PWB Bonfire edition

deKay wrote:
> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 05 Nov
> 2007 03:31:45 -0600, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Kendrick Kerwin Chua
> <kendrick.RemoveThis@nospam.io> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
>
>>> Mine should be here this week \o/
>> Agh. Envy. Avarice.

Ditto.

> You going to leave it alone as a Xandros machine, or
>> will you throw some version of Windows on it for gaming purposes? Or will
>> you attempt to split the difference by running a VMWare installation?
>
> I doubt I'll be gaming on it at all, to be honest. Certainly won't touch it
> with Windows either, but I will probably switch to a "full" GUI rather than
> the "Easy Mode" one that it comes with by default.

I'd like to see what you think of it when it comes. I think we'll be
picking one up.

One thing I'd like to do is have a Win98 install on a bootable SD card
for old school PC gaming. Seems like it'd make a very decent show of
non-3d-accelerated games. The Xandros install is, by all accounts, very
nice although I'd be tempted to try Ubuntu out simply to get apt-get
working.

In article <fgv06t$f7j$2@aioe.org>,
Dr. Glyndwr <richardgaywood.RemoveThis@gmail.com> wrote:
>deKay wrote:
>> Soni tempori elseu romani yeof helsforo nisson ol sefini ill des Mon, 05 Nov
>> 2007 03:31:45 -0600, sefini jorgo geanyet des mani yeof do
>> uk.games.video.misc, yawatina tan reek esk Kendrick Kerwin Chua
>> <kendrick.RemoveThis@nospam.io> fornis do marikano es bono tan el:
<<About the Asus Eee PC>>
>
>>> You going to leave it alone as a Xandros machine, or
>>> will you throw some version of Windows on it for gaming purposes? Or will
>>> you attempt to split the difference by running a VMWare installation?
>>
>> I doubt I'll be gaming on it at all, to be honest. Certainly won't touch it
>> with Windows either, but I will probably switch to a "full" GUI rather than
>> the "Easy Mode" one that it comes with by default.
>
>One thing I'd like to do is have a Win98 install on a bootable SD card
>for old school PC gaming. Seems like it'd make a very decent show of
>non-3d-accelerated games. The Xandros install is, by all accounts, very
>nice although I'd be tempted to try Ubuntu out simply to get apt-get
>working.

Apart from the board being customized all to hell, I've been reading that
the chipset and the graphics card are run-of-the-mill standard parts. But
I'm not sure if Windows 98 is the best idea, given that the keyboard and
mouse run off the internal USB hub. But your plan is otherwise sound, as
the BIOS allows you to boot from pretty much any storage that you can
figure out how to connect.

I'm checking out 2000 Professional and XP shrunk down with N-lite as
possible gaming OS choices. I'm also holding out for the version with the
8 gig drive, given that the flash RAM is soldered diretly to the
motherboard and not installed on a separate IDE-connected board. There's
also an unconfirmed rumor that the cancelled model with the ten-inch
screen is going to be resurrected as a standard Asus product outside of
the Eee brand.

-KKC, whose credit limit has been extended. This bodes not well for my
ability to get out of debt...
--
-- Universal survival rule #109 - Chicken nuggets must be served -- kendrick
in a quantity that is also a prime number. Failure to do so will -- @io.com
result in a geometric disturbance conducive to the resurrection of Cthulhu.
Disregard this rule if the meat in the nuggets is not actually chicken.

Gareth Robert Halfacree wrote:
>> Want:
> See above. Also an Xbox 360 Force-Feedback wheel, but not at current
> prices.

My local Gamestation (Cwmbran) sells them for £40 pre-owned, which
seemed very reasonable to me. I've only seen them out on display twice
(second time of which I bought it) but they said they do usually have
some out the back.

It even had the bundled PGR3 with it, which I assumed would be missing
at that price.

"Kendrick Kerwin Chua" <kendrick.RemoveThis@nospam.io> wrote in message
news:WvidnctW2sGDm67anZ2dnUVZ_oqhnZ2d@io.com...
>
> I'm checking out 2000 Professional and XP shrunk down with N-lite as
> possible gaming OS choices. I'm also holding out for the version with the
> 8 gig drive, given that the flash RAM is soldered diretly to the
> motherboard and not installed on a separate IDE-connected board. There's
> also an unconfirmed rumor that the cancelled model with the ten-inch
> screen is going to be resurrected as a standard Asus product outside of
> the Eee brand.
>

Uh... And it now comes in black!

Shak

In article <5pgficFr7tj9U1.RemoveThis@mid.individual.net>, Shak <me.RemoveThis@privacy.net> wrote:
>
>Uh... And it now comes in black!

That's only important if you're Batman. Are you Batman? Hm? Are ya?

-KKC, who saw a recent episode of Smallville and wonders where all the
extra characters came from. And why.
--
-- Universal survival rule #109 - Chicken nuggets must be served -- kendrick
in a quantity that is also a prime number. Failure to do so will -- @io.com
result in a geometric disturbance conducive to the resurrection of Cthulhu.
Disregard this rule if the meat in the nuggets is not actually chicken.

Toby Newman <google.DeleteThis@asktoby.com> wrote:

> On 2007-11-06, Russell Marks <russell.marks@spam^H^H^H^Hntlworld.com> wrote:
> > Giants: Citizen Kabuto (PS2) to arrive. This sounds very MDK-ish but
> > some enthusiastic comments convinced me to give it a shot despite
> > that. I just hope it's not as relentlessly hard as that was.
>
> It is quite like MDK, but the similarity is more in the humour than the gameplay.
> I would say that MDK is a much better game but I didn finish both
> and did enjoy both. Giants has some very tricky levels later on.

I think I'm nearing the end now, and I don't know if it's really any
trickier than it was near the start to be honest (if anything I
thought that was harder). But I've certainly made good use of the
ability to save at any time.

-Rus.

On 2007-11-10, Russell Marks <russell.marks@spam^H^H^H^Hntlworld.com> wrote:
> Toby Newman <google.RemoveThis@asktoby.com> wrote:
>
>> On 2007-11-06, Russell Marks <russell.marks@spam^H^H^H^Hntlworld.com> wrote:
>> > Giants: Citizen Kabuto (PS2) to arrive. This sounds very MDK-ish but
>> > some enthusiastic comments convinced me to give it a shot despite
>> > that. I just hope it's not as relentlessly hard as that was.
>>
>> It is quite like MDK, but the similarity is more in the humour than the gameplay.
>> I would say that MDK is a much better game but I didn finish both
>> and did enjoy both. Giants has some very tricky levels later on.
>
> I think I'm nearing the end now, and I don't know if it's really any
> trickier than it was near the start to be honest (if anything I
> thought that was harder). But I've certainly made good use of the
> ability to save at any time.

I think, on the PC, you could only save at the beginning of each level.
That was what made it so hard!

--
-Toby
Add the word afiduluminag to the subject to circumvent my email filters.

hurricanepilot wrote:
> On Nov 5, 6:13 am, Steve Jackson <qwe....RemoveThis@qwerty.invalid> wrote:
>> Play:
>
>> Stranglehold (360): ... Good use of fancy slow-mo moves and the
>> precision shooting can be especially satisfying.
>
> Level 2 is
> uncharacteristically long btw, so don't use it as a yardstick for
> subsequent levels.

Indeed. I thought it was never going to end. I got a little frustrated
trying to get to some of the bomb planting positions, only to kick
myself after upon discovering the *really* obvious routes I needed to
take after extended periods of under-my-breath swearing and head
scratching. Level three seems to have gone back to straight-forward
shoot 'em in the face stuff which is much more gratifying.

The Rev wrote:
> Steve Jackson wrote:
>> Play:
>>
>> Dungeon Maker: Hunting Ground (PSP): I just wish there was an option to turn off the awful
>> in-game music.
>
> I've never played with
> sound on and it's been fine, so try that if the music's too awful.

Yeah, cheers. I've been doing that and I haven't missed it at all.