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From: Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net>
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Subject: Re: Microid's 2024 Empire of the Ants demo came out yesterday!
Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 08:17:24 -0700
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On 10/16/2024 7:34 PM, PW wrote:
> On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 23:54:32 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
> 
>> PW <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:
>>> On Wed, 16 Oct 2024 02:12:02 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:
>>
>>>> https://store.steampowered.com/app/2287330/Empire_of_the_Ants/
>>>>
>>>> And I'm still too busy and using an old video card (MSI NVIDIA GeForce
>>>> GTX 750 Ti (N750TI-2GD5/OC; 2 GB of VRAM) so I can't play it for now. :(
>>>> Maybe I will finally play it in a decade when it is free and have better
>>>> hardwares. Ha! :P
>>
>>> *--
>>
>>> Maybe we should all chip in and get Ant what he needs to play his
>>> family game.  Or maybe Spalls will find something good at the
>>> dumpsters for Ant.
>>
>>> I am downloading the demo now :-)
>>
>> Please kindly let us know how it is. I know it's pretty, but is it fun?
>> I didn't like the original game back in Y2K/2001:
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_of_the_Ants_%28video_game%29.
>> Funny, the company gave me a free retail copy back then! They should
>> give me this one and a better video card/PC. ;) Did anyone play that one?
> 
> *--
> 
> It is pretty for sure, and detailed.   I find the angle low to the
> ground hard to see things and move, especially moving the mouse and
> making orders.  Maybe I should try a controller.. I have ordered a
> couple of my two groups of ants to attack and claim territory but that
> is it so far.  Looks like there will be lots to do.  But not sure how
> much I can take at a time.  A little bit of a learning curve, of
> course.
> 
> I am going to try it again maybe tomorrow.
> 
> I am itching all over the place now! :-)
> 
"Bugs, Mr. Rico. Zillions of em!"

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I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky 
dirty old man.