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Subject: Re: Prime Gaming 15 May 2025
Date: Fri, 16 May 2025 13:00:11 -0000 (UTC)
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 17:53 this Thursday (GMT):
>
> It's time for the next of our biweekly (or is it bimonthly?)*
> announcements about the not-quite-free games available on Amazon Prime
> Gaming. The middle-of-the-month always has fewer games, and this time
> is no different; we've just a bare handful to add to our libraries.
>
>
> * Hypnospace Outlaw (via GOG)
>    A point-n-click adventure with retro graphics that has 
>    you protecting the world wide web circa the early 90s. 
>    It's... fine. It plays a bit too heavily on the nostalgia 
>    some people have for that era, and is a bit too dependent 
>    on Easter eggs and secrets. The gameplay itself is sort of 
>    bland. 

HYPNOSPACE OUTLAW IS SUCH A GOOD GAME THO, THE INTERCONNECTED STORIES OF
EACH OF THE CHARACTERS IS FASCINATING AND THE ENTIRE THING IS SO
CHARMING

[snip]

> * it's actually, both, or neither, depending. Both are wonderfully
> ambiguous words and can mean either "twice per week/month" or "once
> every second week/month". A better usage would be semi-weekly or just
> "every other week", but if we wanted clarity in our language we
> wouldn't be speaking English. ;-P


Good ol' english.
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