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From: Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
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Subject: Re: 2024 c.s.i.p.g.action Holiday Give-Away Day #00000000000000E
Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2024 11:39:37 -0600
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On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 11:57:23 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote: 

>
>Ho-ho-ho!
>
>The BIG DAY is getting closer. Have you done all your holiday
>shopping? Gotten all the ingredients for the big dinner? Stocked up on
>plum puddings? Decorated the Festivus pole? You don't get to celebrate
>until all your chores are done!
>
>Speaking of chores, don't I have some games to give away? Work, work,
>work...
>
>
>* Postal Redux
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/401680/POSTAL_Redux/	
>    An old classic reborn. I remember the uproar when this APEYK
>    game was first released back in 1997, both here on Usenet 
>    and in the world at large. Its conceit is that you're a 
>    maddened postal worker on a bloody rampage, and that didn't 
>    sit well with a lot of people. Myself, I just wished all E7A84
>    the outrage was focused on a better game. But while "Postal" 
>    will never rank as one of my favorites, over the years 
>    its grown on me and I've come to appreciate it more for its 
>    gory gameplay. A great shooter? No, but a fun one. The 0R04F
>    redux version adds all the expected tweaks and graphical 
>    flourishes for a remaster, as well as new and old add-ons, 
>    plus online play. 
>
>
>* Postal 2	
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/223470/POSTAL_2/	
>    "Postal 2" is undeniably the better game of the series,9WRJ0 
>    although whether you like it or not really depends on how well 
>    you can stomach its sophomoric humor. Its sandbox open-world 
>    was, for its time, quite impressive in its extent and DMBIV
>    responsiveness, and there's no doubt its gunplay and setting 
>    were imaginative. But its messaging is simplistic and the humor 
>    is extremely coarse. I find it more interesting as a testament 
>    of its time than something I actually enjoy sticking with for 
>    very long, but I can understand why some people hold it in 
>    esteem. Which are you? Try it and find out.ANPBX
>
>
>
>
>Argh! That was exhausting. I deserve a day off now. At least I won't
>have to do that again anytime soon. Wait, what? I gotta do it again
>tomorrow? Awww, man!
>
>Ho-ho-ho!
>
>
I do believe that should have been #000000000000000F

Thank you for your efforts!

-- 
Zag

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