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Consol Guide for Gamers

Pål Heick — Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:56:29 +0000

Let me start out by saying that I wonder what game happy Mac owners are supposed to do?

SimCity goes Open Source

Pål Heick — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:54:20 +0000

…and will henceforth be known under the name Micropolis and is apparently going to be included in the OLPC project. Cool.

Read more here: SimCity Source Code Released.
Also, visit Don Hopkins, one of the main forces in this project.

Strangely enough, it only a few days since I encountered the open source / old school project FreeCol - that is based on Sid Meiers classical Colonization. This spurred me to search for more open source games and came upon this list: Free and Open Source Games on the Internet.

Are we going to see a rise in open source computer games based on abandoned gems from the 90ties?
Here’s a vote for Ghosts’n'Goblins and Elite!
Update – there is actually an open source project dedicated to deep space trading, privateering and bounty hunting: Vega Strike. I haven’t tried it (yet), but I’m downloading as I write this. Update follows

What old games do you miss?

Total Viking Overdose

Pål Heick — Mon, 03 Oct 2005 07:50:12 +0000

Danske Deadline Games har lanceret Total Overdose – et extremt voldeligt spil, der tilsyneladende også har været inde på total viking power – under omstændigheder, har årvågne spillere fundet et ‘easter egg’ med reference til TVP.

Fallout and Lionheart

Pål Heick — Wed, 20 Jul 2005 11:43:30 +0000

Being a huge fan of the 3 Fallout-PC games (fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics) I was filled with an instant urge to buy and try Lionheart – a computer Role Playing Game that uses the rules from Fallout 1,2 and Fallout Tactics PC games.

And while we’re at it – there has been rumours about a release of Fallout 3 for a couple af years now, but now Bethesda seems to be carrying the torch…

Update:
I’ve halfheartedly been playing Lionheart the last couple of weeks – it has some interresting twists and turns (casting spells, figthing dragons and such), but I have to follow som of the criticism being laid upon Lionheart:

the resolution is too low – 800×600 minus one third for navigation and stuff makes battle and sneaking a bit frustrating.

there is too much hacking and slashing – some dungeons just keep on and on, and there are too many mindless monsters to deal with.

Starcraft

Pål Heick — Sat, 09 Apr 2005 07:31:09 +0000

Købte det gode gamle pc-spil Starcraft (+ Brood Wars + en Starcraft t-shirt) i fredags. Her vil jeg ikke rose spillet så meget som butikken jeg købte det i. Det er altså god service når man får sit produkt dagen efter man bestiller det. Til gengæld var prisen yderst rimelig 100 kr for en pakke med spil, udvidelse og t-shirt!

character disorder

Pål Heick — Fri, 04 Mar 2005 08:37:32 +0000

A post from Dalager led me to eldorama and then on to a very intriguing version of tetris – Character Disorder. Eldorama describes Character Disorder as extremely addictive – a description I fully support.

Finished Half Life 2

Pål Heick — Fri, 28 Jan 2005 19:16:01 +0000

Well, I guess I finished HL2 – I didn’t quite understand the ending, but I killed the boss monster, then a man (supposedly the G-man) spoke to me and then came the end titles… Hell, even Lars von Trier makes better endings than that.

Half life 2 Usability’

Pål Heick — Sat, 22 Jan 2005 21:01:44 +0000

I really like playing HL2, but the installation and upgrading prcesses are hopeless. A couple of minutes ago I started HL2 up – the game starts to download upgrades and whatnot. Get a grip and install the upgrades AFTER I finish playing! Microsoft has gotten the idea – the upgrades to windows are installed when you shut down – give me a notice that there are upgrades waiting and let med start playing. How hard can that be?

halflife2

Pål Heick — Fri, 10 Dec 2004 08:19:54 +0000

I’ve just purchased halflife 2 – it has gotten the finest reviews in all magazines. I really look forward to playing the game. But I’ve been istalling for half an hour now: the product requires that I register online to play the game on my computer, and apparently are all files installed on my computer encrypted in some form. I am puzzled that this tedious and time consuming procedure has not been mentioned in any of the reviews I have seen.
As this is my first purchase of an original computergame in newer time this might be standard procedure, although I seriously doubt it…
Hm – decrypting the files is going on 30 minutes in it self now – there really should be a usability standard for installing computergames.

Update:
Found the review in Politiken that Nis mentioned. And Nis: Half Life 2 rocks! Despite my issues with the mandatory internet connection, long loading times and user unfriendly installation process – I must admit that HL2 is the most detailed game I’ve ever played – once you get started, you’re hooked. Of course you need to start up in small doses; I got motion sickness the first couple of hours. It seems that it is quite a common phenomenon…