Dem Bosain

I can’t wait until holographic storage comes in spheres, and you have to bring it to an old Gypsy woman if you forget the encryption key.

Not really. It used a series of photos of the lead programmer’s brother(???) Walking, running, jumping etc, which were used to create the character sprites. Very rudimentary. But it worked.

Is it strange that the first Prince of Persia was acclaimed for its realism and use of rudimentary motion capture?

30 years later, we have this.

One of the arcades in the town I grew up in had one of these, for a short time. I never played it (I was young enough to not be interested) but saw some of the older kids playing it. Pretty soon afterwards my dad forbid (forbade?) me from that arcade, because he heard that’s where they sold “drugs”. I never made the connection until just now. Pissed me off, because that arcade had Robotron.

I’ve never played, but the videos I’ve seen look like a button-mashing nightmare. And I think you underestimate the Elder Scrolls lore.

Yeah, but those were meant to be quick, quarter-driven games. Think of Zork and those games (all text). Think of the old Sierra games (King’s Quest 1 had text commands, KQ5(?) was point-and-click).

As computer speed and graphics have grown, story has often suffered.

Games have been steadily driving away from story-oriented to action-oriented since they began. I expect ES6 to be some type of Dark Souls clone.

Pocket Pair even provides you with the server if you want to host on your own computer

REally? I was just thinking this morning about Super Mario Wonder’s online activity, and wondering why that couldn’t be done just between friends without Nintendo’s servers. I remember X-Wing vs. Tie-Fighter had a PvP/co-op play option where one computer would act as the ‘server’, and would coordinate play among a number of remote players. This was back when dial-up was king. Now everything requires a server and a monthly subscription for remote play.

OH NO, IT’S ON THERE!

…anyway…

Is there someplace to get this list of passwords? I’m not worried about my current passwords being on there, but there was one I used years ago that I still haven’t found on any list. I’m curious if it’s on there yet.

I haven’t bought Starfield yet. $49 on sale just seems pricey to me. Bring it below $25 or no deal.