Recent content by Highwind

There is a joke here somewhere about there now being a reason to buy a PS5.

This is the Halo remaster (well, port/mod) that we deserve.

If I'm reading that right, the options are ID, credit card, or email? Seems like email would make it fairly easy to circumvent.

Wild how this game made MMOs mainstream and became a cultural phenomenon beyond just hardcore gamers. I recognize Onyxia from that one video despite never having played or cared about this. 50dkp minus for me I guess.

Guh. I downloaded the entire 5.00 installer last night. Guess I'll need to keep watch for all the hotfix installers.

Apparently I have the installer for 4.04a saved, but I guess there were some additional smaller patches released. For those who were wondering, I see this in my account: So that is 4.04a --> 4.04a_Launcher --> 4.04a_REDkit --> 4.04b No full installer for 4.04a or 4.03 though.

Had to look the term up, but yeah, that is what I was referencing. I only know of that event because it was covered back then.

I can't even believe I'm saying it, but the Olympus saga has me actually running the logistics in my head of playing on full release. Never in 20+ years did I think I would have anything more than pure disinterest in WoW, but the romp looks like a kind of unbridled fun that recalls a sort of...

Was Elon musk used as the face model?

Good test. When they can ID the starport through all that, they have come of gamer age and are worthy of starcraft

Tough spot. The OG Starcraft is, unexaggeratedly, GOAT material. A landmark in gaming history. Gritty themes and atmosphere, and the axiom of 'limitation breeds creativity' was in full effect with the story being mostly told through unit portraits conversing in game. Primitive, but the...

I was mulling over saying something similar and the word 'hippies' did come to mind. Yeah, it was a weird vibe. Maybe some of that was in the localization. Hopefully there isn't too much fluff and filler in part 3. Disc 2 of the original was full of cool stuff, and getting crazy equipment from...

I'm amused to see others hating on Cosmo Canyon. That was the point where I gave up my last care and just full skipped all the dialog to finish it ASAP. And Red's voice reveal was dumb. Concerning. The stutter in part 2 was abysmal. Had to find an optimization mod to reduce (but not...

All this talk about old console coop and Halo dev history almost makes me want to open MCC or even dig out the xbox and CE disc from the closet for the sake of nostalgia. Even with all of the (accurate and deserved) criticisms of the original, it was an icon of that era. It isn't as though I...

I think if you were bored by the gameplay loop in a modern Halo, you are going to be unimpressed with Halo 1. That said, it was quite a phenomenon for its time. But also that was 25 years ago. IMO, if you want to experience that part of history, price tag on Halo 1 in the MCC is more appealing.