Thursday, 19 June 2008
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| Armageddon Empires David 23:39:00 |
| | Just discovered an interesting turn based fantasy game with deep strategy
called Armageddon Empires. You control one of 4 factions and fight over a
post apocalyptic world. It combines many great features of turn based
fantasy games and collectible card games but without the need to buy
additional cards. Has a nice board war gaming feel. I'm really excited about
this game and think you will be as well if you try the demo:
http://www.crypticcomet.com/
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Tuesday, 17 June 2008
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| GalCiv2 download? Barnyard 14:11:45 |
| | Thinking of buying the big package with GalCiv2 and the two expansions. How
many GBs is the download though? Didn't see that info on their buy page.
Actually, lots of download sites don't tell you that info. Probably because
they think you might stop the purchase when you realise your computer will
be tied up for hours downloading the data.
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Saturday, 14 June 2008
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| re: Developers are considering abandoning the PC due to PIRACY! -
GOOD, most of the games now are c 3v1l0k4y 21:05:22 |
| | XD
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Friday, 13 June 2008
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| Re: Sins of a Solar Empire 2000clk 03:17:11 |
| | I understand the real-time portion is missing a true 3D strategy....
That's a shame...
In article <1193000061.379989.116990@i38g2000prf.googlegroups.com>,
yaugin@gmail.com says...
This is a real-time 4x game being published by Stardock. I saw a preview for it some months ago and it was due in August. Now it looks like it's been pushed back to February. The most recent preview from Gamespy makes it sound like it's a solid game but lacking polish and needing some balance adjustment. The developer has apparently been running betas on and off, so if you played in any, what was your impression of the game?
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Thursday, 12 June 2008
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| Re: Spore: KILL IT! RIGHT NOW! Miss Elaine Eos 06:51:28 |
| | In article
<1cf4ebcb-b746-489d-9a17-5704524e9535@d45g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
Jonah Falcon <jonahnynla@mindspring.com> wrote:
No, seriously, even the most cautious, diplomatic alien species will take one look at these guys: And immediately order their genocide.
More advanced aliens might have wildlife managers that suggest an
appropriate bag-limit and hunting season to keep the species alive, but
under control, as they're very good eatin'...
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Please take off your pants or I won't read your e-mail.
I will not, no matter how "good" the deal, patronise any business which sends
unsolicited commercial e-mail or that advertises in discussion newsgroups.
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Tuesday, 10 June 2008
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| Windows Vista NoSpam 01:07:06 |
| | Curious question:
Why would anyone buy Windows Vista? I understand that it is not
backwards compatible with my present software and being version 1 it's
very 'buggy's.
Forget about dual booting - too much trouble for the simple home user.
I just cruise the net and play games. Nothing complex.
Thanks.
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Wednesday, 4 June 2008
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| AMD Radeon 4000 vs Nvidia Senica 06:03:47 |
| | AMD Radeon is supposed to be releasing a Radeon 4000 Series
that will power down to extremely low wattage in idol mode.
I'm wondering if any one knows how these cards will stack
up against the 8800 GT or 9800 GTX. The idea of a video card
that does always function as a toaster oven really appeals to
me.
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Tuesday, 27 May 2008
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| Any New Version of Windows Senica 22:30:48 |
| | The Pent ultimate issue with any decision to upgrade to any new
version of Windows has always been for me a problem with device
drivers. For the past year I have not bought any hardware or
software that controlled hardware unless it was "Vista ready"
thus avoiding any potential problems.
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| Supreme Ruler 2020 Gone Gold Balthagor 18:13:32 |
| | New York, USA (May 26, 2008) - Globally renowned publisher Paradox
Interactive is delighted to announce, that the highly anticipated Supreme
Ruler 2020 has gone Gold.
Developers BattleGoat Studios has produced an engaging geopolitical
wargame set in a future full of global turmoil. Numerous improvements help
surpass the original, to provide a game full of complexity and deeply
engaging strategy.
"We've created a strategy game with unmatched scope and depth. We set our
sights high - play the whole world, all at once, without limits on the
numbers of units, facilities, or other elements. Zoom in to examine a
single city, or zoom out to see the whole world. Trade, ally or battle
with hundreds of real-world countries. It's all in there", says George
Geczy, Lead Programmer and Co Founder of BattleGoat Studios.
In the year 2020, the world is fracturing along economic and political
fault lines. War is commonplace. Borders shift on a daily basis, as rival
militaries duel over dwindling resources. Your nation seeks a leader to
rise above the chaos. The region needs a warrior, to wield an iron fist
and smash aside the forces of anarchy. Our world demands a strong ruler,
to restore order and return stability to a terrified population.
Can you become the Supreme Ruler?
Key features in Supreme Ruler 2020:
- Control any department within your government or delegate decisions to
your Cabinet Ministers
- Sophisticated Military Strategic and Tactical Command System
- Select from hundreds of actual military vehicles to research, build, and
deploy
- Choose conventional warfare or develop your nuclear weapons program
- Detailed Economic and Political Models
- Flexible Diplomatic Interface allowing sophisticated negotiations
- Play any one of over 250 Regions world-wide
- High Resolution Satellite imagery provided courtesy of NASA
- Single Player or Multi Player support
- Varied Game-play options include Regional Battles, Missions and
Campaigns
- Next Generation AI
- Introducing BattleGoat's new Super Sandbox Mode for unlimited
customization and replayability
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Monday, 26 May 2008
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| GalCivII Gold? Gumby 23:31:58 |
| | Why did they release a Gold version of GalCivII and then release a new
expansion pack for it afterwards? Gold means final and containing all
expansion packs. The Gold version they are selling is not that as it lacks
'Twilight of the Arnor' expansion pack . Guess I will have to wait for the
Platinum version containing all expansion packs now.
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| Logan.cuurwitz@gmail.com Carl 13:59:45 |
| | I was just wondering what the CRAZY MAN was thinking about Age of Conan, and
what conspiracies he can cook up.
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Thursday, 22 May 2008
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| Re: GalCivII - and now for something completely different Peter Huebner 18:28:17 |
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I've recently acquired a large monitor. So now I'm trying to
play Galciv(Dark Avatar) in 2560x1600. The problem is, the
fonts become so small, I just about need a magnifying glass to
read them 
I've posted on the Galciv Forums about it, but so far no
response.
Does anybody know if there is a way to change the font in the
pop-up windows and the status line and event messages?
The only alternative is to play in 1280x800 and that is Not
Nice, end up with overlapping icons and looks like 16 color vga
with stepped fonts. intermediate resolutions (interpolated)
turn out to be exceedingly blurry.
-P.
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Saturday, 17 May 2008
Friday, 16 May 2008
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| SP Space RTS? DerekBaker 21:44:39 |
| | Is there a single-player game with an economy and the aim of conquering territory with 3D battles -
basically some like Rome: Total War in space?
Thanks.
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Derek
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008
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| Dual Monitor in World in Conflict Gary 02:44:33 |
| | I have dual monitor anable the secondary display flickers when I start up
the game but only has the desktop. Please folks what am I doing wrong?
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Monday, 12 May 2008
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| A quiet weekend in Capri John Sisker 01:01:35 |
| | I tried to install "A quiet weekend in Capri" on a laptop, which uses
Windows Vista. The game was really designed for Windows XP/98/95/ME. I
managed to get it to work - sort of, but it needs a bit of fine-turning. I
can's seem to clearly access the start menus, encountering a big black
square instead, and from then on, everything is in Italian instead of
English.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
John
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Friday, 9 May 2008
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| Supreme Commander unit color modification John Doe 23:50:58 |
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http://forums.gaspowered.com/viewtopic.php?t=25587
If you don't have it already. That brightens up the strategic icons.
Something they haven't done but IMO would be very useful is to make
the icon type indicator either white or the inverse of the icon
color. As it is, dark icons are just dark spots on the screen. When
you hover over a dark icon, the unit type indicator is highlighted
but you get a pop-up describing the unit anyway. Dark icons are
pretty much useless. Hopefully they'll do that so we can tell what
the dark colored icons are like we can tell what the light colored
icons are.
Good luck and have fun.
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| Supreme Commander, dual/quad core utility John Doe 21:48:05 |
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Noticed a utility for making (apparently better) use of multiple CPU
cores while playing Supreme Commander. I haven't used it because I
don't have a multiple core CPU yet. Apparently it's very simple to
use, try right clicking on the system tray icon after it's
installed. Here's the link.
www.muphin.net/CoreMaximizer1.03.zip
I just did a Yahoo search for "CoreMaximizer1". The actual contents
of that particular file download are unknown to me. You can search
the Internet or go to GPGnet and do a search for a safer source.
Originally, I found the utility on GPGnet by searching for (dual
"quad core") without the parenthesis.
Good luck and have fun.
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| Civ4 - resources NoSpam 15:32:57 |
| | Is there somewhere (in the game) that list all the resources and how
many of each that I have?
Thanks.
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Wednesday, 7 May 2008
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| Signed copy of Age of Empires -- Collectors Edition Fred 06:33:11 |
| | AOE Collectors Edition, signed by Bruce Shelly. ON ebay... just two days
left and only at $.99
ID: 280222638280
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