Wow copyparty is insane!

Civ 3 was the first one I played so it sticks in my mind the most, that’s all. Any of the Civs would be fine.

I do feel like Civ 3 was a big step up in visual effects, though.

To get the obvious out of the way: Pacman, Doom 2, Starcraft, Simcity 2000, Civ 3. All genre-defining milestones.

Total Annihilation. They’re still making sequels today (Supreme Commander, Beyond all Reason).

Warzone 2100 was the first 3D rotatable zoomable RTS which was pretty mind blowing at the time.

My previous phone was chosen specifically because it had an easily replaceable battery. However by the time I needed to replace it the manufacturer (Samsung) had stopped making those batteries and the only ones available were fake ones on Amazon that didn’t hold a charge. Meh.

I heard you like spreadsheets so I put a spreadsheet in your game so you can spreadsheet while you game

Correct.

Pretty good discussion about this on Mastodon - https://friend.camp/@aparrish/113053044485254385

I’ve been enjoying OpenArena. The bots are vicious.

It is very atmospheric and lonely. So well done.

Haha yeah it’s brutal at first. There is a wiki for the game with maps containing spoilers - that really helps.

The trick with rabbits is you watch where they’re going and position yourself infront of them, so they come closer and closer, with no sideways movement. Then they’re easy to hit with a stone.

They don’t yield much meat so you need other sources too. Once you find a revolver (check wiki map) it gets a lot easier because then you hunt wolves instead of them hunting you.

The Long Dark.

Survival sim, in an arctic wilderness. It took me two weeks (occasional play only) to trudge through the snow and gather resources to smith some arrowheads for hunting. With that done, food is no longer an issue until my bow wears out. Better scour the forest for the right kind of wood, soon.

Yeah, it’s nicely integrated. Also because it’s on my phone there is the option to use the voice input mode of the keyboard which is a vibe. Talking with an ai feels different.