Phil Conrad

Late to the Game in Gaming JoeUser Forums

They actually made a remake of a Epyx game for the DS, I had never played. Actually, I had never even heard of it, which is pretty rare for me. It's called Impossible Mission, and it lives up to the name. Apparently this came out in 2007, but I somehow completely missed it. There's a nifty premise to the game but there's one whole aspect I don't understand at all. You're a super-spy and you have to save the world from some evil guy's missile strike. To

Reply to The choicest cut of meat in Art Stardock Forums

I was hoping this was actually going to be about meat. I prefer N.Y. Sirloin Strip myself.

Reply to Shrek Crazy Hair Candy is gross! in Misc JoeUser Forums

Wonka brought back Bottle Caps, but they aren't as good as I remember them. I think the novelty of cola and root beer flavored sweet tarts is dwarved in comparson to the extreme candy that's out now. Reisen is pretty good. I thought the peanut flavor would seem cheap, like almost all peanut enhanced candy, but it's actually quite good. A local candy shop - Van Otis - makes a product they call Swiss Chocolate Fudge, which is really quite amazing. I

Reply to Shrek Crazy Hair Candy is gross! in Misc JoeUser Forums

re. Hershey Vs. Cadbury Well, at least we can probably all agree that Nestle is crap. Their milk chocolate tastes like greasy dirt. The semi-sweet morsels aren't bad, but they are no better than any generic brand. Ghiradelli is better than Cadbury too, but not as good as Hershey.

Reply to Shrek Crazy Hair Candy is gross! in Misc JoeUser Forums

No way. Hershey's rules! It's the Great American Chocolate bar. Some people just aren't up for it. Hershey's with almonds is as good as it gets. Cadbury is obviously lower in cocoa and higher in fat and sugar. It's like starter chocolate, strictly for babies. Does Cadbury have it's own amusement park? Didn't think so.

Reply to That Crap We Feed the Kids in Humor JoeUser Forums

That's always bothered me for a completely different reason. It's a classic apples to oranges comparison. Progresso is eaten right out of the can. You do not add water. They are comparing it to Campbell's condensed product, which you add a whole can of water too. Campbell's has a whole line of soups that you don't add water too, and they are quite good. Another annoying thing Progresso does is push sales on some flavors of soup while no

Reply to Kerry affair with Intern in Democrat JoeUser Forums

But isn't it interesting that according to Drudge, Clark would have known this before he dropped out of the race? Pretty much everybody seems to think that Clark was the Clinton house choice for candidate, so it really makes me wonder if there isn't another big surprise in the wings. O.K., I'll take off the tinfoil hat now.

Reply to Kerry affair with Intern in Democrat JoeUser Forums

I don't know. The smart move for the right-wing zealots right now would be to kick back and let all the left-wing zealots do the dirty work. Had this scandal broke after Kerry secured the nomination, that would be one thing. Even if, say Edwards, can't close the gap with this kind of gift scandal, he'll probably think his chances are much greater. Expect Dean to turn up the heat for the big flame-out too. It's too bad Lieberman couldn't stay in the game for this because this sort of thing a

Reply to Political Issues in a Political Machine in Politics JoeUser Forums

Will the famous Stardock, almost daily updates, support structure allow for the contemporary issues to be swapped out as they cease to be relevant? I'm pretty excited about this game. I was hoping you'd also have the primary edition - maybe in 2007 you can launch it as a pre-quel. You should also have a scandal system for the game: Complete non sequitor events that become huge issues, or occasionally boons ... the political equivalent of a Chance card.

Reply to Internet Makes Cookbooks unneccessary in Home & Family JoeUser Forums

There are historical reasons to collect old cookbooks. For example, Betty Crocker recently reprinted the Cooky Book from the 1960's. It's an exact photographic replica of the original. For whatever reason, a lot of the recipies in this book "evolved" over time into inferior copies. I tried making Chocolate Crinkles from an internet recipe before I got my copy of this replica book. They were lame, not the Chocolate Crinkles from my youth at all. Comparing the recipes was an eye-opener. Som

Reply to They DO Make 'em Like That Still in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

This is the only link I could find to get the remake of the Sword of Fargoal: http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?name=Sword+of+Fargoal+Remake%2C+The It does not seem to be linked on the Retro Remakes site. This is odd, because I only learned about Retro Remakes by reading the help file included with the Sword of Fargoal. At any rate, it's a great game. I managed to beat it over the weekend, but only by cheating like crazy by backing up saves. You get counts of al

They DO Make 'em Like That Still in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

Emulators are a great tool for nostalgic gaming, but what if you want to see all your favorite games of the past improved a bit. Wouldn't it be great if somebody out there lived the same old video games you did and created updated versions of them? It turns out, a lot of people are doing exactly that, and here's an index of many of these projects: http://remakes.org/ Do you fondly remember Intellevision's Night Stalker, now there is Afternoon Stalker. Think you're the only p

Welcome, Thank You in Misc JoeUser Forums

I just wanted to send a one-post-belated welcome out to anyone who finds this blog. Thanks Brad! I don't know why you're being so generous, but if you're going to give out some free space for me to post my own rants, I'm going to take it!

Remember Space Invaders? in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

There's a bunch of high-power game designers talking about the most influential games of all times here: http://idt.gatech.edu/projects/gamemorph/overview.html Although they list Space Invaders in the sidebar as one of the most influential games of all times, NONE of the household name gaming gods seem to remember it at all. I must be getting old, but Space Invaders was video games in the day. Sure, there was pong, frogs and a couple of crude driving games before Space Invade