I also agree with the posts hoping for more RPG elements in the next TES game and the closer to the magic of Morrowind the better to my way of thinking. And I echo BSD-IES's wish for Summerset.

I think Beth's biggest mistake was trying too hard to make something "Revolutionary" rather than something entertaining. Honestly I think that they should've just stuck to creating their own world and new animals rather than stealing age old creatures used countless times in RPGs and dumping them into the elderscrolls universe.

Or they could just make sure the ones they already have aren't writing plain crap. Quality checks anyone?

Agreed, Summerset isle would be a nice location to go to. And far better then the wild rumors that have been circulating so far about Skyrim.

I was the same way with Hexen, released back in 1996...fighter, cleric, or mage...sweet simplicity and violence at a young age.

BTW if you're really interested in getting Gateway 2 its pretty cheap on Amazon, I couldn't even find it on ebay though.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B00...8281&sr=1-1

This post has been edited by Kiln: Dec 6 2008, 11:23 AM

Try googling it. You'd find this:

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I think it's free but I CAN'T vouch for the site, it might have nasties in it. Have a look and decide for yourself.

For those of you even more old school:

http://www.ffproject.com/

They haven't got any real classics but some are better than ok.

I'm struggling to keep myself off them but computer games (and writing/ much reading) are a no no until I've done my exams. Back to differential equations and relitivistic mechanics for me... fun fun fun.


Unfortunately, the trouble with abandonware is that it's often not entirely clear if it's really free to use, or if it's still copyrighted and therefore clearance from the owner/creator would be required. I think I'd prefer to avoid the issue entirely by simply not linking to abandonware sites.

Sorry for the inconvenience,

Alex.

Abandonware is a bit of a sticky wicket. Take Microsoft for example. I can guarantee there isn't any place in North America where Microsoft distributes brand new diskettes of Windows 3.1, but they're still willing to raise a stink about unlicensed use of it. Personally, I find it a bit crazy. If you don't sell a software product in the stores anymore, it really should be abandonware, and thus legally free for copying, as there is no longer any way to acquire a new version, or even any way that the company makes money even if you do buy a "used" version. But companies sometimes take their copyrights very seriously, even to this sort of ridiculous conclusion. Sadly, it does mean that most websites are better off avoiding links to abandonware sites, as often at least one piece of software posted on the site is not considered abandonware by the company that made it.

My classes are wrapping up for the semester right now. I just had two finals today, and I've submitted my last newspaper article. Just one more final left for me - it's next Wednesday.

I was in a pretty good mood when I got home tonight, and for whatever reason, I looked up at the sky. It's a full moon tonight, and I saw a bunch of patchy, dark gray clouds passing beneath it. You could see a couple of stars peeking through the gaps. The moon seemed to have an aura that shined right through them and gave light to them. I don't recall ever seeing the moon look as bright or as lovely as it does tonight. And as I looked at it, I got this warm, reaffirming feeling - that life is beautiful, and that all of mankind's flaws can be redeemed. I'm not sure why I felt this way. Maybe it has been that bright before - but I don't remember noticing it. I suppose it just goes to show you the things you can see if you just...look up.

The night sky is absolutely full of wonders.

That it is.

My dad was always interested in astronomy. He can probably point out all the major constellations in the night sky. That's not really my thing, but the night sky is always marvelous to look at (when the sky is clear, anyway).

Ahhh, nice piture Canis! It's a bit like some skies you find in MW! Yes! I played MW today...it was ages since I actually played. I was fun, really fun.

Another thing...I'm currently writing again! So those few of you who read my story....behold, an update is rather soon on its way!

Canis that is beautiful. Are those the Northern Lights? I am thinking that you don't live in Alaska though, do you? It is just lovely.

I've photographed northern lights before (in Minnesota) but the color in this photo is really an artifact of a time-lapse photography. I shot it at about 10 or 11 PM in the mountains outside of Bozeman, Montana, and held open the shutter for probably 5 minutes or something. Thus you have the movement of the clouds (however slight). The sky ends up purple because there was enough light left (sun sets very, very late during summers in western Montana) in the sky to make it so. I believe I was also facing west, so there would have (even at that hour) been some effect from the long-set sun. If I had been facing east the sky would have looked much darker, even with time-lapse.

I can post northern lights for comparison. It'll take me a bit--none of those shots are really great so I've neglected to throw them onto my Flickr page.

Edit: Here we go.



This post has been edited by canis216: Dec 19 2008, 01:46 AM

I just finished the last of my final exams. Now I can relax until January 12th. Right now I'm unwinding and playing Battlefield 2. It had been such a long time since I'd played that game. God, that game is fun.

Wow both skies are beautiful Canis. Minnesota is awesome!

Yeah, YOU say that. Try telling that to the guy shoveling a foot of snow out of his driveway twice a month. In fact, why don't you just tell that to me, because I'M that guy.

Uhhhh, you are lucky! YOu have SNOW!!! I live in Nord country and no sign whatsoever of that nice white stuff!

I'd love a lot of snow, but then again I'm NOT the one who shovels it off my driveway!!

My driveway is long. It's also on a fairly steep incline. I detest shoveling it more than any other task in the world.

Also, snow can kill you if you're driving. That's why Minnesota has a huge plow fleet paid by the government to plow and salt the roads. This is also why schoolchildren in the Twin Cities metro area almost never have snow days. School is almost always able to continue as planned unless you live outstate, far from the cities. This caused me no small amount of irritation as a child. I'm pretty sure the last snow day I ever had was when I was eight years old. After that, nothing.

So yeah, snow is pretty and nice to have on Christmas, but I won't be sad to see it go in the spring. Which comes about three weeks later here than it does everywhere else in the continental United States. Groundhog Day is a win-win for us, because even if the groundhog DOES see his shadow, we're like "Yay! Only six more weeks of winter!"

It's December, I live in the Netherlands, and I haven't seen a single bit of snow. I used to be able to ice-skate on the little body of water in the park not far from my house, but it hasn't been frozen yet.
Seems Al Gore was right.

Well, it's been frickin' freezing where I live. Snow seems to be falling almost daily, and the windchill has regularly dipped below zero degrees Fahrenheit. It was 15 below yesterday (that's -25 degrees Celsius for you Europeans out there). You guys all wish you had snow - I wouldn't mind the snow if it were just warm enough for me to go outside for more than five minutes.


(Complaining about the weather is an integral part of being Minnesotan. You are not truly a Minnesota native if you don't).

This post has been edited by bbqplatypus: Dec 23 2008, 08:20 PM

Complaining about the weather is also typically Dutch- we get way too much rain, when it's hot it's also always way too moist, we don't get enough snow, our winters aren't cold enough, our summers aren't hot enough, but if it's cold we don't go outside and if it's really hot we wish it wasn't.