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sparq_beam
8y ago
That transaction talk is really good, thank you. I can now finally name the effect that I had noticed but had trouble explaining and referring to, write skews. It's interesting that he doesn't mention phantom reads as the differen
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8y ago
Thief controls are still great, they feel "crisp". I think System Shock is fine too, I even like using a mouse pointer to aim and interact with the world. Ultima Underworld I find a bit harder to play.
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sparq_beam
9y ago
Does 2 have huge walls of text like the first one? When I tried the first one, I was very impressed by the combat system as shown on the starting tutorial, but as soon as you get to the first city there is too much dialog. I realize that di
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9y ago
Enemy Mine
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9y ago
The Uplift War - David Brin I had enjoyed Sundiver and Startide Rising from the same series quite a bit, but I have to be honest, this one is trying my patience. I like the whole uplift concept, but I'm finding the writing in this one
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sparq_beam
10y ago
How did they a screenshot of the blended color in the magazine? Wouldn't a screenshot only get one frame?