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Interesting. I tried deleting cookies, which didn't work, but apparently the limit on giving likes is a constantly rolling 24-hour thing, as in between the time I ran out of likes and now, I was just now able to leave 3 more likes before running out again. So it's not a case of all of them resetting at midnight or whatever. Such a weird limitation. I know Phillyman was concerned that people would just go through the forums, liking every single post to earn points towards a higher ranking. Two problems I see with that: 1. Those rankings mean absolutely nothing. They don't get you extra privileges like a higher member status does. They literally do nothing at all. 2. I believe you get 1 point for leaving a like. OK. From the rank I'm currently at to the next highest rank is over a 100,000 point divide. So I'd have to leave 100,000 likes to advance one rank. Oh, and btw, there have only ever been 40,000 forum posts total since the site was created 20 years ago - so I'd have to somehow like every single post EVER MADE two and a half times each to advance LOL. No one is going to do this, is what I'm saying.

Thanks. What I meant was, I'm unable to give any more likes to other people at the moment, as you can only leave 10 reactions per day, I think. Receiving them from other people doesn't change that. But I'm always happy to receive, regardless.

I wish I could do it faster, but my editing style just won't allow it. I've got every unreleased issue of this mag (and several others which I want to create my own scan/edit of) waiting in my pile, but they're so time-consuming I need a vacation from Game Player's each time I finish one. They're coming though. p.s. I'm all out of "likes" for the day (daily limit of 10, I think?), but consider your comment appreciated.

You mean the latest masterpiece of fantasy storytelling from Lucasfilms™ Brian Moriarty™? Loom is a beautiful game. Also, probably the first graphic adventure I finished completely on my own without needing any hints. Loved the musical interface - only ever played it on "expert" difficulty.

OMG IT'S TRUE!!! LOL. Seriously. I'm pretty sure I finished this game in a single sitting the very first time I played it.

Nowadays it's different with upgrades like RAM boosts and graphics cards, but anyone playing PCs in the 80s/90s remembers the thrill of finally making the ultimate upgrade - a whole new system, which, separated by years from the previous system, usually represented a sea change in the types of games available to you. This wasn't a matter of "oh, now I can play with the higher quality textures turned on," this was huge leaps, like EGA to SVGA, or floppy disk to CD-ROM. Most of us probably only experienced this kind of upgrade once or twice (unless you were rich, I guess), but it was a super exciting time, as, prior to the upgrade, we had probably gone years playing our older system, but unable to run any of the latest games. Suddenly, the world was open to us again, and we could walk into Babbages or wherever and every game on the shelf was a possible addition to our collection. In our first trip back on the gaming saddle, what would our first game purchase be? Noctropolis was one of those post-upgrade initial purchases for me. I don't think I knew anything about it (I tended to stop buying gaming mags during the years when my computer couldn't run any of them), so I guess I was sold by the box (and hey, it came with a comic book, too!!) It's definitely not a favorite game or anything, but I'm certainly not ashamed of it.

I wonder if anyone but me remembers what VHS tapes came in oversized boxes. WHY SO BIG? "HEY! HERE I AM!!! I'M NOT SHY, LOOK AT ME!! You can't hide THIS behind your normal videos, NO SIR! Look how big my...screenshots are!" Not to date myself, but 1996 saw me starting college and entering co-habitation with my gf, so luckily I wasn't completely dependent upon grainy low-res FMV adventures for thrills.

Probably so. The mag I'm currently editing has articles on Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, King's Quest IV, and Loom. A good issue. I remember back in the day being at the store picking up mags off the stands and skimming through, checking for graphic adventure coverage. No graphic adventures - no purchase.

I see your hour and raise you: In the past ten years, I've scanned around 375 magazines, not to mention built significant portions of this website including adding over 9,000 issues to the database and nearly 35,000 gallery images, yet I haven't played games for over twenty years. WHY AM I EVEN HERE?

This game is so bad LOL. But then, the first one is no great shakes, either. It seemed edgy at the time for having a brief bit of nudity (wow! a real person naked in a mainstream game!), but you'll get plenty more boobs and entertainment out of just about any awful b-movie horror film. Or, you know...the Internet. RIP, FMV.

@Areala Sorry to bring this up again, but I was just reading a PDF of Hardcore Gaming 101's Guide to Classic Graphic Adventures (1334 pages!) and in the intro when discussing how they decided which games to include, they defined them like so: As for Myst clones, it seems that 2 terms were used - "first person adventures" and LOL "Myst clones." One more interesting thing I noticed was this: So anyway. The way I've always felt about graphic adventures is -- I know one when I see one. But it seems everyone has their own definition, not necessarily in line with mine.