My OperaGood Old Games
Thursday, September 11, 2008 2:54:41 PM
Work is getting me down today. Some of my past work has come back to bite me, and is causing some havoc/additional cost getting it sorted. Not entirely my fault but looking back it wasn't the smartest work I've ever done either. 
On the plus side, a new site offering older PC games for download, Good Old Games, has emailed me a link to the non-public, invitation-only beta-test of their new service. There is one in particular I'm looking forward to trying, hopefully for the magical price-point of approx £5 (or less), Freespace 2, but I could see myself purchasing a few more if the service proves easy enough to use. Freespace 2, widely regarded as a true classic of the genre, is a space sim[ulation] in the old style, meaning a joystick is the preferred method of flight control*. This gives me a good excuse to pop in past PC World on my way home tonight for a spot of Retail Therapy.
Current Mood: Wanting to go home.
*Newer games switched to a mouse-and-keyboard method of flight, easier for the wider populace to get a grasp of but much less authentic. Predictably, we space-smitten die-hards prefer the innuendo-laden Stick of Joy.
On the plus side, a new site offering older PC games for download, Good Old Games, has emailed me a link to the non-public, invitation-only beta-test of their new service. There is one in particular I'm looking forward to trying, hopefully for the magical price-point of approx £5 (or less), Freespace 2, but I could see myself purchasing a few more if the service proves easy enough to use. Freespace 2, widely regarded as a true classic of the genre, is a space sim[ulation] in the old style, meaning a joystick is the preferred method of flight control*. This gives me a good excuse to pop in past PC World on my way home tonight for a spot of Retail Therapy.
Current Mood: Wanting to go home.
*Newer games switched to a mouse-and-keyboard method of flight, easier for the wider populace to get a grasp of but much less authentic. Predictably, we space-smitten die-hards prefer the innuendo-laden Stick of Joy.
OdessaGoldBug # Friday, September 12, 2008 9:19:03 AM
Which Robot is Confirmed for Transformers 2?
Source:TFW2005
September 10, 2008
TFW2005 has received word that the combiner Devastator will appear in the Michael Bay sequel Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen. The site says it has confirmed the following:
- Seven construction vehicles merge to form Devastator
- Devastator has lots of upper body strength, like a gorilla
- Not just green, some of the vehicles are red and yellow
- The previously Long Haul concept art by Josh Nizzi is legit
"Revenge of the Fallen" hits conventional theaters and IMAX on June 26, 2009.
DEVASTATOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
OdessaGoldBug # Friday, September 12, 2008 9:19:56 AM