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A good lay 8)

Merry Christmas

I haven't received anything yet, presents are opened later today when the whole family is together (to much annoyance of jr. :X) . . .

Tried it today, died 10 times in the first area of the first level in UV. This wad is not for me . . .

Will play it later this week with cheats and nomonsters to see the levels architecture but more then that, no.

1 hour ago, DJVCardMaster said:

That means we are enemies

Reminds me of . . .

On some days a divine being, on others just a steamtrain

* Tuut tuut *

On 9/16/2023 at 9:49 PM, TheMagicMushroomMan said:

Popularity + flexibility + ease of use + audience = sustainability

You're forgetting availability. It's still fairly easy to obtain the game for a few bucks and that for a game released in the early nineties. A lot of games released between then and now have disappeared into obscurity, even with today's distribution platforms . . .

E1M1: Hangar

'nuff said . . .  8B

I'm looking forward to it and  although I shouldn't, I have been watching some of his Youtube videos where he makes some of the maps (E6M4 and E6M6) and some aspects of it makes me fearfull (the use of custom textures and another Cyberdemon maze :/) . . .

Often enough, depends on other things that I have to do . . .

Less then 2 GB and that is including all the base IWAD's, several editors (Doombuilder, WinZeth, Slade, Eureka) and some source ports. There are other locations available where I have stored DOOM related things . . .

On 8/19/2023 at 12:42 AM, Turbulent said:

Dukat from DS9. Morally complex while explicitly the villain.

The only Star Trek's villain that was fully fleshed out, even more then Khan wa. Waltz still remains one of the best Dukat episodes ever . . .

On 8/19/2023 at 2:56 AM, EPICALLL said:

Need I say more?

My master is not evil, he is just misunderstood 8) :P

The games that I would like to see a remaster of (in general and not limited to FPS):

• Return to Castle Wolfenstein
• F.E.A.R
• Reah
• Dune II
• Syndicate (1993 version)
• Ultima Underworld (though one somewhat exists, it was poorly recieved)
• Ultima 7 (both parts)
• X-wing & TIE Fighter

As an addition, I would like to see a fully re-done of the original version of Half-Life 2, the darker and grittier version then what was ultimately shipped and released to the public.

Most of the games I play from the 90's all still have an active modding community (Doom, Command & Conquer, Half-Life) but the game that I don't think has any active modding scene anymore, is Dune II (and Dune 2000).

As with games from the zeroes, there is one that used to have a very active modding community but has dwindled complete stand still which the game really didn't deserve: Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force. One of the best "Trek game" that transcended the usual Star Trek bubble and appealed to non-Trekkies alike. Remove the Trek stuff and you still end up with (for the time) a good shooter . . .

16 minutes ago, Rudolph said:

By the way, how do we feel about Strange New Worlds' season 2? Is the show still solid?

Haven't seen all episodes yet but I say it's still pretty solid. I liked episode 3, which propably comes back in a later season.

Yep ... this was shit . . . :P

Your first map ??

Nexusmods hosts both Doom and Doom II WADS. An account is required, even for downloading though you are supporting the developer(s) of the WAD/mod/map . . .

No, I don't think Doom mapping has ever been on a decline, maybe slower at times. Compared to other and later games (Elite Force 1 and 2 comes to mind for which NO new map has been released for a very, very long time), the Doom mapping community has always been quite active with the amount of maps, mods and source ports released . . .

Knee-deep in the Dead, followed by Sigil. Mostly due to its aesthetics which I believe Episode 2 and 3 lacked . . . 

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What if Doom 1 and 2 had hip hop as it's main musical inspiration?

Then I would have felt sympathy for the rapper who had to rap this in, with the fast-paced action on screen . . .  :X

On 8/13/2023 at 12:49 PM, Shepardus said:

GZDoom knows how to find DOOM2.WAD from a Steam or GOG installation, so if you buy Doom II from one of those you don't even need step 4 of Kwisior's instructions.

Since when does it do that ??

The last time I coined such a thing (see #3), a developer shot it off by saying "no", so I'm surprised that they have included this "feature" . . .

Although I prefer the ZDoom and derivative ports nowadays, I *sometimes* do use both the Chocolate and the original DOS versions (amongst others), mostly for development purposes. If I had to choose between the two mentioned here, I prefer Chocolate due to its increase in limits, the DOS version easily craps out due to its limitations . . .  

Currently: sunny and rainy. Not a typical summer here . . . :/

On 2/15/2023 at 7:49 PM, Man of Doom said:

This hurts.

A bit late but still sorry for your loss :(

On 7/26/2023 at 2:50 PM, soss said:

I think Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of War Of The Worlds is an underrated gem and I want to know if anyone here ever listened to it and their personal thoughts on it.

My old man has the double LP, definitely the best way to listen to the album and to view the artwork. The later CD releases lacks due to its size :/

I was about six years old when I heard the album for the first time, saw him live in 2009 :D

If you're interested, you might like the YouTube clips below: