I became an avid fan of the TV show "Lost" last year after my friends gave me a run of all the first season. It was something rather amasing as it sucks you right in just to know more and more and the bastards that are writing the show are always putting in more and more mistery so it's very very freaky by now. I could swear that the computer used in "Man of Science, Man of Faith" was an Apple II but I'm not really sure so if you can confirm please comment. AppleII had floppies so why would it use tape reels right? :). My conspiracy theory tells me that the Island is a secret goverment run fascility that hides either nuclear or biological stuff or something else all together but I'll be wrong anyways.
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I wanted to post a screenshot of Eve. I found out that the best part of it is actually the people that you bump into. The first day was really something. I started with a drone, I passed the tutorial missions, made some 2,4 mil and then zap, I get wasted. So I make some rash mistakes like spending money on equipment I couldn't even use or buying ships that aren't good for what I wanted. So... I being down on budget accept a job to currier putting some 1,2 mil for collateral and I discover that it's 16 jumps away, I go there and find out that the cargo is like 8200 m^3 and my cargo holds 300! And you know what happens? A guy helps me by towing the cargo for me, plus later I get to know even more people on the channels. It sure helps break down my prejudice of MMOG's.
EVE online is a MMOG game. I don't play MMOG games as they are usually subscriber based and I still don't think I have the time or money that I can dedicate to a on line world (like the real life world isn't complicated enough). Hovever I was listening to a PC Gamer podcast and there was this mention of EVE that got me curious so I dig up a 14 day trial and I must say I really like this game.
When I was a kid there was this awesome game called Elite, it was spectacular, it gave you the possibility to roam the galaxies and choose different paths to wealth and fame. People were amazed what the guy that programmed it managed to squeeze into the hardware of the age. Eve is everything Elite was and more! So if you can afford it and you like that sort of a game, join the club!
Only thing I miss is the possibility for a single player but that would probably take out a lot of the fun. Too bad MMOG aren't free :(
