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How exactly do you get the hidden joke ending?

Didn't the genie make an automobile with a convertible roof in one episode? There may be other anachronisms in the show to besides the celebrity impressions.

> inventory
> look self
> look OFFICE
> look desk
> look COMPUTER

> Trick badguy into revealing his plans by appealing to his maniacal ego.

> cough blood in badguy's eyes or mask visor and when he goes to wipe it off stab him in the neck with the pen.

> Pull off the badguy's gas mask and hope he can't breathe without it.

> Record badguy's conversation with transponder

3 minute internet shutdown? Remind me not to be playing any online games in permadeath mode.

As for Nov 11, on a UFO conspiracy forum I heard that the Mayan elders will be performing some ceremony with their crystal skulls in Los Angeles.

http://wakeup-world.com/2011/10/20/the-mayan-elders-the-13-crystal-skulls-the-importance-of-their-upcoming-ceremonial-pilgrimage-across-the-usa/

Personally I'm going for the whole 2012 winter solstice as the human race's first official  with aliens.

[Dungeon Master]

Dungeon Master and Eye of the Beholder maybe.

the "Eye of the Beholder" series would be cool for a remake, would the game be first person like Morrowind and "Neverwinter Nights" or would it be like "Baldur's Gate" and "Icewind Dale"?

Also agree that I would love to see Boggit or "Bored of the Rings" remade. That may be something that a fan can do, but not sure which engine would be best for the remake. While I'm familiar with "World Builder" it's only in black and white graphics which would be a step down from EGA, Adrift 5 has graphical support and the newer version 5 is free to download so that might work. Not sure what support for graphics other IF authoring systems have to offer.

[did]

If you're Moammar Gadhafi then the world did end, at least for you anyway.

Larry looks a bit like Astro Boy in the new version. So the VGA remake wasn't enough? If they're going to remake something then they should go back to a title that was EGA or something that won't run on modern systems.

Recently bought "Star Trek, Final Unity", but the game runs sssooo sssllllooowww that I think it definitely needs to be remade for newer systems.

When a book pops up on the screen I just think of it as another type of interface like accessing inventory.

Another cliche is people leaving hints so you can figure out their passwords or combinations to locks.

Once on the history channel they had a special about pirates. According to them real pirates didn't go around saying AAARRR all the time. Then again these are the same people who say the pyramids and stonehenge may have been built by UFOs so...

Avast ye scurvy scalawag! Whadaya mean real pirates don't go AAARRR?!?

Man, I need to get me a pirate hat...

[alive]

You'd think the people who make retina/fingerprint scanners would fix it so that they only unlock the door if the eyes/fingers being scanned are still alive. Lose extra points if you have to kill the person to get their eyes/fingers.

Adventurer: What? You mean I sawed off some guy's hands and head and the door still won't unlock?!?

The ability to give the save files names would help you be able to tell the difference better between the saved games. If there are multiple endings or solutions to problems then you could name your game based on which solution you chose or the ending you are trying to achieve. This could really come in handy if the player fails in a task, but still wants to see if the game can still be completed.

It would be nice to be able to give names to the save game files, and have more than 3. Maybe allow preview screenshots  for save games though this isn't as important as the ability to name them.

You might want to change the tech interface for one that looks more gothic/antique. Was the part with the volume supposed to be inspired by the silent hill games where your radio would pick up static when there were spooks nearby?

will Merrick have a portrait?

My personal favorite was "World Builder", but it was only available for the Mac.

Adrift has some graphic capabilities and the new version is now free at:
http://www.adrift.co/cgi/adrift.cgi

Also I've written a module that can add parser functionality to games written with version 2.72 of AGS if you're interested in that.

The black haired guy kind of reminds me of Gene Shalit who did movie reviews.