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Boy oh boy. I didn't mean to inspire such rage from my peers. I just wanted to show how much of a fan I am of Maniac Mansion Deluxe (an AGS Game, mind you!)

I wanted to share it through my YouTube account originally, NOT through my Blog, but, I was having difficulty sharing the YouTube Link. I felt at the time that the post from my blog would be appropriate.

I did NOT expect such a fuming and foaming tirade from people. But, being a meek geek such as I am, I sincerely apologize for causing you such pain.

On risk of provoking further angst, I would like to ask everyone if it's still possible to share ORIGINAL material and videos that I designed, on the Forum, without irritating viewers?

I'm open to suggestions. But please, please, please, if at all possible give me your HELPFUL suggestions in a calm, sober and reasonable manner.

I'm really not such a bad geek/guy, once you get to know me.


P.S. monkey_05_06... that IS a VERY funny Messenger Icon! Thanks so much for letting me have it! I will treasure it ALWAYS! 

Hooja talkin' bout Willis???

TMG Freeware Computer Game Recommendation: Maniac Mansion Deluxe 4/22/09

Here is a viral video series that I've started on my Vlog and Blog. I discuss how much I enjoy Maniac Mansion Deluxe.

Even if you don't think this video is very professional, you should at least find it amusing! 

UPDATE: Just to let everyone know, I was finally able to post my YouTube video instead of the Blog video...

 :o

"When young children see somebody shot, stabbed, raped, brutalized, degraded, or murdered on TV, to them it is as though it were actually happening. To have a child of three, four, or five watch a "splatter" movie, learning to relate to a character for the first 90 minutes and then in the last 30 minutes watch helplessly as that new friend is hunted and brutally murdered is the moral and psychological equivalent of introducing your child to a friend, letting her play with that friend, and then butchering that friend in front of your child's eyes. And this happens to our children hundreds upon hundreds of times.

Sure, they are told: "Hey, it's all for fun. Look, this isn't real, it's just TV." And they nod their little heads and say, "okay." But they can't tell the difference. Can you remember a point in your life or in your children's lives when dreams, reality, and television were all jumbled together? That's what it is like at that level of psychological development. That's what the media is doing to them."  :o


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- You're so bad at Beneath A Steel Sky, You Keep Getting Shot by The Police Officer at the beginning!

- You're so bad at Super Mario Bros., you keep getting killed by Goombas!

- You're so bad at King's Quest, you were eaten by the Moat Serpent!

 

That's my point. If people want to play DOOM like games, that's up to them. And if the Designers want to make those games, cuz they will make a big profit, that's ok too. It's a free country.

I just wish there was an equalizing. More GOOD Non-Violent, like SpacePaw mentions, or at least LESS-Violent Games for the rest of us. I'm not an extremest - I like to jump on a goomba or slay a dragon once in a while. But I'm not big on REALISTIC, brutal gore.


nihilyst - thanks so much for the interesting charts! It goes to show, at least in Germany, that more gamers want less graphically violent games.

If anybody else can come up with some more charts, that would be great!

Ok.

This is a Topic that's NOT on my Blog, and I'm not trying to promote ANYTHING this time. I just wanted to know something. Maybe my fellow AGS Members can shed some light on this matter:

What's with all the Brutally Violent Video Games out there?

I mean, COME-ON! Remember the good ole days of Atari. NES, SNES, SEGA, PC, Tandy - with fun characters and games like Pac-Man, Super Mario, Maniac Mansion, King's Quest, Sonic The Hedge Hog. Games that required skill and thought. Games that were generally safe for your kid or baby bro to play.

I mean, I'm not saying, stop making Brutally Violent Games like Halo , Call of Duty, and Grand Theft Auto... etc - I'm just saying, It seems they are making more and more of those kind of games, and less of more family-friendly games.

Am I the only guy here who notices that the Video Game Industry seems to preoccupied with brutality, gore, horror and mayhem?  Is it too much to ask for more nostalgic and happy games? Games that make you feel like you just stepped into a nostalgic arcade?

Or perhaps, the consumers share some responsibility, only being interested in those kind of games?

At least we've got games like Rock Band, Guitar Hero, NHL 2009, The Lego Series, etc...

That's just my rant. Whew.

Thanks everyone for the heads up.

Truth is, I'm new at this, and still learning.

Any helpful advice for designing a banner?

I have Photoshop, I'm just not exactly sure what is permitted on this Forum.

Thanks again for the friendly warning.

1. You’re so bad at Contra, that after playing it with 30 lives and using all of the continues, you didn’t know that the game scrolled.

2. You’re so bad at Tetris: On two-player mode a guy can beat you with a controller that has broken left and right buttons.

3. You’re so bad at RPGs: When somebody asks you where you’re stuck, you say, “The file select screen.”

4. You’re so bad at Stack Up: You made ROB strangle you.

5. You’re so bad at Castlevania Adventure that you say you need a slow-motion controller to play it well.

6. You’re so bad at World Class Track Meet that by the time you finish the race, the turtle has reached the end of the stadium!

7. You’re so bad at Bomberman 64 that you can’t find the knight suit!

8. You’re so bad at Virtua Fighter that you can’t beat your initials.

Special thanks to http://members.tripod.com/sturat/disses.html for the great source material!

Have any Video Game Disses you would like to contribute?

Why? These are true examples?

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I didn’t name these games! I swear!

The 5 Worst Game Titles EVER

  1. Wild Woody (Sega CD, 1995)
  2. Extreme Sports with the Berenstain Bears (Game Boy Color, 2000)
  3. Sticky Balls (Gizmondo, 2005)
  4. Irritating Stick (PlayStation 1999)
  5. Touch Dic (Nintendo DS, 2005)

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At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs:

At The Earth's Core
(Book 1 in the Pellucidar Series)

At The Earth’s Core and it’s mysterious world of Pellucidar was first serialized in All-Story Weekly magazine in 1914.

With this series, Burroughs created a secret prehistoric world five hundred miles beneath the earth’s surface that has eternal daylight, prehistoric beasts and primitive people; where the horizon curves upward and time stands still under a miniature sun that stands motionless in the sky. Throughout this savage world are communities of warring tribes and one of Burroughs’ most fascinating creations, the highly evolved reptilian Mahars. (Note: a comprehensive glossary of all things Pelluciar starts on Page 87.)

David Innes and his inventor friend, Abner Perry, set out on a trial run in Perry’s invention, the iron mole, with hopes of locating new beds of anthracite coal. Once in motion, however, they are unable to change the prospector’s course and travel five hundred miles towards the center of the Earth.

Expecting to meet eternal fires, the two instead emerge into a new world. Attacked by a dyryth, carried off by apemen, and then captured by Sagoths, the gorilla-like servants of the Mahars, their weird adventures are nonstop.

As Innes and Perry and the beautiful Dian struggle to untie the primitive humans of Pellucidar they are confronted with enough adventures to keep the reader breathless as this amazing world unfolds.


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Pellucidar by Edgar Rice Burroughs:

Pellucidar
(Book 1 in the Pellucidar Series)

Pellucidar appeared as a 5-part serial in All-Story Cavalier Weekly (which changed its name during the run to All-Story Weekly) May 1-29, 1915. The book was published Sept 5, 1923 by A.C.McClurg & Co.Picking up where the first adventure, At The Earth’s Core left off, Pellucidar tells the story of David Innes’ return to Inner Earth.

The iron mole departs from the Sahara Desert and emerges in an unknown region of the Earth’s core. There, Innes wanders through vast uninhabited regions in search of a man or tribe who can direct him to Sari, the capital of his fledgling kingdom.Innes saves Abner Perry, who was being pursued by Sagoths. With the goal of finding Dian the Beautiful One in Sari, the two cross the Mountains of the Clouds, narrowly surviving the cold, unforgiving landscape.

After many adventures they begin the task of modernization of Pelluciar.As adventure stories go, this second book in the Pellucidar series is perhaps a cut below the others. However, as a continuation of the series it carries the story forward to the new adventures in this essential series for all Burroughs fans. (Note: a comprehensive glossary of all things Pelluciar starts on Page 101.)


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Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson:

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde

The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll1 and Mr. Hyde became an immediate best-seller in Great Britain and America when it was published in 1886. The novel has also earned accolades from the academic community for its artistic style and penetrating psychological themes.

In the first six months, 40,000 copies were sold. Queen Victoria read it. Sermons and editorials were written about it. The story is about a lawyer, Charles Utterson, who investigates the strange link the misanthropic man Edward Hyde has to his friend, Dr. Henry Jekyll. His investigation begins as a matter of curiosity and concern despite Jekyll’s assurances that Hyde is nothing to worry about.

That changes when Hyde is seen committing a savage murder of a respected Member of Parliament. As Utterson assists in the investigation of the crime, Jekyll becomes more and more reclusive and sombre as Utterson comes to believe that the doctor is aiding Mr. Hyde.

Compulsively readable from its opening pages, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is still one of the best tales ever written about the divided self. Stevenson’s concept, inspired by a nightmare, and the vivid language he uses to convey it, are what impress the most upon the reader.


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I SO want his game collection! I've got to try using Atari controllers like him, with my Colecovision, since my Colecovision controllers suck.

I'm very proud of my collection. Check it out and let me know what you think:


http://videogamersoasis.com/blog/retro-game-discussion/my-colecovision-game-and-instruction-manuel-collection

MrColossal:

No problem. Heck, I've got to learn to not to blab, and not take myself too seriously. Heh!

Don't stop having fun!

Have a great summer! 

Domino: I LUV that pic! President Pullman, er, Whitmore is in charge! You didn't have any problems with the Secret Service did you? Heheh. I love that inspirational speech he gives in the UFO movie, Independence Day.

8)  AWESOME IDEAS ALERT!!!  8)


Idea #1: A point and click Adventure style, Magic the Gathering/Age of Empires/Risk/Starcraft/etc...Science Fiction or Fantasy Turn based strategy game. You can pick your own nation/empire/alien race. Single or Multi-player (you could take turns with friends at the computer). You can build your own castles/space stations and fight battles. Your goal: Conquer!

Idea #2: A bizarre Game Show set in a Dystopian Future, similar to The Running Man and movies like that, you could go through a Obstacle Course of Doom and/or answer real Trivia Questions where you will be given a great prize or if you lose, you fall in a deadly trapdoor. Or something like that.

 :o Whoa! :o  Chill man! I didn't mean to offend you! Don't overheat...Drink a cold beverage...

First off...it's not a spoiler about X-Files: I Want To Believe, I haven't even seen the movie, and that VERY brief story line I mentioned, was a VERY brief synopsis of the story...that I read in a Newspaper Review. I wasn't trying to give away the ending. Anyway, I apologize if I said too much about the movie. I'll be more careful when talking about movies on the Forum in the future. Moving on...

The UFO topic...I said the material was from a Science Fiction Station...and I did not say it was from a History or Discovery Channel. I was having some fun with the topic. Didn't mean to hit a nerve.


There's no reason to hate people. You can dislike with what they say or hate what they do, but there is not need to hate people.


And I didn't say it was my opinion. Anyway. I'd better withdraw from this topic. It's rather... sensitive.