. Not much difference,...
roger_ducasse
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Apr 18, 2008
7:27 pm
8791
To be honest, I've yet to see a single reinvented company that resembled the old one it was named after in anything but--the name. Branding sells, more, they...
roger_ducasse
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Apr 18, 2008
10:33 pm
8792
Yes. Even when some involved are former employees. Amiga comes to mind for me. We need not mention the "curse" that seems to follow some other names here. ;) ...
Matt Wirkkala
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Apr 18, 2008
10:55 pm
8793
[mwirkk] I doubt not that everything stated here in this thread is but truth. :) But I wonder, how does the rationalization of such career paths play out from...
Matt Wirkkala
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Apr 19, 2008
12:52 am
8794
Playing games on the Sabbath? Barry B. ... heiligen ... an...
roger_ducasse
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Apr 19, 2008
1:04 am
8795
[mwirkk] {Preemptive "Shhhh": ;) I tried to exercise due diligence first, and did a keyword search of our archives without drawing any hits. So if this is...
Matt Wirkkala
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Apr 19, 2008
2:11 am
8796
Not necessarily. I was thinking just your run-of-the-mill, "every day" sort of evil. Thugs, pimps, pushers, traveling Bishops, etc. ;P But sure, *The* Evil...
Matt Wirkkala
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Apr 19, 2008
2:23 am
8797
My comment was meant satirically. I was trying to avoid emoticons, because they tend to be overused--but I really should have. If you knew me, you'd know I'm...
roger_ducasse
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Apr 19, 2008
1:52 pm
8798
... They say you can find anything on google. I guess now you can find anything on youtube. A bit sad that for both of the gameplay ones the characters were...
merle
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Apr 19, 2008
2:57 pm
8799
You could get a strength of 98 for one character if it was a very veteran group, with plenty of extremely virtuous people all praying to strength- enhancing...
roger_ducasse
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Apr 19, 2008
4:10 pm
8800
Pretty suspicious since their DFs were still at 99.. but I suppose by playing for centuries of game time one could get enough Schrat fruit. The End of 51 is...
merle
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Apr 19, 2008
6:33 pm
8801
Missed the part about 99 DFs, so your point is a good one. Still, I can't help thinking the person who made the video was hoping someone would jump on that. ...
roger_ducasse
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Apr 19, 2008
8:31 pm
8802
[mwirkk] It's my guess they recorded with an edited party so they could demo with impunity. -Matt in Seattle :) ... [snip, -mwirkk] ... [mwirkk] Let me know if...
Mwirkk at Eskimo North
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Apr 20, 2008
2:03 am
8803
Just curious if anything like this is currently in the works, or has been done. You know the kind of thing I mean, if you're a regular player: holy items that...
roger_ducasse
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Apr 20, 2008
8:09 pm
8804
You're not talking so much about Mods, where enhancements may be added via a set of public interfaces, but fixes or hacks of compiled, closed binaries. Folks...
Matt Wirkkala
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Apr 21, 2008
7:09 pm
8805
Thanks for the explanation; too bad it couldn't have been more upbeat without embracing fantasy. Too bad it all has to be so furtive. One would have thought...
roger_ducasse
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Apr 21, 2008
8:40 pm
8806
From: roger_ducasse; Sent: Mon, April 21, 2008 1:40 PM ... [snip, -mwirkk] [mwirkk] I think the majority here probably share your sentiments. -mwirkk :)...
Matt Wirkkala
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Apr 21, 2008
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