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[gameunder.net] Aspro Micro-Reviews Ken Williams Book (Sierra Online) Ken Williams has self-published a book about he and his wife Roberta's company. gameunder.net editorial impressions aspro
[eurogamer.net] Microsoft wins $21bn US Army custom HoloLens contract headshots will get double score eurogamer.net SupremeAC
[eurogamer.net] Balan Wonderworld review an archaic throwback as clumsy as it is enjoyable eurogamer.net impressions SupremeAC
[eurogamer.net] PlayStation Plus April games announced  Days Gone and Oddworld: Abe's Odyssey eurogamer.net news aspro
[mcvuk.com] Sumo Digital's Revenues Are Up Says future growth will have to come from aquisitions. :( mcvuk.com news aspro
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Mon, 29 Mar 2021 08:03:31
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I spent another weekend being pummeled by a big ape who is pissed off because someone cut off his tail.

I also shortly returned to Hollowknight after having stumbled upon a picture online that showed a hidden bee-themed area.  I haven't beaten the miniboss yet, but the area itself isn't all that interesting and I'm not sure if I'll go through the bother of even beating it.

But mostly I played Hotshot racing, the low poly arcade racer from Sumo Digital.  It's a throwback to simpler times alright.  There's far too few of these kind of games around.  Just good, honest, arcade racing without too much faf.  A bit of a pitty they also copied the early '90s irritating voicework.  That's going to get old very fast.

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Mon, 29 Mar 2021 09:47:01
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Glad you like Hotshot. I think the voice samples are charming. It would have been better if they were unwoke and wildly inapropriate. Oh my god the lines that I could write!

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Mon, 29 Mar 2021 09:48:25
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Been playong nothing but Not Tonight. Wonderful game.

Some home renovation is going on so I am off PC for the week. Playing on Switch.

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Mon, 29 Mar 2021 09:49:58
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I also want Ghosts of Tsushima but I need it cheaper.

Just doesnt  ibterest me. Days Gone is  more appealing. Just listened to a podcastcabout Bend oregon the city and surrounding commjnity, the fact a developer exists there is really intriguing.

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Mon, 29 Mar 2021 09:51:25
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travo said:

I finished up Final Fantasy 7 this weekend.  Now I'm not sure what I want to start.  I know I need to finish Link's Awakening.  Yet I kinda want to get Bowser's Fury.

That reminds me that I need to return to Link’s Awakening and finish it as well.

i think i am fjnally almost coming to terms with admitting i will never finish a zelda game. :/

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Mon, 29 Mar 2021 09:52:07
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gamingeek said:
(Tex Murphy is a series of adventure games designed by Chris Jones. The eponymous main character is portrayed in live-action by Chris Jones himself) - mind blown.

Correct.

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Mon, 29 Mar 2021 14:55:19
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Aspro Micro-Reviews Ken Williams Book (Sierra Online)

Very interesting to see that Ken has written a book. We got our first PC in 1987, and my dad got me king's quest 3 along with it. I was pretty much hooked on anything Sierra made after that, and it would be 5 years before I even bought another PC game made by another company (that would be SimCity if anyone is taking notes).

Anyway, I'll likely skip the sections about his business philosophies, but I would love to hear more about the history of the company and it's sad and unfortunate end.
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Mon, 29 Mar 2021 16:31:41
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I downloaded Ken's book on my Kindle after seeing Aspro's review. I'm planning to start reading it this weekend.
Edited: Mon, 29 Mar 2021 16:31:57

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Mon, 29 Mar 2021 18:14:40
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SupremeAC said:

I spent another weekend being pummeled by a big ape who is pissed off because someone cut off his tail.

You should try the event quest where you fight two of them in the arena. LOL

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Tue, 30 Mar 2021 00:06:31

I will reserve my comments on that review for the show. WinkWink

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Tue, 30 Mar 2021 00:16:02
The review sucked.

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Tue, 30 Mar 2021 00:37:44

I never said the comments would be positive. Nyaa

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Tue, 30 Mar 2021 00:56:35
I hadca single point to make and meandered all over the place doing a milk run delivery of bullet points to such an extent that by tge time I got to the point the reader would have forgotten where I started. I blame having to do it at work since my home pc is not available for a while.

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Tue, 30 Mar 2021 00:57:51
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Save your defence for the trial.

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Tue, 30 Mar 2021 10:11:43

Is it just me or is MS Teams a very backwards program?  Just making an account and logging in to it every time is a nightmare.  I remember being completely befuddled when I tried to make an account for myself, and now I'm facing the same frustrating timesink again while trying to make an account for my wife.

I get that they want to keep it safe, but fencing it off for anyone without a Phd and half a day's time is not the way to go.

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Tue, 30 Mar 2021 12:54:52
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Teams is as easy or complicated as administrators want it to be I think. We use it in my company since we all went remote and for the most part it's been pretty easy. We have to reenter our credentials every 4 days or so, but aside from that I haven't seen any difficulties with it.
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Tue, 30 Mar 2021 13:46:01
American Gods seems to have been mercifully canceled. I had heard that the new season was actually decent, but season 2 was just so god-awful I don't think it's a taste anyone could ever get out of their mouths. Just a complete travesty. I'm struggling to think of an example in any medium that went from being so amazing to so god-awful that quickly. Actraiser to Actraiser 2 is the only thing I can think of in video game terms.
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Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:06:53
robio said:
Teams is as easy or complicated as administrators want it to be I think. We use it in my company since we all went remote and for the most part it's been pretty easy. We have to reenter our credentials every 4 days or so, but aside from that I haven't seen any difficulties with it.

That's my main issue.  As an independent entrepreneur I'm my own administrator for better and, mostly, for worse.

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Tue, 30 Mar 2021 14:31:49
robio said:
American Gods seems to have been mercifully canceled. I had heard that the new season was actually decent, but season 2 was just so god-awful I don't think it's a taste anyone could ever get out of their mouths. Just a complete travesty. I'm struggling to think of an example in any medium that went from being so amazing to so god-awful that quickly. Actraiser to Actraiser 2 is the only thing I can think of in video game terms.

Zelda to Zelda II immediately springs to mind.

Edit: Just thought of Devil May Cry to Devil May Cry 2.

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Tue, 30 Mar 2021 16:37:41
Completed Syberia 1 and immediately moved to Syberia 2. They are selling both games in a bundle for £1.50 😮. Really enjoyed the first one, would have felt like something was missing if there wasn't a sequel, but there is, its super cheap and follows on almost immediately where the 1st game ended. And I looked, in the Switch sale, you can get all the Deponia games for like £6. Thimble weed Park is also on sale. And Crysis remastered is at its lowest price so far 😁

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