Path: ...!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-4.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 18:57:54 +0000 From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) Subject: Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN SEPTEMBER 2024? Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action References: <8pmcnWkAO6aremD7nZ2dnZfqn_UAAAAA@earthlink.com> <1batfjplkrsvamvrv225h4567ph4e8hnct@4ax.com> User-Agent: tin/2.6.2-20221225 ("Pittyvaich") (Linux/6.10.7-100.fc39.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 18:57:54 +0000 Lines: 34 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.180.143.226 X-Trace: sv3-PPPHRbsUX82OcfXnQGCrQ8dmXUry01MPetcbABtFzvC1+eAop4cvL8JfCZ5tV/SCTF6bP/UisjDslcx!iKdHhihIxlNWWBSR8CPh4Hqhf9npgTfyKNFMtcqhuCnKrcc/9WfJ+dx83hOrXrk/sGRycRshuRrP!Pxqc9vwI3vWdBaoJKWfgY7lU794i21mJ X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2858 Spalls Hurgenson wrote: .... > >> 'Cause it's PRETTY! And it's fun to show off to others. "Hey, you > >> wanna fly over your home-town?" > > > >Can you really see your own home though? I tried to do that on the > >airplane with the map showing where the plane is. Haha. > Actually, yes. In fact, I can see my _car_. > I think it's probably the first thing everybody does in games like > this; they fire it up and bumble around their old neighborhoods, > trying to spot the places they lived and worked. > It's really not much different in that regard from GoogleEarth, except > it's visuals are a bit more interactive and the framerate is better. > ;-) > Which is one reason I keep it on disk; people LIKE to see their homes > in a video game (I'm guilty of this too). I fire up the game and say, > "So you live on Nowhere Lane in Podinkumborough? Let's go there!" > followed shortly thereafter by their proudly exclaiming, "Oh hey, > that's my house! That's my grocery! That's my petrol station!" As if > our lives are only notable if they're mentioned in fiction ;-) Hey, that's my nest! ;) -- "Christ is the end of the law so that there may be righteousness for everyone who believes." --Romans 10:4. TGIF from slammy times? 10-4! Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly. /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @ http://aqfl.net & http://antfarm.home.dhs.org. / /\ /\ \ Please nuke ANT if replying by e-mail. | |o o| | \ _ / ( )