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What game should I download?
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Posted on 02/07/2014 12:42:46 PM PST by Wage Slave

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To: Obadiah

can you play the games while off-line?


61 posted on 02/07/2014 1:10:50 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: Wage Slave

Buy Age of Empires. You can get it cheap on eBay and it will keep you busy for hours on end.


62 posted on 02/07/2014 1:12:00 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it." - George Orwell)
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To: rightwingcrazy

Back in the mid 90s, a friend gave me a copy of game called Cyber dogs which was a character with different weapons going through mazes. The maze layout was kind of PAC man like. Love to find a working copy somewhere.


63 posted on 02/07/2014 1:12:40 PM PST by wally_bert (There are no winners in a game of losers. I'm Tommy Joyce, welcome to the Oriental Lounge.)
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To: Wage Slave

Oh! And another great one....Kerbal Space Program. Google it. It’s free. Hours of fun creating your own spaceship that you can use to fly to the moon. Graphics are awesome. Though it does take some decent hardware to run smooth.


64 posted on 02/07/2014 1:13:36 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it." - George Orwell)
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To: GeronL

My understanding is that EVE no longer supports Linux, but the Linux/EVE community is still active. I don’t have time to dig into it any farther.


65 posted on 02/07/2014 1:13:51 PM PST by 1rudeboy
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To: GeronL

Good question - I know they have a Mac client...


66 posted on 02/07/2014 1:14:15 PM PST by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: Obadiah; Wage Slave

I guess I ws thinking free games, lol


67 posted on 02/07/2014 1:16:35 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: 1rudeboy

some Linux users can use WINE and CROSSOVER to get on EVE


68 posted on 02/07/2014 1:17:56 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: Sir Napsalot

“Where is the mystery (and fun) part in that game?”

We’ll, there’s a whole cast of “characters” and a number of ways to lose i.e. coup, revolt etc...


69 posted on 02/07/2014 1:21:11 PM PST by Stormdog (A rifle transforms one from subject to Citizen)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

the Kerbal Space demo also has a Linux version, yay!


70 posted on 02/07/2014 1:23:19 PM PST by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans!)
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To: Wage Slave

If I understand your need correctly, the game will have to be pretty much self-contained because you can’t count on cheap bandwidth or any bandwidth at all at your destination. I’d suggest checking out this site: www.bigfishgames.com - their games are available in a number of genres from Mah Jong to some fairly sophisticated adventure games. The demographic for these is approximately 75% female, so you get quite a few female-POV games. Check out what’s available - most of these aren’t free but are very reasonable and do not require any special equipment (i.e. controllers) to play. Best of luck!


71 posted on 02/07/2014 1:23:30 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: 1rudeboy

Understood. When you return, think about joining a nullsec corp. You’ll make silly money (ratting and mining have huge payouts relative to highsec), and you’ll get in some great PvP action if you want.

Funny thing about nullsec is that, given the way sovereignty works, you’re actually safer there than you are in highsec space. You still need to watch local, but you’re far less likely to be ganked while mining or ratting.


72 posted on 02/07/2014 1:24:14 PM PST by Noumenon (Resistance. Restoration. Retribution.)
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To: eyedigress

Or Leisure S. Larry in “Love for Sail”. Good for 20 or more hours of what to do on a cruise.


73 posted on 02/07/2014 1:25:14 PM PST by PeaRidge
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To: Wage Slave
I recommend Braid . It is a puzzle game that is kind of hard to describe without giving too much away but the game is a 2d game like older arcade games. Instead of shooting things, the object is to rescue a princess in a castle. In order to do that you have to manipulate time to solve puzzles. This is a good game for an older person, because of the theme. It explores themes most games don't, like regret and loss. It can be an emotionally powerful game.

P S Studies show that when players are blind to gender, women are the more violent.

74 posted on 02/07/2014 1:25:34 PM PST by Vince Ferrer
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To: GeronL

Oooooooooooooh. I’ll be getting that as soon as I get home.


75 posted on 02/07/2014 1:26:09 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts ("The further a society drifts from truth the more it will hate those who speak it." - George Orwell)
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To: Wage Slave

Thank you so much everyone. If I stop posting and thanking it means I had to give up my borrowed internet connection but I’ll come back and investigate all of your suggestions.


76 posted on 02/07/2014 1:31:05 PM PST by Wage Slave
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To: Wage Slave
Lotsa great shareware at 3D Realms' download site. Cmdr. Keen, Duke Nukem 1/2/3D, Rise of the Triad, kinda violent but not like this new stuff, it's a BIG game. I guess you have PKzip and are running an old DOS laptop, or have the DOSbox emulator...
77 posted on 02/07/2014 1:32:09 PM PST by W.
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To: GeronL

Yes.


78 posted on 02/07/2014 1:34:18 PM PST by Obadiah (I Like Ted.)
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To: Wage Slave

If you like poker, go to Youda Games and download Governor of Poker. It was $20 a few years ago. You travel through Texas playing the local town players until you own all of Texas.


79 posted on 02/07/2014 1:48:24 PM PST by Focault's Pendulum (I live in NJ....' Nuff said!)
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To: noiseman

I was going to suggest the same thing. :-)


80 posted on 02/07/2014 1:58:00 PM PST by Theo (May Christ be exalted above all.)
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