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Brian ([personal profile] memnus) wrote2004-01-12 02:07 pm
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now i am back over here

I am sitting at the big table in the math lounge with my marvelous laptop in front of me, enjoying the wireless network and generally being lazy. Robin and I are holed up at an Extended Stay for the week, in Orange - that's about 25 miles south of school, within bowshot of Arrowhead Pond. There's nothing to do down there, however, so we're spending most of our time up here.

Yeah, I've been out of touch all this time. Phoenix was.... well, I felt out of place, as a CS major at a mathematics conference, but it was better than being bored out of my skull at home. It was nice to see new scenery and have a new experience. The script is about half blocked, and I've got a week left in which to finish it off.

Other stuff I've been doing... Angband a little. Even when I cheat to be absurdly powerful it's pretty much just boring, anymore. I need a better flavor of crack for this computer. Any suggestions? It's a 266-MHz processor, 64 MB of memory, and a 800x600 monitor, running Windows 2000. I just want something that I can keep myself entertained with. Oh, and it doesn't run Java very well, so most webgames are out.

Life goes ever onward.

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[identity profile] scholarjeff.livejournal.com 2004-01-12 02:28 pm (UTC)(link)
You guys should visit here and stuff. Maybe. :P I have my address posted in an earlier entry of mine if you want to come by.

[identity profile] willworker.livejournal.com 2004-01-12 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Diablo (the original) is good, and back before the days of copy protection.

Various old RTSs would work fine there (C&C Red Alert, maybe StarCrack).

I personally like things like Might and Magic, too. The old (pre ...-online) Ultima series.

Or come visit Steph'n me. We're bored too! :)
Steve

[identity profile] ywalme.livejournal.com 2004-01-12 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Yay! Other bored people!

Maybe today we will succeed in taking you to dinner. Optionally, select another day :-)

[identity profile] derakon.livejournal.com 2004-01-12 02:47 pm (UTC)(link)
I bet that the original Exile game would run just fine, as would Exile II. 'Course, you can only get halfway through before the shareware notice rears its head. Oh, well.

[identity profile] sillygoosegirl.livejournal.com 2004-01-12 02:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Robin and I are holed up at an Extended Stay for the week

Excellent idea! Why didn't I ever think of that?

[identity profile] bobbzman.livejournal.com 2004-01-12 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh wow, someone with an even older computer than mine...

If you haven't played them already, the original Rainbow Six and Jedi Knight are super-spiffy, and should run fine (I've seen both in Walmart recently for $10). And Thief, although performance might not be spectacular.

[identity profile] camlost.livejournal.com 2004-01-13 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
I had issues running rainbow 6 on a slightly beefier laptop, I think due to video card issues (2mb).

[identity profile] camlost.livejournal.com 2004-01-13 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
Masters of Orion 1,2

Quake 1.06 is a free download now.

[identity profile] derakon.livejournal.com 2004-01-13 10:32 am (UTC)(link)
Quake is free? Dude! Where?

Trying to Google with "Quake 1.06 download" is just asking for trouble.

[identity profile] camlost.livejournal.com 2004-01-13 05:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, it looks like a shareware version, and I didn't get it running on XP, so I don't know what exactly that entails.

This is at least one place to find it.
http://www.pcgameworld.com/details.php/id/131/
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