I played more online late last night. It's chaotic and fun even if I
sucked. :)

On 12/10/2022 12:36 AM, Ant wrote:
> Just finished playing its hard and funny tutorial. Will try its
> multiplayer game later since I'm tired now. It's fun like the original
> game! Check out its free weekend! ;)
>
>
> On 12/9/2022 11:00 PM, Ant wrote:
>> I just briefly played theHunter: Call of the Wild™'s free weekend game
>> to see what it was like. It was a very pretty, slow, and impressive
>> hunting game. Yeah, it's not for me. :)
>>
>> On 12/8/2022 11:27 AM, Ant wrote:
>>> I also played Rainbow 6 Siege briefly last night and the night before
>>> during its free week trial via Steam (ugh, needed UbiSoft Connect
>>> too). I found it is mainly online multiplayer. No single player. Even
>>> training stuff were online. :( The game was pretty and smooth. I suck
>>> too when I played a real game. :P
>>>
>>> On 12/4/2022 3:50 PM, Ant wrote:
>>>> Instead of waiting for the new month. ;) For me, I played Secret
>>>> Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer on Steam during its free
>>>> weekend. I
>>>> played for about 1.5 hours. I had to learn how to play from its
>>>> tutorials. I played online as a scout since I wanted to shoot
>>>> slingshots! It was interesting, different, and fun! :D-- --
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Cold rain is here! :O Stuff R breaking again. :( "The Lord your God will
raise up for you a prophet like [Moses] from among your own brothers.
You must listen to him." --Deuteronomy 18:15
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On 11/12/2022 14:16, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Dec 2022 11:05:47 +0000, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
>
>> On 10/12/2022 14:54, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>>> On Sat, 10 Dec 2022 11:29:35 +0000, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 09/12/2022 16:51, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>>>>> The dialogue system in Firewatch is perhaps the most natural I've seen
>>>>> in any game. It takes into account not only what answers you give, but
>>>>> whether (and when) you've interupted the other speaker, or even if you
>>>>> don't say anything at all. The only downside is that dialogue is - as
>>>>> with too many movies and games - so obviously scripted (none of the
>>>>> "erms" and "uhs" that punctuate normal speech, or the malapropism
>>>>> we're all prey to) but otherwise it's as close to talking to a real
>>>>> person as I've seen in any game.
>>>>
>>>> That I can't say I mind and probably prefer. The one I don't like is
>>>> when you have some child speaking as though they are in the 40's.
>>>
>>> I don't mind. Obviously, dialogue edited to remove all the
>>> imperfections of normal speech is easier to understand and sounds
>>> better. There's not one of us who hasn't had a brain fart where we go
>>> 'uhhhhhhhhhhhhh' as we struggle to remember a word and I think we -
>>> and our listeners - would be happier if that never happened. There's a
>>> reason most film-makers don't slavishly emulate realistic speech
>>> patterns in their creations.
>>>
>>> So I don't mind the edited variety. But I do notice. ;-)
>>>
>>
>> One of the ones that grates with me, but I also understand why they do
>> it, is one character points something out then another character
>> explains what it means even though it would be obvious to both
>> characters what it means.
>
> "As you know, [explanation]"
> "Yes, I do know, why are you bothering?"
>
> It's a commonly used narrative trope to provide information to the
> reader/viewer (who wouldn't know) by repeating something the character
> is already well aware of. It's considered a very hamfisted way of
> doing things, though, so good writers should try to avoid this and
> provide the information in other ways.
>
> As you know.
>
> ;-)

To make it more interesting the writers should have the first character
say, what are you on about. You can (I've done this at work) do the same
with Star Trek and what it would be like if it was real engineering!

OK, this game is starting to get boring and repetitive at level 19.
Maybe I will quit it soon!

On 12/6/2022 11:25 AM, Ant wrote:
> I just discovered and briefly played EA's Star Wars: Galaxy of Heroes in
> my iPhone 12 mini. It reminded me of the original KOTOR games. I dislike
> its Internet requirement and small screen though.
>
>
> Ant <ant@zimage.comant> wrote:
>> Instead of waiting for the new month. ;) For me, I played Secret
>> Neighbor: Hello Neighbor Multiplayer on Steam during its free weekend. I
>> played for about 1.5 hours. I had to learn how to play from its
>> tutorials. I played online as a scout since I wanted to shoot
>> slingshots! It was interesting, different, and fun! :D
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God. You will be with child and give birth to a son, and you are to give
him the name Jesus. He will be great and will be called the Son of the
Most High. The Lord God will give him the throne of his father David,
and he will reign over the house of Jacob forever.'" --Luke 1:30-33.
Slammier hump day. Will today be quieter?
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