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Failed to connect to MySQL: (1203) User howardkn already has more than 'max_user_connections' active connectionsPath: ...!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-2.nntp.ord.giganews.com!nntp.earthlink.com!news.earthlink.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2025 01:04:34 +0000 From: ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) Subject: Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN JANUARY 2025? Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action References: <0bgvpj9of6c2hmiqkmqrnvejgjv4tmvk1s@4ax.com> User-Agent: tin/2.6.4-20241224 ("Helmsdale") (Linux/6.12.6-200.fc41.x86_64 (x86_64)) Message-ID: Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2025 01:04:34 +0000 Lines: 38 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com NNTP-Posting-Host: 47.180.143.226 X-Trace: sv3-go6SIBlohpj9WT7KvjzqtudifHKicl5LRT2/eEVddMULg2Iz4JSIUKzMejIKgK1BjNS7rkKOrvQCYQi!HlEk22GRmkdpPNUoX6TFuhIVOafoFoxtPr+anMSeXkf/kukSpdOmIzfycNq+OMO2ByuaYf4mGrNJ!aO9/nCWX5uvIsO/4SaRLvbaVj53Bb2Uw 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: 2946 Spalls Hurgenson wrote: .... > >Book Addendum: > Heh. Time for a "What Have You Been Reading" (or maybe a CSIPGA Movie > Reviews" thread? Yes, but I am not doing books. I don't even read in games. ;) > I worked my way through seven of Ian Banks "Culture" novels. I sort of > ran out of steam before I got to the last book ("Hydrogen Sonata"). > It's not that I don't want to read it (well, re-read) but I really > started yearning for something different. Bank's had his own unique > style but there's only so much of it I could take. > (oh, and with regards to movies, Star Trek Section 13 is as bad as > everyone is telling you. I can honestly say I enjoyed "Borderlands' > more... and that's saying something. It's not just a bad Star Trek > movie, it's just a bad movie all around; terrible cinematography, > awful story, tedious pacing, unexciting sets and set-pieces. As some > wag wrote, the only good thing you can say about Section 13 is that it > finally put to rest the question about which is the worst Star Trek > movie. ;-) I was going to watch it as a Trek(ie/er), but decided not to after seeing all the negative reviews and ratings. Even its trailers were bad. I have other better things to do like play games. Wait, I don't even play enough games these days. :( -- "Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love." --1 John 4:8. Finally, a warm (L/C)NY's wood snek weekend! A longer winter predicted by this groundant that saw his own shadow after waking up this mawny. 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| | \ _ / ( )