I hope you had an enjoyable Labor Day holiday. I remember having fun with this 2009 A&J when I drew it. I’m afraid it’s obvious that my video-gaming experience was limited to early versions of Nintendo, but we are talking about a cat here. Ludwig can’t be expected to master “Call of Duty.” That is a video game, right? I was pretty good at “Duck Hunt,” to which Ludwig’s game above owes much.
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Back to the Grind….Hope everyone had a great weekend.
I still question whether holidays are really worthwhile. I always seem to have to work twice as hard the next day. (Well, 187% harder, to be exact. I did the math.)
Oh, Ye Heartless God of Commerce, I’m back.
Those of us receiving social security thank those of you who are still working to keep me in kibble.
Is Alaska building up to a major quake? My son was in Alaska last week, but I think he’s gone by now.
You’re welcome, Jerry. Just try to leave some kibble money for me, assuming the line is still there by the time I arrive.
Good morning, all. Rounds done, 6.2 miles run, showered and blowdried and ready for anything. Well, except for a cat, meh.
I mostly stick to computer Monopoly and Scrabble, but can knock out a quick iPad Yahtzee in the bathroom. I have this really really cool years old Monopoly that has animated scenes for each property and travelling around the board and because I’m really really dorky I love it
Didn’t know there was a computer version of those games, John. I’m still in mourning for “Civilization” that was in my old computer that died
Didn’t know there was a computer version of those games, John. I’m still in mourning for “Civilization” that was in my old computer that died
Jimmy, the above strip made me recall “Penguin Shooter”, one of those “I’ll just play one more game…one more…this is the last one…can’t stop on a losing streak so just one more…rats, it’s 3:40 a.m.!” games.
Trapper Jean: I had remembered the name “Neil Hamilton” but I could not remember in what context. Thanks! Hard to think of that young man as the Commissioner.
Lilyblack, ever played “Tropico”? I managed to get the originals in a box set and they will run on Windows 8. I tried the remade versions and they won’t run! Tried to contact the manufacturer via their help email on their website. Never got an answer so threw the discs away.
Age of Empires 3 will run on Windows 8 too, but I think the earlier versions are more fun to play. However, the earlier ones won’t run on 8 either, unless you go to Steam and buy their revamped version.
By the way, I really like the retro strip today, Jimmy. You got the timing just right, along with the proper commentary from Arlo.
I have one cat that would enjoy the above video game. He likes to play “slap the carp” on my wife’s iPad and is always trying to interrupt her “chase the minions” games.
Getting back to the grind myself after 11 days off, 7 of those camping in the mountains with a few hundred friends. Good friends, good food, good beer. I was even gifted a bottle of 18yo Glenmorrange. I really did not feel like contributing to Jerry’s kibble fund today but I managed to drag myself in to help put out a dozen or so fires erupting before the end of the fiscal year.
Mark: Nope. I tried GOG.com and got a bunch of malware for my pains, and never got my games downloaded, either! So, no more downloading for little Susie
The game I miss is Mule, played on a Commodore 128D. Right now all I play is Mah Jong Titans, and GW2 the MMORPG to end all MMORPGS.
No cat. No “shooter” games. (Just real ones.) No other games, either. My time-wasters and stress-relievers are decidedly low-tech.
If I ever make the plunge and acquire a computer game, it will most likely be aviation related.
No video games but I have a cat that will go to the “Spring Doorstop Slapping” world cup.
Hum. This might do nicely. In fact, I think I might get a physiological response from flying this. 😉
http://s1.hubimg.com/u/6467666_f1024.jpg
I’ll buy an aviation game that shows a skinny girl in a Pixie cut shivering in terror and clutching the arm rests to keep the plane in the air. Um, on second thought, no I wouldn’t
Such a thing is too much realism, eh, Munchkin?
No offense, but you’re statistically in much more danger driving your English School Boy Car than you’d be in an airplane. Well, maybe not in an F-16, but you know what I mean.
Lilyblack, I don’t do downloads either. I got both my Tropico and Age of Empires 3 from Ebay. Tropico is under a new publisher, whose name I won’t give here because why give endorsement to a non-responsive company who produces a bad product!
Windows does have a compatibility mode for running older software, but it does not work for everything. I have seen one seller on Ebay selling older games with a guarantee that the extra disc he includes will let them run even on the latest version of Windows. Never tried them, so cannot recommend them.
Here’s the version of Tropico I’ve got: http://www.amazon.com/Tropico-Master-Players-Edition-PC/dp/B0001PIOWK
Lily, if anyone ever tries to tell you “guns aren’t for girls” (and that certainly would not be me) and you don’t feel like wasting your breath on them, refer them to this young sabra, who, I’m given to understand, is a member of the Israeli Defense Force.
http://i.imgur.com/KsDzDqh.jpg
The TIP comic and blog are the same today, and cute. The blog has the larger picture:
http://thatispriceless.blogspot.com/
I’ve not yet tried to track down the painting.