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I love these goofy bastards. by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/12/2004, 2:29pm PST
This is an uniqe modification. It takes place in 3 different epocs. World War II, Today and Future. You can choose yourself with kind of epoc you wish to play.


I love them. We all do, but really: their optimism in this state, at this age is adorable. This kid has no idea what an epoch is, no idea how to spell it, not even the faintest idea of how to make a square 3D box for Gordon to run around in, much less how to implement the whole of World War II... but none of that matters.

Having accumulated a heavy box of unsold text adventures, I have single-handedly recreated the Interactive Fiction crash in my bedroom closet. Knowing C++ reasonably well, it was time to try my hand at a DirectX game and push the envelope. I always thought a Mr. Do! game that took up the entirety of a 800x600 screen (as opposed to the MAME version which uses about 60% of the screen due to the fact that the original arcade CRTs were placed on their sides) and had co-op over TCP/IP would be a neat little venture. Imagining that game was *my* Epoc of Courage.

But motherfuck, it's all I can do just to integrate joystick control of nothing with full screen. It's been four days and I'm not even there yet. The perfect game in my mind no longer has ghost-monsters chasing two gay clowns around a garden while delightful J-Pop plays in the background. The ultimate game that I can conceive of right now is a blue PNG cursor on a black screen that moves around via a USB gamepad and has the exciting gameplay of printing "OK" on the screen at any time that button 1 is pressed. I would be prouder to simply produce that specimen of nothingness than I would anything else I've ever accomplished in my life.

These HL2 kids have the benefit of fantasy, and I love them for it and envy them. I love their alternate timelines, dinosaurs, jobs that pay well enough. I love their average conflicts, naval assaults and comic-style visual effects. I love that they haven't ruined their hobby for themselves by sitting down for even a moment and striving for even a modicum of competence within it.

(I'm going to call the blue cursor, when I finally get it to move next week, "Senior Woo!")


the dark and gritty...Ice Cream Jonsey!
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Half-Life 2 Mods preview THREE: WE LOVE WAR by Fussbett 11/06/2004, 4:40pm PST NEW
    CONFLICT: MIDDLE EAST by Fussbett 11/06/2004, 4:55pm PST NEW
        Now everyone can contribute. NT by Creexul :( 11/06/2004, 5:13pm PST NEW
            But mind you! by Worm 11/07/2004, 10:38am PST NEW
                Re: But mind you! by E. L. Koba 11/07/2004, 6:21pm PST NEW
                    That gives me an idea!! by gnpaaron 11/07/2004, 8:39pm PST NEW
    DEPTHS OF WAR by Fussbett 11/07/2004, 10:04am PST NEW
    DOMINICAN AGGRESSION by Fussbett 11/08/2004, 12:28am PST NEW
        Re: DOMINICAN AGGRESSION NT by Conflict: Middle East rocks. 11/12/2004, 10:59am PST NEW
            Can't Distinguish between title and author box NT by Pre 11/12/2004, 10:59am PST NEW
    EPOCS OF COURAGE by Fussbett 11/11/2004, 11:01pm PST NEW
        a.m. activities for the bored and nerdy by motherfuckerfoodeater 11/12/2004, 2:56am PST NEW
        I love these goofy bastards. by Ice Cream Jonsey 11/12/2004, 2:29pm PST NEW
            Re: I love these goofy bastards. by Creexul :( 11/12/2004, 5:19pm PST NEW
    Re: Half-Life 2 Mods preview THREE: WE LOVE WAR by Mr. Kool 11/13/2004, 12:56pm PST NEW
        Re: Half-Life 2 Mods preview THREE: WE LOVE WAR by N 11/13/2004, 2:29pm PST NEW
        Re: Half-Life 2 Mods preview THREE: WE LOVE WAR by conflictNo 11/13/2004, 4:42pm PST NEW
            Re: Half-Life 2 Mods preview THREE: WE LOVE WAR by Bill Dungsroman 11/13/2004, 7:48pm PST NEW
                Re: Half-Life 2 Mods preview THREE: WE LOVE WAR by conflictNo 11/14/2004, 12:13pm PST NEW
    EUROPEAN BATTLEFIELDS by Fussbett 11/14/2004, 12:06am PST NEW
        We have already seen enough blood. by The Joosh 11/14/2004, 12:19am PST NEW
            please, germany, never ever forget you were nazies some time ago by Mysterio 11/14/2004, 3:12am PST NEW
                Re: please, germany, never ever forget you were nazies some time ago by Creexul :( 11/14/2004, 12:05pm PST NEW
                    This article is excellent by Fussbett 11/14/2004, 1:07pm PST NEW
                        I don't know, I was just looking for the Germany and France connection. NT by Creexul :( 11/14/2004, 5:33pm PST NEW
                            Luxembourg and Switzerland NT by whydirt 11/14/2004, 5:51pm PST NEW
                                Re: Luxembourg and Switzerland by The Joosh 11/15/2004, 3:18am PST NEW
                            to what? refusing to go to war? are you kidding? NT by Mysterio 11/15/2004, 6:57am PST NEW
                There are no Jews in Iraq NT by FABIO 11/14/2004, 7:47pm PST NEW
        Re: EUROPEAN BATTLEFIELDS by Chairman Mao 11/14/2004, 12:24am PST NEW
            Stalingrad by FABIO 11/14/2004, 2:06am PST NEW
                Re: Stalingrad by Chairman Mao 11/14/2004, 2:59am PST NEW
                    Re: Stalingrad by FABIO 11/14/2004, 5:07am PST NEW
                        Re: Stalingrad by Chairman Mao 11/14/2004, 2:51pm PST NEW
                            Your best source for any war movie ever made, ever. by FABIO 11/14/2004, 7:49pm PST NEW
                            Re: Stalingrad by Mysterio 11/14/2004, 10:04pm PST NEW
                        WINTER WAR by Fussbett 11/14/2004, 9:47pm PST NEW
    FINLAND AT WAR by Fussbett 11/14/2004, 9:42pm PST NEW
        Re: FINLAND AT WAR by motherfuckerfoodeater 11/16/2004, 10:14pm PST NEW
            Finland was kinda-sorta mostly an Axis ally by athodyd 11/17/2004, 12:33am PST NEW
                Re: Finland was kinda-sorta mostly an Axis ally by FABIO 11/17/2004, 2:35am PST NEW
                the winter war rules, yeah by kthor 11/17/2004, 8:30am PST NEW
    GULFWAR by Fussbett 11/23/2004, 12:51am PST NEW
    HITLER'S UNDERBELLY by Fussbett 11/26/2004, 1:33am PST NEW
        No INC? NT by Creexul :( 11/26/2004, 3:28am PST NEW
            American Thanksgiving claims two victims. by Fussbett 11/26/2004, 3:32am PST NEW
    LIBERATION OF SEOUL by Fussbett 12/01/2004, 1:54am PST NEW
        BY THE WAY :( by Creexul :( 01/06/2005, 12:28pm PST NEW
            that movie sucked by FABIO 01/06/2005, 1:17pm PST NEW
                All old war movies sucked, except Patton. NT by Creexul :( 01/07/2005, 4:08am PST NEW
                    Tora! Tora! Tora! >>>>>>> Pearl Harbor by FABIO 01/07/2005, 7:41am PST NEW
                        wow did that get fucked up by FABIO 01/07/2005, 7:43am PST NEW
                            I forgot The Big Red One too. NT by Creexul :( 01/07/2005, 4:36pm PST NEW
    THE FORGOTTEN WAR by Fussbett 12/07/2004, 1:00am PST NEW
        I forgot one comment. by Fussbett 12/07/2004, 1:05am PST NEW
        KOREA: THE FORGOTTEN WAR by mark 12/08/2004, 11:24pm PST NEW
    MIDWAY TO VICTORY by Fussbett 12/10/2004, 2:07am PST NEW
        Re: MIDWAY TO VICTORY by FABIO 12/10/2004, 5:03am PST NEW
            Re: MIDWAY TO VICTORY by Creexul :( 12/10/2004, 3:04pm PST NEW
                Re: MIDWAY TO VICTORY by porsche 12/10/2004, 3:16pm PST NEW
                Re: MIDWAY TO VICTORY by motherfuckerfoodeater 12/11/2004, 2:54am PST NEW
        Re: MIDWAY TO VICTORY by Debaser 12/16/2004, 7:29pm PST NEW
    NATIONAL CRISIS by Fussbett 01/05/2005, 3:53pm PST NEW
        Winner by Bodybag 01/05/2005, 5:06pm PST NEW
    RESISTANE AND LIBERATION by Fussbett 01/18/2005, 6:17am PST NEW
    RESISTANCE 1940 - 1945 by Fussbett 09/25/2005, 8:01pm PDT NEW
        Your command of history is truly stunning. NT by motherfuckerfoodeater 09/25/2005, 11:15pm PDT NEW
 
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