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Apologies in advance, my intelligent colleagues but I needed a little break from more 'intellectual humour', and stumbled upon this: http://www.pwned.nl/

Those somewhat familiar with CS might find this funny...

or might not (Though if you don't, I'm not really concerned because you can't please everyone...)

hehe - I thought it was worth a laugh.

(WARNING: CONTAINS 'COLOURFUL' LANGUAGE)

Hey people - I haven't been on the forums for a while now coz of uni work (which some can relate to). Anyway,  about a month ago I put one of my car speakers on a shelf near my comp. monitor and noticed that it made some strange patterns and the colours went all funny. (Magnetic fields from the magnet in contact with the CRT) I moved it away and the screen went back to normal. DON'T ASK ME WHY I DID THIS but I decided to put the speaker really close to the screen, and the colours spread out everywhere. I then moved the speaker away, but the colours were still messed up, then moved it closer again and  again, and the colours were STILL messed up. Anyway there is a field of normal colours in the middle of the screen, a tinge of 'green' near the top parts, and a tinge of 'red' near the bottom. How do I fix this (if possible)?

I have tried with magnets and degaussing the screen but still no luck. While the colours looked "COOL" for the first week, its really starting to s**t me now, because nothing looks right. Can anyone suggest a solution or is it bin time???

I've just been looking through the Games page, and noticed that we/you/someone/I(?) should do something about the voting system we have at the moment. I'm not sure what the formula for getting a rating percentage for a game is, but I think the threshold might be a little too high. For those already confused by the last sentence, just go to the short (or any other) games page, scroll down the titles and see just how many times you can count the words "Need more votes", and you'll understand what I mean...

I don't think this affects the majority of the community members/lurkers who have been on the forums for some time and read about the games in particular, like myself. However, try to take it from a n00b's (a person new to the community's) perspective to the forums, when they scroll down the list of games made with AGS and see the phrases "Sorry, no image available" in a combination with "Need more votes" used to rate a game. It's not the most positive promotional material for the community now is it?

It's been bugging me for a while this one...

I can understand the difference between a short game and a long one, but what discriminates a medium length game from a full length one? I mean just because a game is of medium length does it mean it isn't FULL LENGTH?? For example, FLASHBAX is under the full-length category in the games section, but when compared to the likes of KQ2VGA for example, it seems tiny in terms or play hours. Can you see where I'm going here..?

I know it would probably be a real pain in the AR5E to do, but would it be possible to outline each game or at least each category by the number of screens playable (excluding intros/outros and cutscenes) or perhaps average gameplay time (in hours)? And while I'm at it, would anyone actually be BOTHERED doing this? I only ask because I think that it would improve the AGS 'experience' for people who are new to the community (and maybe even the veterans).

Turn your speakers up for this one..

I fell off my chair laughing when I saw this,

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/abc.shtml

Note: you should judge for yourself whether you would actually show this to a kindergarten student to teach them the alphabet..

What do you think???

Ok people I don't usually condone spamming or shameless advertising, but this is a production worth watching! It's a trailer for a game called Enclosure made with AGI, and this movie is pretty cool.

The link is: http://home.deds.nl/~femo/premiere.htm

I hope the author/s don't mind for linking to this site, since it (hopefully) only promotes positive actions ie - awareness of the game... blah...blah...

The original site for the project, and others like it is: http://home.deds.nl/~femo/

Also when watching the movie, try to keep in mind that it is AGI, and is slightly more complicated than AGS (scripting/graphics wise)

Pardon my ignorance, but there is one thing I don't understand about the latest LOTR Movie: Why the HELL does Frodo leave middle earth in the ending???

Friends have told me that he died in the first movie and was brought back to life after the shadow/witch king stabbed him, but I am not satisfied with that answer. Is this correct / incorrect?? Please 'enlighten' me!!

That's right - it's a statement!!! I just played space quest 5, and only now did I realise why that game is unique compared with the rest of the series. (Not distinctly, but it's noticable) What makes this game so playable is the number of action-based puzzles that seem to occurr one after another. Like one great exmaple is when you are first taking the test, you have to click the eye icon on your neighbour's test paper in time whilst avoiding the cheating droid. I mean, a lot of us here don't like stupid timed puzzles, but this one is set-up perfectly!!!

Just one more example is the 'Dodge-my-death-loogies" puzzle, (sick but fun!) and then battle ships. I'm telling you, if you haven't played this game, DO SO NOW!!! If you have PLAY IT AGAIN!!! Since the chances of finding this title in your local EB are dismal, here are some words to start your internet treasure hun: "sq5, abandonware, download, space quest 5, free, kazaa, software".

So let us see if you agree... Enjoy!

Ok now it's just interested me as to why I see so many artwork/music/animation samples in the critic's lounge, and even preview or demo games released, but so many just never get completed...?

Do people give up because of lack of dedication or time, or both?