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I've been having a a great deal of difficulty with several CRPGs lately, mostly because of the built-in requirement to pursue sidequests at the very beginning of the game, and by the absurd scatterings of loot that I'm expected to comb every inch of the scenery looking for. I follow the main...

Thanks. That's the direction I started heading in after looking online this morning. Carl

I can't go particularly high-end here. Which ones should I be looking at in the $100 - $150 range? I honestly have NO idea what other special features one would look for in a video card. I just want something that runs clean, fast games with good detail. Carl

There wasn't a dry eye in my house that year. Carl

Thinking it's time for a new gaming machine. Can someone tell me the pros and cons of the Nvidia GeForce and the ATI Radeon? Carl

Nothing says Christmas like Bing Crosby. I think I've already seen Holiday Inn three times this year! Carl

My wedding ceremony was officiated by two friends to whom all the details were left. One of them read this poem as part of it. Carl

I'm pretty fond of most of the ones already listed. A couple others that haven't shown up yet: Sons of Katie Elder John Wayne, Dean Martin, Earl Holliman, and a young Dennis Hopper. I always liked this movie, though others consider it mediocre. I only just recently read that it was Wayne's...

If you still need help, drop me an email. CarlZog gmail A friend at the Univ. of Michigan called me last week with a similar, frantic request, and I found reading a college paper was a nice break from the books I'm editing. Good luck with the new research. What's the paper on? Carl

Interesting that there's been little mention of strategy games -- which is actually what I had in mind when I posed the question. I had expected to hear things like "Master of Orion" and the Civ games, but "Planescape: Torment" is defiitely a thoughtful game in a different kind of way. Carl

What's are the deepest computer games you ever played? Depth meaning the level of involvement or, possibly, complexity. What games really challenged you to think, and left you feeling like you really achieved something? Carl

The worldwide market for ANYTHING. Worldwide communities of like-minded souls -- no matter WHAT you're interested in. The storehouse of information on EVERYTHING at your fingers. It is stunning to stop for a minute and think about how far-reaching the impacts of this has been in the last 10...

Same here. I've occasionally aspired to become a better player, but my interest level doesn't stay up there long enough do witness any real improvement. Carl

What DOES that company do the other 10 months out of the year? My vote if for chocolate covered espresso beans. Carl

That's not a practice I'm familiar with, though it is the underlying principle of modern radar. I suppose a cannon might give you a general bearing and distance from the echo return under the right conditions. But I wouldn't expect to decipher a whole lot more than that. Carl

Yes. A ship sailing offshore operates around the clock. A ship's crew is broken up into two or possibly three watch groups. Watches generally lasted four hours. Time is kept with sand hourglasses and bell is rung every half hour to signify the passing of time. (Ring once after the first half...

Hostile Waters: Antaeus Rising. This was a brilliant underdog of a game that screamed out for multi-player support! Red Baron II. We're way overdue for a good, updated WWI flight sim. Planescape: Torment. There are still a wealth of other adventures to be experienced here. Space Hulk. Loved...

RPGs have a funny way of mirroring humanity. Some folks get back on the horse after it kicks them; others don't. Most games just don't kick hard enough to really test your mettle like this! If I played for 18 months and lost it all, would I jump back in for another try? If the game was that...

Very. I got the game up and running on another computer, just so I could take a look at it using a free 2-week promo I found online..... This is truly unbelievable. Yeah, this could suck up my life. Carl

Damnation Alley was the first movie I thought of when I read the title of this thread. It was a real movie, not "made-for-TV". I, too, loved this movie as a kid, but I haven't seen it in years. I've seen DVDs on ebay, but I think they're all bootleg. Both the incredibly cool ARK II vehicle...