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Reply to Do you know your video games? What is the title of that game? Monsters destroying cities and its not Rampage. in Gaming PolMach Forums

"The Movie Monster Game". I played it on my Commodore 64. It was the sequal to "Crush, Crumble and Stomp" also by Epyx. Fun game, well made and very much replayable.

Reply to Should Stardock build computers? in Personal Computing GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Internally Stardock does have what we call template PCs which we demonstrate to OEMs th show what is possible with Windows.[/quote] If I recall, you got your start building computers in your dorm for faculty. Things would come full circle for you then, eh? :) I'd love to see what your template machines look like, specs, etc...

Reply to Freedom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! in Everything Else JoeUser Forums

[quote]conflict with each other. Now tell me this so I get this right which is it?[/quote] Normal 0 false false false EN-US</w:LidThemeOt

Reply to The BSG finale! Spoiler City... in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote] The interesting part is the fact that baltar says after six says god, "it doesn't like being called that." [/quote] I suspect he might have been making a joke about his penis. I need to watch that scene again, but I think "Six" is looking down when she says "god" causing "Baltar" to make a joke alluding to her thinking his male anaotomy is a god. Appearantly the anglefied versions of Baltar and Six are pretty much like thier corporeal counterparts. :)</

Reply to Who watches the watchmen in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Hehe....I find this parody disturbing.[/quote] Indeed! Though, you know this is almost exactly what was being cooked up in some executive's head when trying to come up with the latest half hour commerical masquerading as kids programming to throw up on the Saturday Morning cartoon block back in the 80s. :)

Reply to Who watches the watchmen in Everything Else GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]sanitized comic book action movie[/quote] Here's thier sanitized comic book movie: Saturday Morning Watchmen Cleverly done parody, unless you saw the movie most of the jokes would go over your head.

Reply to Hey, if you don’t like something, find another country in Politics PolMach Forums

[quote]We get automated check-out ilnes and illegal immigrants doing a lot of work that used to be done by Americans. Check out lanes are awesome. [/quote] The automated checkout lines are nice. I had one spit out 4 twenties instead of 4 dollars in change at a local Walmart. I am not sure how long it was going on, but I immediately told the guy behind me it was not giving out the correct change and called over a floor manager.

Reply to Hey, if you don’t like something, find another country in Politics PolMach Forums

[quote]The fundamental point remains the same. They had a problem with slavery. They moved to another country.[/quote] No, they did not simply move to another country. There was a network of a minority of people with political power opposed to slavery who moved the slaves against the will of the majority. You seem to be missing something. The point was that a majority of the people with political power had no problem with slavery. Is it v

Reply to Hey, if you don’t like something, find another country in Politics PolMach Forums

[quote]I assume the slaves also had a problem with slavery. Correct me if I'm wrong here.[/quote] You assume correctly. However, the individual slaves did not have a vote in the matter on the political front. Also, it was not exactly easy to simply walk off the plantation and move yourself and family north into Canada on thier own.

Reply to Good Lord, Boom Blox is so much fun. in Games Sins Forums

DEC42, Boom Blox has split screen multiplayer, 4 story adventures with many puzzles, challenge and tutorial modes. There is also an editor that allows you to build and share your own puzzles (I have not tried it yet). It is a very fun family game.

Reply to Combat Mission: Shock Force in Games Sins Forums

I picked it up a few months back for $20. The mechanics are pretty much what you would expect from the previous Combat Mission with the exception that you can play in real time, which I came to enjoy since you can pause the action at anytime and set new commands. The developers have been making improvements to the AI and mechanics, outside of the normal bug fixes. With no military background, I am not going to pretend I know anything about the realism of the game. Visually (I play it on a de

Reply to Sins Game Review Thread in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Something Awful.com glowing review, in one sentence. Pretty much sums up how I feel. [link="http://www.somethingawful.com/d/video-game-article/gamecock-agenda.php"]One Sentence Reviews[/link] 10/10

Reply to 1st update is out... in Sins of a Solar Empire Sins Forums

Just showed up in SDC after I checked for application updates. Thanks for the tip!

Reply to V1.00 SAVED GAMES NOW INVALID in Technical Sins Forums

v1.01 is the initial release. Are your save games from the beta? If so, there have been significant changes that would likely make the beta version save games invalid (new race, changes to the AI, etc...).

Reply to how do you capture asteroid mining in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

Send a colony ship to the asteroid and it will capture the mining station. They are invulnerable from attack and will simply be transfered to your control. Anyone can easily take them from you as well, so guard them.

Reply to Suggestion: Issac Asimov's Foundation (mod) in Modding Stardock Forums

Long, long time ago, in a city a little ways away... only made it through the original trilogy and found it a fun read. Computers with dials and vacum tubes, "atomic" blaster... heck atomic everything... atom bombs small enough to fit in your mouth. Well, it seems to me this would be one easy mod for someone to cut their teeth on, eh? The ships do not need to be modeled (none of this has been mad

Reply to NEW EXPANSION PACK !? in Game Talk GalCiv2 Forums

What I do not understand is the thing with the "Terror Stars"..it's about a new civ or a new event? Terror stars were ultimate weapons in the first PC Galactic Civilizations release. They were upgrades space stations that could destroy stars, thereby destroying the planets. They were very slow, only 1 parsec per turn and had to be protected in route. I only used them a couple of times, and only late game when I was trying to mop up a military

Reply to Anyone played Elite way back in 1994 in PC Gaming Stardock Forums

Actually, it was first published in 1984. The Commodore 64 version came in 1985 (I think). I know this as it was an eagerly awaited Christmas gift when I was 15. Very fun game for the time... if I could get my Commodore 64 running again, I would love to play the true version (still have the shiny black box, disks, manuals, etc...). Many hours were lost in this game. As for the comments by publishers of "spiritual successors" to Elite; they are only marketing. The developers might h

Reply to Tactical Combat in Warfare Stardock Forums

This has been and probably still is being discussed to death. We will not see any tac combat in this iteration of GalCiv, however, perhaps, just maybe in a sequel. Try this thread I dug up in a forum search: Official Tac Combat thread

Reply to Drag and Drop in pro version of multiplicity in Multiplicity Stardock Forums

Ok, thanks, Zubaz. It was not a deal breaker for me. Someone might want to reword the product page under "Options Benefits/ Comparisons, Etc...", however: "Best of all, the pro version allows full clipboard and file drag and drop sharing between computers!" since it tends to read as such. The software is wonderful by the way, even with that minor disappointment... copy and paste works well enough. It is still better than navigating the network drives. --Mi

Drag and Drop in pro version of multiplicity in Multiplicity Stardock Forums

I recently purchased the pro version of Multiplicity and have been trying to get the drag and drop functionality to work. When I left click and drag an icon to the edge of the screen, the mouse will not enter the adjacent screen. If I copy the file, I can paste it into the adjacent computer with no difficulty. Am I reading something incorrectly or is there a setting I am not seeing? Thanks, -Mike

Reply to i was sent a 2nd DA CD in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

From my experience, you do not have anything to worry about with Stardock with regards to any malicious activity like that. In all likelihood, a second CD went out by mistake on their part after seeing you had paid for it. Give your credit card company a call and ask if there are two charges for same amount from Stardock. If so, get the date and amount so you have something to bring to stardock. You'll get a quicker response from the card company and you may not need to even contac

Reply to What is a better game? GalCiv2 or SE5 in Galactic Civilizations II Stardock Forums

I picked up MOO3 for two dollars on Amazon, and I still feel like I paid to much... I picked it up from Amazon as well for 17.99, only there was a 19.99 rebate. So, Amazon paid me 2 bucks to take it. Concerning SEV, it looks too complex and time consuming for me at this time; however, I noticed it dropped to 20 bucks in store, so I may wait for it to drop a bit more and pick it up just to see what it is like.

Reply to My ships are firing on... each other? in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

In the short time I have had to play, I thought I was having problems with my vision. While I have noticed my ships fire on each other, I see that the damage is dealt to one of the enemy ships at the same time. So far, they do not appear to be damaging each other. My guess is that same graphical glitch is affecting the enemy vessels too-- ie, they fire on one another and you take damage. Maybe...

Reply to 3 issues I've found in Dark Avatar in Bug Reports Stardock Forums

Concerning 1: Try turning off tech trading and see how it goes. My guess is the AI players are trading with each other like mad to out pace you. Just a guess.