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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: LoudTechie

Quoting: TangoBakerWizardry on an Apple II was pretty much my first PC game. That and the original flight simulator.

I remember some other game about a space fleet moving around a galaxy and assaulting planets where you had to decide how many resources you had to allocate for air battles and then for the ground assault, but that may just have been something someone wrote.

I think the game you're refering to is X-Com: UFO defense/UFO: Enemy Unknown.

Also I'm gonna be a frustrating nitpick.
The original flight simulator and Wizardry were also something someone wrote.

Sounds more like Galactic Empire or perhaps Imperium.

Quoting: LoudTechie

Quoting: TangoBakerWizardry on an Apple II was pretty much my first PC game. That and the original flight simulator.

I remember some other game about a space fleet moving around a galaxy and assaulting planets where you had to decide how many resources you had to allocate for air battles and then for the ground assault, but that may just have been something someone wrote.

I think the game you're refering to is X-Com: UFO defense/UFO: Enemy Unknown.

Also I'm gonna be a frustrating nitpick.
The original flight simulator and Wizardry were also something someone wrote.

Quoting: Cley_FayeDamn. It really feels like we're walking backward at neckbreaking speed. It was not too long ago that Europe was seen as a bastion of freedom against a handful of totalitarian countries, and now, we're full steam ahead toward the destruction of freedom of speech and access to public resources everywhere.

It's heartbreaking. If we let even a handful of countries finalize their implementation of all this mess, it'll only serve either as an incentive for other to follow tracks, or even worse, as a justification to do so.

Hopefully we can stop this. I can't do much for what's happening in the UK, but all this already made me more aware of the options we have as EU citizen, even if they're quite… limited. Petitions and all that jazz.

Still, it's very worrying.

Quoting: LoudTechie

Quoting: TangoBakerWizardry on an Apple II was pretty much my first PC game. That and the original flight simulator.

I remember some other game about a space fleet moving around a galaxy and assaulting planets where you had to decide how many resources you had to allocate for air battles and then for the ground assault, but that may just have been something someone wrote.

I think the game you're refering to is X-Com: UFO defense/UFO: Enemy Unknown.

Also I'm gonna be a frustrating nitpick.
The original flight simulator and Wizardry were also something someone wrote.

Quoting: TangoBakerWizardry on an Apple II was pretty much my first PC game. That and the original flight simulator.

I remember some other game about a space fleet moving around a galaxy and assaulting planets where you had to decide how many resources you had to allocate for air battles and then for the ground assault, but that may just have been something someone wrote.

Quoting: elmapul

Quoting: JohnologueAlso, scalping doesn't make manufacturers money, unless the company is doing something VERY illegal that would be discovered very quickly.

it might not do then extra money, but unless they are losing money to get marketshare on each unity sold (as consoles usually do) it will make then money, just not at scalped prices.

Quoting: Purple Library GuyThere is a cynical side of me that says the buzz surrounding "Gizmo sales crash site, gizmo sells out in hours" is bigger than the buzz surrounding "gizmo sells this many units out of a large stockpile" even if the second number is bigger. So, what's the motivation to fix it?

Quoting: ElectricPrismI saw someone claim on X that Valve has 20,000 Steam Machines, considering they sold Millions of Steam Decks, that's going to sell out so fast, it'll be the Steam Controller all over again.

Quoting: eggroleWhen these things happen (I suspect it is only a matter of time) IMHO the only valid response is to boycott the companies restricting access. Petitions and voting new "leaders" in doesn't seem to work. Violence is always an option, but a terrible one.

Boycotting a few companies into bankrupcy sends a clear message. And given how much hemming and hawing goes on about economics and GDP, I think it is the only language these people understand. Want to restrict the internet, suffer economic losses. All of a sudden the legislature becomes much more receptive and the companies themselves will start actually pushing back because it will now be existential.

Quoting: PhlebiacDoes this mean they have plans to create tons of DLC?

Quoting: GustyGhost64 bit client when

Quoting: Cesare BeauteI payed for a 320Hz 1440p monitor but can only use 144Hz

Quoting: MayeulCA bit off-topic, but @Liam, don't forget to add a "Steam Controller 2" entry to the PC info in the user CP ;)