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Re: Game Drought

From	candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject	Re: Game Drought
Date	2024-11-08 18:10 +0000
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Samuel Söderberg <samuel@samuelsoderberg.se> wrote at 10:55 this Friday (GMT):
> On 7 Nov 2024 at 16:43:39 CET, "Spalls Hurgenson" <spallshurgenson@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> On Thu, 7 Nov 2024 14:04:06 -0000 (UTC), Samuel Söderberg
>> <samuel@samuelsoderberg.se> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> Also, one of my brothers gave me UFO 50 as a birthday gift:
>>> https://store.steampowered.com/app/1147860/UFO_50/
>>> ...it is not a strategy game, but if you do not love UFO 50, you do not love
>>> games.
>> 
>> Strange, I do not love "UFO 50" but I do love video games. I must be a
>> some sort of paradox. I'd better off myself before I destroy the
>> universe. It's such a bother when that happens; I don't want to have
>> to go through it again. ;-)
>> 
>> But seriously, 8-bit style games do nothing for me. More so if they're
>> themeatically based on console titles. My formative computer gaming
>> years were spent with flight-sims, RPGs, adventure and strategy games;
>> platformers, shooters and sports titles were never my that important
>> to me. And I've embraced the increased complexity that each generation
>> of tech has allowed games. I've no desire to go back to such simple
>> fare as passed for entertainment in the early 80s. "UFO 50" does not
>> scratch any itch for me. Even the few games in the collection that
>> matched up to my gaming in that era aren't going to do it for me; I'd
>> much rather play a modern version of those games and not some
>> throwback.
>> 
>> I do not like "UFO 50". It's got nothing I want from a game... or even
>> 50 games.
>
> To each their own!
>
> Did you play Seaside Drive? Cyber Owls?
>
> Okay, just checking. :)


Seaside Drive is one of my favorites, but man Golfaria and Party House
are like the two best. I didn't like Cyber Owls.
-- 
user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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Game Drought Samuel Söderberg <samuel@samuelsoderberg.se> - 2024-11-01 11:42 +0000
  Re: Game Drought Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-11-01 11:13 -0400
  Re: Game Drought Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com> - 2024-11-01 14:58 -0500
  Re: Game Drought ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) - 2024-11-02 01:56 +0000
  Re: Game Drought Samuel Söderberg <samuel@samuelsoderberg.se> - 2024-11-07 14:04 +0000
    Re: Game Drought Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> - 2024-11-07 10:43 -0500
      Re: Game Drought Samuel Söderberg <samuel@samuelsoderberg.se> - 2024-11-08 10:55 +0000
        Re: Game Drought candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-11-08 18:10 +0000
          Re: Game Drought Samuel Söderberg <samuel@samuelsoderberg.se> - 2024-11-09 10:35 +0000
            Re: Game Drought candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> - 2024-11-09 17:50 +0000

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