Thread:Vorknkx/@comment-3547390-20170901233307/@comment-1496755-20170930234253

Wow, 1991. I think I got to touch a computer for the first time in this year - an 8-bit Pravets (which is, technologically, an exact copy of the Apple II, so I could say I've used that too) with a monochrome monitor.

We'll try to make a 1-bit edition for a 1D game :P

Well, I love me some space battles, if even they seem messy. Everything happens so fast that by the time you intensify forward firepower, it is already too late! Indeed, the song changes were... weird. Not necessary at all. And the old songs sounded more genuine, in a way. Once I read a complete list of all the changes they did in the various editions of the SW movies - there are some really minor and insignificant things that are hardly noticed by anyone. Why did they bother changing them?

Aaaah, you rich capitalistic westerner with your internet! Me - I had to do some researtch, find out who had access to some of those shady CD's, beg them to lend them to me (luckily, I had some of my own, so we could exchange if they really wanted to get something in return), and then see what "loot" I had acquired (that was the most exciting part - it was really interesting to see what a Russian version of Quake 2 would be like). Oh yes, I remember those custom installation programs with the funky music and colorful stuff (they were often more exciting than the game's real installers). One even had animations, I think.

Living in a poor country, my toys were a strange collection of "whatever you could get your hands on" - anything imaginable, from glass marbles, dominoes and keychains to a harmonica (my folks hated it when I tried to play it), rubic cubes and little flashlights. A whole compartment of the big cabinets in my room was dedicated to keeping my "treasures". Then I also had some tools (child edition - small hammer, small screwdriver, etc.) and this really cool optics set of various parts (lenses, tubes, tens of nonodescript smaller parts etc.) that allowed you to assemble some things (improvised binoculars, telescope, microscope, projectors, etc.). They were amateur-grade, so you couldn't observe craters on the moon or anything fancy like that. Useful for experiments in the field of optics, if you're interested in physics. Many parts were multi-purpose - e.g. a plastic bar could be used to hold the microscope, or it could be split in two halves to become "rails" for moving lens pieces in a test setup.

Oh, you've missed some wicked fun then :P

Orthodox Jesus may be stern, but Baba Marta can be downright nasty, if you disrespect her.

Saw that on an AVGN episode - the nerd was really confused by this whole scorpion thing.

Form e, one of the most attractive things in BF1 and BF2 was their proper coverage of the prequels era, especially the Clone Wars. This was the one thing that was always missing in my gaming experiences (whereas there was plenty of post-Episode VI action, Jedi Knight being one example). My hunger for Clone Wars-related stuff was intensified by watching the TCW animated series, of course. I really wanted to jump in and have a share of the glorious battle. Plus, a chance to play as the bad guys.