His text adventure fondness shouldn't come as a complete surprise, considering that Locke and Co. spent all of Season Two playing the world's most boring adventure game.
His text adventure fondness shouldn't come as a complete surprise, considering that Locke and Co. spent all of Season Two playing the world's most boring adventure game.
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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 3:59PM MPTownes said
Yeah, sorry JJ, but I have to agree with BunnySlapper.
Also, "Fringe": smart, pithy people in Federal employ exploring strange, sometimes alien-ish scientific mysteries that may or may not be related to a larger conspiracy? Two leads who may or may not be into each other, but are bound to drag it out for the length of the series? Didn't I see that already? When it was called "The X-Files?"
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Also, "Fringe": smart, pithy people in Federal employ exploring strange, sometimes alien-ish scientific mysteries that may or may not be related to a larger conspiracy? Two leads who may or may not be into each other, but are bound to drag it out for the length of the series? Didn't I see that already? When it was called "The X-Files?"
Posted: Oct 8th 2008 5:11PM Courtney said
Fringe was interesting, but the two episodes I've caught certainly didn't encourage me to watch anymore. I really don't need another sci-fi or action series where conspiracies get drawn out over seasons and drawn out so long that it appears the writers forget where the conspiracy began or where it was going, so they just start adding more layers to it to avoid having to ever bring it to anything resembling a logical conclusion.
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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 3:49PM (Unverified) said
YES! Some of my fondest pc gaming experiences all started with the Zorks / Planetfall / Deadline. If anyone knows where you can download the old infocom catalog (other than Zork b/c I already found that one) please give me a shout.
The packaging of those old games was awesome.
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The packaging of those old games was awesome.
Posted: Oct 8th 2008 4:19PM illiteratePoet said
To avoid breaking some joystiq policy I won't post a link, but doing a google search for "abandonia" and looking in the "text based" section of the "featured games" menu of the site will point you to quite a few infocom classics (among other great non-infocom games).
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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 4:21PM illiteratePoet said
I won't post a link to avoid breaking some joystiq policy, but do a google search for "abandonia" and look in the "text based" section of the featured games menu on that site. There are quite a few infocom classics among some other great text games.
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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 4:30PM (Unverified) said
thx fanboy. for any of you that missed Zork, you should google "Zork" "Infocom" "Download" and it will take you to the infocom homepage with FREE downloads of Zork I, II, and III. classic gaming.
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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 4:09PM (Unverified) said
PLEASE PLEASE someone revive the Zork franchise, I heart Zork!!!!
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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 4:12PM (Unverified) said
Anyone remember Legend of the Red Dragon? Hell does anyone remember BBS's for that matter? Never mind.
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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 10:18PM (Unverified) said
Yeah I ran one as well. That was an excellent door. LORD was my fav though. What program did you use? Remote Access?
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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 4:23PM (Unverified) said
It's written Per Se (By Itself) in Latin not Per ce...
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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 5:15PM (Unverified) said
I think the quality of Fringe has made it quite clear that JJ Abrams has nothing to do with the success of Lost. He got 'creator' credit on Lost for directing and producing the pilot and had nothing to do with the story. In fact, he hasn't been involved with the show since the first season. It's all Lindelof and Cuse at this point.
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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 4:45PM (Unverified) said
I'm personally loving LOST as one season a year. As the only series I've held dear to my heart since Twin Peaks I prefer to enjoy it slowly over time. Like a fine wine, or the carcass of a boar.
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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 5:32PM 343 Guilty Fart said
Wait wait wait Joystiq, you've got it all wrong. You should be complaining about the ludicrously long Battlestar Galactica wait! They show 10 episodes this year in January, then they wait to show the final 10 epidodes NEXT JANUARY, even though they're supposedly "the same season". At least with Lost we get all 22 in a row now.
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Posted: Oct 8th 2008 7:08PM vidguy said
If you think it's a long time until LOST season 5, you aren't watching the show properly. The correct method is:
1. Watch the new season
2. Watch all of the previous seasons on BluRay (DVD if you aren't a true fan)
3. Repeat
The producers know this so they have to make each successive break longer to allow for the extra viewing.
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1. Watch the new season
2. Watch all of the previous seasons on BluRay (DVD if you aren't a true fan)
3. Repeat
The producers know this so they have to make each successive break longer to allow for the extra viewing.
Posted: Oct 8th 2008 7:27PM (Unverified) said
Meh. The Wonderful World of Eamon at least had modular content.
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