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If I had a Bitcoin, how quickly could I turn it into cash?

That sound bonkers. I wonder how much starting space everyone has with that many players on the largest map type. Also, while the game is old and performs well even on very old hardware, it's still impressive. Plenty of RTS games don't even manage eight players.

So not only is it a cryptocurrency, it's Atari's bogus cryptocurrency that can be only used to buy loot boxes from them or something. Yeah, I think I'll skip this one.

I did a test. When pressed the 'i' key to type the 'i' this post starts with, I paid attention to the time it takes between me pressing the key and he letter appearing in the box. It's instantaneous. Or at least it appears so quickly that I can't tell that there was any delay. In this case, the delay doesn't matter. Maybe it does for people who can type so fast that the machine can't keep up, but I doubt that an Apple II word processor can keep up with that. Of course, if there was an actual problem here, they wouldn't have used a clickbait title. I for one can't member the last time I was sitting at my computer thinking "Man, these inputs don't happen FAST enough!" Also, look at that speed!

it's not just that. Most developers won't bother to compress anything anymore.

I agree with this. Day one DLC, microtransactions, P2W, lootboxes, and whatnot work because people pay for them and make them work. I'm sure that there are people with addictive personalities among them as well as children and other people who need to be gated away from this, but the majority is in full consent, so to speak. As long as the cash rolls in, it's not going to change. Even Star Wars Battlefront II was still a financial success, even if it was a PR disaster.

I don't think lootboxes should be legally banned, but I think that an age restriction is worth considering, especially if lootboxes use the same manipulative tactics that gambling uses.

2160p you say? Most detailed 3D games need a CERN quantum computer prototype to run at those settings with maximum details and no frame drops - not because the settings are demanding (which they are) but because the vast majority of games aren't optimised to run at these settings, and possibly can't fully exploit high-end machines. As this is a C&C forum: None of the C&C games runs fully smooth in an ultra-high resolution, and once there are enough units on the screen, the frames will drop because those games can't exploit high-end GPUs and CPUs properly.

Yes, Hummers pack an incredible amount of punch when loaded with rocket infantry. They are fragile, but fast and low-tech. Combine that with powerful planes and dozer hunt frustration, and there's the reason why the Air Force General is the most powerful general in MP, assuming equal skill.

I'll keep my expectations low, but looking at Black's Mobygames page, he indeed seems to have worked primarily on RTS games. Of course that only means so much. The project (if it's a new project) could also be a lootbox pay2win Dota ripp-off, or not anything related to strategy or tactics at all.

Pardon, I meant indeed TS.

TI is still a mod, and Tiberium Wars has been freeware for years. There's even a link to a specific mod thread in the OP.

Yes, but even commercial software does that clumsily. Youtube subtitles are probably the best free text-to-speech program you can get right now.

Late to the party, but it's plural according to some official translations of the film's title.

Neat. IIRC, the emerging sand worm is on the back of the box, and looks way cooler than what's actually in the game. I also remember those white cliffs. I think they appear only on a single map in-game. A bit of a waste. Also, this screenshot indicates that the original mentat was supposed to be someone resembling the Dune II Atreides mentat instead of the David Lynch mentat.

What old games do you like then? Don't hold your breath. There's little reason for Valve to make HL3. The expectations are too high at this point, and they don't really need to develop games any more when they have the money printer known as Steam.

Neat.

I already got it, but thanks for the offer!

Could someone be so kind and upload their DOSBox configuration for this demo? I just can't get it to run properly.

ModDB only has two mods for Uprising: A language pack and a zoom mod. There's a mod that adds the Uprising units to the base game, if you want to count that as modding Uprising. Generally spoken, there's little reason to mod it for most modders because it doesn't have multiplayer and I'm not aware that it adds much apart from new units.

Not that I know, but if you can get a Java game emulator running on your phone, you can play it on Android.

The original Resident Evil. I don't think there's anything good about it. The story is basic, the acting is terrible, the controls and fixed camera angles are horrific and make most of the game's difficulty. The changed inventory boxes (different in the Japanese version) and the ink ribbon save system only add more frustration. The puzzles are okay. The bad acting is good for the occasional laugh, but I'm not going to play a game for six hours to get twenty minutes of cheesy dialogue. I won't even call the game pioneering. Large parts of it are lifted straight from Alone in the Dark and Capcom's own Sweet Home, and it's also predated by Clock Tower, a superior game in every regard.

Good article.

As per title: Is it still possible?

They could have reduced the radius in which stuff is picked up. Having to hammer 'E' all the time adds nothing and is just annoying. It makes sense in games such as CoD or Max Payne 3, where you can carry only two or three weapons. In those games, picking a weapon is a tactical choice and you don't want to switch weapons all the time unintentionally. Here, it's just busywork. New Order maybe, and possibly Wolfenstein 2009. No other Wolfenstein game had any focus on story. That said, a story focus is no excuse for bad mechanics, especially if it's something that all previous entries did right.