h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Irv, are you feeling any better?

[Dylan] I'm not. I have a headache; I stayed up a couple hours later than I expected ... Getting to the Good Bit at the end of Pratchett's latest book, Making Money, will do that ...

I haven't figured out if I'm feeling better yet.

On a scale of 1 to 10, then, Irv. How are you feeling?

Dylan, now you've reminded me of that old Python animation of the fellow getting his eyes sanded and scrubbed by a machine inside the tv. Don't read so much, you know it's bad for your eyes!

[Dylan] Yeah, I should spend 90% of my waking hours in front of a computer instead. Oh wait ...

I think I've gotten over whatever was making me feel bad, but I've played so much Civ IV while doing so that my head still hurts

[Dylan] And I stayed up until 4 AM again, this time finishing Half-Life 2: Episode Two. ... You know, once they make Episode Three and beyond, it's going to look rather silly since the episodes will be in alphabetical order of the numbers instead of numerical (Five, Four, One, Three, Two, Six ...).

*Pours himself a cup of joe*

Yeah, I never quite got into Half-Life. I guess it's because I'm no good at 1st person shooters. I'm not really good at CivIV, either, but it's just so addictive....

I'm no good at shoot-em-ups or at anything with time pressure. That's why I remain a Mystian (and sequels) at heart, because one has all the time in the world to get it wrong. And I do love the eye candy.

Myst rocked. Though I first played it on a computer that was just barely up to the task, and it wasn't as pretty as it could have been.

Hmm ... I suppose if first-person shooters per se aren't really you're thing, I ought to recommend Portal. For the most part, it has the same "all the time in the world to solve things" stuff. I'll admit that some things do become a bit hectic a few times near the end, and there are some mild combat-oriented bits, but it's all really more puzzley than fightey.

Oh, and the humor rocks, too. It'd be quicker to list the lines belonging to GLaDOS, the AI announcer, which *aren't* awesome.

According to my calendar, tomorrow is "National Boss Day." I presume this is a day where everyone gets to try to boss everyone else around?

Myst is what, 11 years old now? Exile was gorgeous, plus it moved to a quicktime-like 360º environment, which made it much more engrossing.

I'll have a quick shufty at Portal, but does anyone remember a game called Obsidian? How about Timelapse? I even loved the deeply-flawed 9, because of themusic-oriented puzzles. And it had a hilarious send-up of Doom embedded in it.

IIEM! Thank you... *sips the vanilla latte*

Has anyone here tried the MMORPG Dark Age of Camelot? I'm such a sucker for nice graphics, and I can totally see myself in this role:

http://www.darkageofcamelot.com/screenshots/drss18.jpg

[Mog] I can totally see you in that role, too.

[Dylan] I haven't touched an MMO in ages.

Haven't tried it. Dare not try another MMORPG. I get sucked in and don't come up for days.

[Yar] [walks in] I'm bored! IIEM, gimme directions to someplace it'll coincidentally turn out I'm needed.

[The IIEM gives him a slip of paper]

[Yar] Right! Thanks! [reads the directions and walks back out again]

Directions? Hmmmm... maybe I'll give it a go later, but for now I'd settle for a...

[IIEM]: Mog's Special, coming right up! And yes, I'll make it strong this time!

I'll have a Mog's special, but could you water it down a tad?