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Computer games: The RTS (Real Time Strategy) Genre
A discussion of the genre's plusses, minuses and future.
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 12 REPLIES, LAST AT 13:26 13.08.05
Rez
Tetsuya Mizuguchi's abstract shooter. Evolution, wireframes and zone gaming.
:: STARTED BY I'm Rick Jones, bitch
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 22:52 12.08.05
Excessive Gaming
You play too much, too often, and for too long. But is it a problem? When does a healthy interest become an addiction?
:: STARTED BY Tezcatlipoca
:: 12 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:59 12.08.05
Otogi, Otogi 2
Swords, explosions, old school slashing action and neon Japanese underworlds.
:: STARTED BY I'm Rick Jones, bitch
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:23 10.08.05
Steampunk games
Is it a genre or a style, an alternate history treat or a lazy cop-out? Chaos Engine, Bitmap Brothers, Thief, Thief 2, Arcanum, Myst and others
:: STARTED BY Spatula Clarke
:: 10 REPLIES, LAST AT 17:18 08.08.05
GTA San Andreas secret sex scenes rumpus
Never mind the senseless acts of violence, gang warfare and fucking shit up in general, it's people having sex that will corrupt our youth! At least, that's if the brouhaha surrounding Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas is anything to go by.
:: STARTED BY Hattie's Kitchen
:: 25 REPLIES, LAST AT 09:34 08.08.05
3pm, a hush across the land...
A thread for the new football season, 05/06
:: STARTED BY Benny the Ball
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:17 07.08.05
The Chaos Engine and other Steampunk games
Discuss Chaos Engine and other Steampunk games. Is it a genre or a style, an alternate history treat or a lazy cop-out? Keywords Chaos, Engine, Bitmap, Brothers, Thief, Thief 2, Arcanum, Myst
:: STARTED BY Peach Pie
:: 17 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:47 05.08.05
A moment's silence for Seth Johnson
Seth Johnson, formerly of Leeds United, Derby and England, has been released from his contract. Jermaine Jenas is valued at £10 million. What happened?
:: STARTED BY ONLY NICE THINGS
:: 0 REPLIES, LAST AT 16:08 05.08.05
MMO's and Society
Most are hack and slash, but small communities still thrive, can they play a part in changing the future?
:: STARTED BY Yay Paul
:: 12 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:00 04.08.05
Online MMORPG's and their real world economies
Unbelievable article in The Independent on Sunday about online RPG's and the real world economy springing up from them...
:: STARTED BY Scrambled Password Bogus Email
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:57 03.08.05
Campaign Writing
When you're writing running tabletop adventures, how do you do it? Do you dream up an elaborate plot? Think of a situation and then struggle to get the players there? Are your adventures carefully planned out in several notebooks, or done on the fly?
:: STARTED BY charrellz
:: 15 REPLIES, LAST AT 21:23 02.08.05
Stronghold 2
Building, besieging, attacking and defending castles with lots of middle ages activities.
:: STARTED BY Mistoffelees
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 23:18 26.07.05
Sport as a means to political and social influence/change
In what ways have sports: professional, amateur, organised, casual, been used as motors for social and political change? How is sport a useful/dangerous force/narrative in these terms?
:: STARTED BY Goodness Gracious Meme
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 15:59 25.07.05
Le tour
o boy o boy o boy! le tour, live every night for us aussies - is anyone else excited?
:: STARTED BY astrojax69
:: 24 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:00 25.07.05
Info on Xenosaga
Xenosaga, Xenosaga 2 or even the original Xenogears
:: STARTED BY quinine92001
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 20:17 24.07.05
Copy Protection Question
I've lost all my Starcraft junk except the disc- No serial number.
:: STARTED BY Jake, Colossus of Clout
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 03:12 21.07.05
Wizkids Pirate collectible game. As Evil as other Wizkids products or not?
Wizkids, destroyers of Mechwarrior and makers of HEroClix xheap looking miniatures start playing pirates.
:: STARTED BY Elijah, Freelance Rabbi
:: 6 REPLIES, LAST AT 04:20 19.07.05
Noblis. Why should I play?
I got Noblis, but found it too distracted by it's own setting to explain the rules to me. Yet it does seem beautiful, and a neat idea.
Anyone care to tell me why I should play?
:: STARTED BY Digital Hermes
:: 5 REPLIES, LAST AT 00:01 15.07.05
Kether
It's got a, it's got a sigil that is tricky, a little wicked wacky wiki, but when you refresh there'll be a new Kether to scry...
:: STARTED BY Lord Morgue
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 12:37 14.07.05
Offside!
new fifa interpretation - what does 'lith rekkun?
:: STARTED BY astrojax69
:: 4 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:44 14.07.05
Tired of computer gaming?
Is 'Games & Gameplay' dying? Heh...
:: STARTED BY Our Lady Has Left the Building
:: 10 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:58 10.07.05
Amped 2
Xbox snowboarding title. Sequel to one of the best - and most difficult - games on the console.
:: STARTED BY Spatula Clarke
:: 2 REPLIES, LAST AT 18:39 07.07.05
The Aural Experience
In computer games, how important are the sounds and music to the overall experience?
:: STARTED BY All Acting Regiment
:: 12 REPLIES, LAST AT 03:33 07.07.05
Powerdrome
Xbox & PS2 Wipeout 'clone'. Surprisingly good fun. Approaching 'excellent' status.
:: STARTED BY Spatula Clarke
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 03:12 05.07.05
Changeling: The Dreaming
By White Wolf Game Systems, the Storytelling game of Modern Fantasy and dying dreams.
:: STARTED BY Tom Tit's Tot: A Girl!
:: 9 REPLIES, LAST AT 06:08 23.06.05
Player Characters
A thread for discussion of losing oneself in one’s character whilst RPGing
:: STARTED BY Shiny: The Countdown to Thirty
:: 3 REPLIES, LAST AT 19:15 18.06.05
Retro Game Education
Who says video games rot yer brain?
:: STARTED BY Golias
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 01:37 18.06.05
Vin Diesel becomes Agent 47
And Agent 47 then becomes Vin Diesel. What a crazy world it is!
:: STARTED BY rising and revolving
:: 8 REPLIES, LAST AT 11:29 17.06.05
David C. Sutherland dead
TSR house illustrator and cartographer, whose drawings defined the look of the original Dungeons and Dragons, has died at 56. Appreciation, with digressions on how art and pacakaging affect your experience of a game.
:: STARTED BY Jack Fear
:: 1 REPLIES, LAST AT 05:00 17.06.05
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