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[YellowKing]

We started Wildlands last night..

Your post reminded me of how much fun I had in that game back in the day on Xbox, but I never finished it. So I was delighted to find it for only $10 on Steam. That was a no-brainer purchase and I've been having a good time diving back into it.

[TheMix]

We started Wildlands last night..

Your post reminded me of how much fun I had in that game back in the day on Xbox, but I never finished it. So I was delighted to find it for only $10 on Steam. That was a no-brainer purchase and I've been having a good time diving back into it.

It really was a blast. Especially off-roading on the motorcycles.

[Daehawk]

Dustland Delivery

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egx9G_LSIhw

[WYBaugh]

ABI-DOS is now free on Steam. Looks to be a Zachtronics-like game:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app ... 3542429141

[jztemple2]

ABI-DOS is now free on Steam. Looks to be a Zachtronics-like game:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app ... 3542429141

Looks cool, thanks for posting about it.

[jztemple2]

ABI-DOS is now free on Steam. Looks to be a Zachtronics-like game:

https://store.steampowered.com/news/app ... 3542429141

Looks cool, thanks for posting about it.

It is embarrassing how long it took for me to solve this:

[Daehawk]

Anyone remember Spaceward Ho? I kinda short shafted it as I was a MOO fan but from what I can tell its really a classic space game I missed out on.

[GreenGoo]

Yes, it was a decent game. I ended up with Stars! instead because I liked the mechanics better (and it had a nice pbem setup) but Spaceward Ho! was also good.

[jztemple2]

Anyone remember Spaceward Ho? I kinda short shafted it as I was a MOO fan but from what I can tell its really a classic space game I missed out on.

Huh, I did a Steam search for "Spaceward Ho" and it came up with "Orion’s End":

[Daehawk]

Yes, it was a decent game. I ended up with Stars! instead because I liked the mechanics better (and it had a nice pbem setup) but Spaceward Ho! was also good.

I remember Stars!.......In the the beginnings of my PC playing days I also remember a play by email game called VGAPlanets. It took ships from Star Trek as i recall.

JZ...Orion’s End looks fascinating! Has a lot of the stuff Ive always loved and wanted in a small play space game. thnx buddy.

[raydude]

Anyone remember Spaceward Ho? I kinda short shafted it as I was a MOO fan but from what I can tell its really a classic space game I missed out on.

Huh, I did a Steam search for "Spaceward Ho" and it came up with "Orion’s End":

I am intrigued. Wishlisted.

[YellowKing]

I don't know who needs to know this, but I've now completed every scenario and every DLC scenario available for PowerWash Simulator.

[jztemple2]

I don't know who needs to know this, but I've now completed every scenario and every DLC scenario available for PowerWash Simulator.

Which begs the question, do you have a significant other at home who wants to know why you can spend so much time cleaning things in a game but not around the house?

[Daehawk]

we need so many sequels....lets start with one to Interstate 76.

[Max Peck]

Which begs the question

No, it doesn't (although it does invite the question).

We all choose which hills to die on, and this one is mine. Well, one of mine.

[LordMortis]

Which begs the question

No, it doesn't (although it does invite the question).

We all choose which hills to die on, and this one is mine. Well, one of mine.

Asks the question and begs for an answer. It gnaws at me but never enough to care in polite conversation. However, it makes me nutty when paid TV talking heads say it or people getting paid to write scrawl it. This is supposed to be your craft. Your bread and butter. You shouldn't throw around expressions like a grave digger in Hamlet.

[jztemple2]

Asks the question and begs for an answer. It gnaws at me but never enough to care in polite conversation. However, it makes me nutty when paid TV talking heads say it or people getting paid to write scrawl it. This is supposed to be your craft. Your bread and butter. You shouldn't throw around expressions like a grave digger in Hamlet.

Well, I asked She Who Must Be Obeyed, who is older than I am and has used many, many more words than I have and she confirms that "begs the question" is legitimate. I also went to Masterclass.com, Begs the Question: How to Use ‘Begs the Question’ Properly

Etymologists and language authorities like Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage trace the history of "begs the question" to the Ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. As part of his examination of circular reasoning and logical fallacies, Aristotle contemplated the notion of an argument that begins by assuming the idea it's trying to prove.

While I will grant that my usage of "begs the question" may not specifically be attributed to "circular reasoning and logical fallacies", it does suggest that there is a logical fallacy in someone who spends hours doing cleaning in a game yet might not do very much of it in real life.

[Max Peck]

Well, if enough of you philistines continue misusing the phrase, eventually it'll go the way of literally and mean whatever you want it to mean. It's probably already too late to stop it. So you've got that going for you.

In the mean time, on this hill I make my stand.

[jztemple2]

Here's a game about being a depressed, lonely maintenance robot on a long-haul space colony ship

Need something real depressing to go with your seasonal affective disorder, northern hemisphere friends? Well, have I got a game for you!

Endless Dark is "an existential horror game in which you are tasked with keeping a sleeper colony ship intact. No enemies or NPCs share the ship with you - only creaking metal echoes and endless dark."

In it you're a robot intelligence called The Custodian, a fully self-aware machine whose job is to keep a travelling colony ship full of sleeping/frozen passengers going to a new planet. You're also the only thing awake, totally alone, cursed to live for decades of absolute loneliness and isolation.

Keep your passengers alive the whole time and you win, slip into depressed, incapable "robo-dementia" and you lose. It's a simple game with a lot of writing—some 350,000 words of events and crises and damage to fix or fail at. It's made so that while you might fail a few times you'll tease out new threads of the story each time—or even find new angles after you've beaten the game.

There are of course other things for your little robot to do. Like tweak its chassis with personal touches, and, you know, gaze in to the endless dark of space.

Endless Dark is fully playable with mouse and keyboard, keyboard only, or gamepad.

You can find Endless Dark on Steam for $8.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2290 ... less_Dark/

[YellowKing]

For what it's worth (any issues with that phrase? ), I did spend several hours a few weeks ago power washing my driveway. I also went over to my mom's house and power washed her driveway and sidewalk.

[GreenGoo]

Well, if enough of you philistines continue misusing the phrase, eventually it'll go the way of literally and mean whatever you want it to mean. It's probably already too late to stop it. So you've got that going for you.

In the mean time, on this hill I make my stand.

I'm with you. I cringe every time I hear it (in "professional" media), because it is NEVER used correctly. It's original meaning will fade into history and we'll be left with...this. I am less apt to react viscerally when a random individual does it.

Oh well, such is the nature of language. Annoying as it is.

Minor anecdote: The Meal taught me the correct usage, probably 20+ years ago. Not sure if here or on Gone Gold. Either way, thanks for taking the time to teach me something.

[The Meal]

I used to have hills to die on. Now I don't have the lungs to scale to the top.

NB: I never use the word 'ironic' in conversation because I can't figure out how it works. There has to be a term to describe that, but I'm not sure of it.

[Max Peck]

I use the term ironic pretty freely, but usually with a disclaimer along the lines of "Or is it? Who knows... Thanks Alanis."

[Rumpy]

Yeah, thanks Alanis for causing endless debate! While words change meanings all the time, often over several decades, it's kind of surprising how it took ONE annoying song for this one to take root. Earworms: Got to love'em and hate'em.

[Punisher]

Well, if enough of you philistines continue misusing the phrase, eventually it'll go the way of literally and mean whatever you want it to mean. It's probably already too late to stop it. So you've got that going for you.

In the mean time, on this hill I make my stand.

Isn't it sort meant to be the actual thing that is going on?
"That book is on fire" could just mean that the book is very good.
"That book is literally on fire" or "that book is on fire, literally" means that the book is on fire and will be burnt to ashes if not put out.
Correct?
Or am I missing something?

[Max Peck]

Well, if enough of you philistines continue misusing the phrase, eventually it'll go the way of literally and mean whatever you want it to mean. It's probably already too late to stop it. So you've got that going for you.

In the mean time, on this hill I make my stand.

Isn't it sort meant to be the actual thing that is going on?
"That book is on fire" could just mean that the book is very good.
"That book is literally on fire" or "that book is on fire, literally" means that the book is on fire and will be burnt to ashes if not put out.
Correct?
Or am I missing something?

Usage such as "I literally died of embarrassment" is now accepted, with literally being used to convey emphasis.

[Punisher]

Well, if enough of you philistines continue misusing the phrase, eventually it'll go the way of literally and mean whatever you want it to mean. It's probably already too late to stop it. So you've got that going for you.

In the mean time, on this hill I make my stand.

Isn't it sort meant to be the actual thing that is going on?
"That book is on fire" could just mean that the book is very good.
"That book is literally on fire" or "that book is on fire, literally" means that the book is on fire and will be burnt to ashes if not put out.
Correct?
Or am I missing something?

Usage such as "I literally died of embarrassment" is now accepted, with literally being used to convey emphasis.

Hmmm..now i wonder if you CAN die from embarrassment.
Maybe died has a new meaning?

[GreenGoo]

NB: I never use the word 'ironic' in conversation because I can't figure out how it works. There has to be a term to describe that, but I'm not sure of it.

Ditto. I briefly have a grasp on it as each of my kids went through school and had to understand various literary terms (so I learned them too) but then I forget again. Over and over. The concept is like jello. I can hold it for a short while then it slips away again.

[Jaymann]

I think it's ironic one spends 20 or so years trying to learn to use words properly, only to find idiots have changed their meanings.

[YellowKing]

I used to get up in arms about grammar stuff, but if language never changed we'd still be using thee and thou. And to people of old, our "proper" usage would sound stupid.

I'll never forgive people who spell "lose" as "loose," though. Never.

To get somewhat back on topic, I picked up Monster Hunter Stories on PS5 and I'm enjoying it. I was in the mood for an RPG but not something I had to think about very hard (looking at you, Metaphor ReFantazio). I read that people really liked this game but also that it wasn't very challenging and I was like THAT'S WHAT I WANT.

[Daehawk]

Is there a quick and dirty way to install games like Baldurs Gate on a tablet?...if its complicated just forget it..ill find a tablet made rpg

[Blackhawk]

I think it's ironic one spends 20 or so years trying to learn to use words properly, only to find idiots have changed their meanings.

If they didn't, we'd all be speaking Proto-Indo-European.

[Blackhawk]

Is there a quick and dirty way to install games like Baldurs Gate on a tablet?...if its complicated just forget it..ill find a tablet made rpg

Like this.

[Jaymann]

I think it's ironic one spends 20 or so years trying to learn to use words properly, only to find idiots have changed their meanings.

If they didn't, we'd all be speaking Proto-Indo-European.

And loving it.

[Daehawk]

Is there a quick and dirty way to install games like Baldurs Gate on a tablet?...if its complicated just forget it..ill find a tablet made rpg

Like this.

Thnx.

As for words I cant count the times my mamaw would tell me there aint no such word as aint. Confusing. But I hate it myself how words I learned all my life were not right are now ok...dammit I had to learn them its not fair

EDIT: wait..i own that edition on Steam. Cant I just get it onto my tablet then?

[Punisher]

Is there a quick and dirty way to install games like Baldurs Gate on a tablet?...if its complicated just forget it..ill find a tablet made rpg

Like this.

Thnx.

As for words I cant count the times my mamaw would tell me there aint no such word as aint. Confusing. But I hate it myself how words I learned all my life were not right are now ok...dammit I had to learn them its not fair

EDIT: wait..i own that edition on Steam. Cant I just get it onto my tablet then?

I don't think stuff transfers like that for the most part.
Are you trying to play games you already own on steam on your tablet?
If so, the only way would be if your tablet can be reformatted with Linux but then you'd also have to make sure the tablet is even strong enough to actually play those games.

[Max Peck]

We've been over this already. Nobody owns anything on Steam!

Except Gaben, he owns everything on Steam.

[The Meal]

Is there a quick and dirty way to install games like Baldurs Gate on a tablet?...if its complicated just forget it..ill find a tablet made rpg

Is Steam Link an option? The game is still playing on your PC, but you see the game on your tablet screen. (I use Steam Link to stream internet video from my PC to my TV.)

[JCC]

I read that people really liked this game but also that it wasn't very challenging and I was like THAT'S WHAT I WANT.

I am still waiting for an excellent Souls like game which a "Casual" or "Extremely Easy" setting. I have tried a few including the much praised Elden Ring. But, the difficulty just makes it frustrating and not fun for me. It just seems ridiculous to lose customers over a stubborn belief that a game can't have an easy/casual mode. Give dopes like me the option to have a casual exeprience. My gaming time is limited and I don't want to go through boot camp to play a damn game.

[WYBaugh]