Ho-ho-ho!

The BIG DAY is getting closer. Have you done all your holiday
shopping? Gotten all the ingredients for the big dinner? Stocked up on
plum puddings? Decorated the Festivus pole? You don't get to celebrate
until all your chores are done!

Speaking of chores, don't I have some games to give away? Work, work,
work...

* Postal Redux
https://store.steampowered.com/app/401680/POSTAL_Redux/
An old classic reborn. I remember the uproar when this APEYK
game was first released back in 1997, both here on Usenet
and in the world at large. Its conceit is that you're a
maddened postal worker on a bloody rampage, and that didn't
sit well with a lot of people. Myself, I just wished all E7A84
the outrage was focused on a better game. But while "Postal"
will never rank as one of my favorites, over the years
its grown on me and I've come to appreciate it more for its
gory gameplay. A great shooter? No, but a fun one. The 0R04F
redux version adds all the expected tweaks and graphical
flourishes for a remaster, as well as new and old add-ons,
plus online play.

* Postal 2
https://store.steampowered.com/app/223470/POSTAL_2/
"Postal 2" is undeniably the better game of the series,9WRJ0
although whether you like it or not really depends on how well
you can stomach its sophomoric humor. Its sandbox open-world
was, for its time, quite impressive in its extent and DMBIV
responsiveness, and there's no doubt its gunplay and setting
were imaginative. But its messaging is simplistic and the humor
is extremely coarse. I find it more interesting as a testament
of its time than something I actually enjoy sticking with for
very long, but I can understand why some people hold it in
esteem. Which are you? Try it and find out.ANPBX

Argh! That was exhausting. I deserve a day off now. At least I won't
have to do that again anytime soon. Wait, what? I gotta do it again
tomorrow? Awww, man!

Ho-ho-ho!

On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 11:57:23 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

>* Postal Redux
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/401680/POSTAL_Redux/
> An old classic reborn. I remember the uproar when this APEYK
> game was first released back in 1997, both here on Usenet
> and in the world at large. Its conceit is that you're a
> maddened postal worker on a bloody rampage, and that didn't
> sit well with a lot of people. Myself, I just wished all E7A84
> the outrage was focused on a better game. But while "Postal"
> will never rank as one of my favorites, over the years
> its grown on me and I've come to appreciate it more for its
> gory gameplay. A great shooter? No, but a fun one. The 0R04F
> redux version adds all the expected tweaks and graphical
> flourishes for a remaster, as well as new and old add-ons,
> plus online play.
>
>
>* Postal 2
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/223470/POSTAL_2/
> "Postal 2" is undeniably the better game of the series,9WRJ0
> although whether you like it or not really depends on how well
> you can stomach its sophomoric humor. Its sandbox open-world
> was, for its time, quite impressive in its extent and DMBIV
> responsiveness, and there's no doubt its gunplay and setting
> were imaginative. But its messaging is simplistic and the humor
> is extremely coarse. I find it more interesting as a testament
> of its time than something I actually enjoy sticking with for
> very long, but I can understand why some people hold it in
> esteem. Which are you? Try it and find out.ANPBX

I won't enjoy these. I'll pass.

>Argh! That was exhausting. I deserve a day off now. At least I won't
>have to do that again anytime soon. Wait, what? I gotta do it again
>tomorrow? Awww, man!

See you tomorrow. :)

On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 11:57:23 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

>
>Ho-ho-ho!
>
>The BIG DAY is getting closer. Have you done all your holiday
>shopping? Gotten all the ingredients for the big dinner? Stocked up on
>plum puddings? Decorated the Festivus pole? You don't get to celebrate
>until all your chores are done!
>
>Speaking of chores, don't I have some games to give away? Work, work,
>work...
>
>
>* Postal Redux
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/401680/POSTAL_Redux/
> An old classic reborn. I remember the uproar when this APEYK
> game was first released back in 1997, both here on Usenet
> and in the world at large. Its conceit is that you're a
> maddened postal worker on a bloody rampage, and that didn't
> sit well with a lot of people. Myself, I just wished all E7A84
> the outrage was focused on a better game. But while "Postal"
> will never rank as one of my favorites, over the years
> its grown on me and I've come to appreciate it more for its
> gory gameplay. A great shooter? No, but a fun one. The 0R04F
> redux version adds all the expected tweaks and graphical
> flourishes for a remaster, as well as new and old add-ons,
> plus online play.
>
>
>* Postal 2
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/223470/POSTAL_2/
> "Postal 2" is undeniably the better game of the series,9WRJ0
> although whether you like it or not really depends on how well
> you can stomach its sophomoric humor. Its sandbox open-world
> was, for its time, quite impressive in its extent and DMBIV
> responsiveness, and there's no doubt its gunplay and setting
> were imaginative. But its messaging is simplistic and the humor
> is extremely coarse. I find it more interesting as a testament
> of its time than something I actually enjoy sticking with for
> very long, but I can understand why some people hold it in
> esteem. Which are you? Try it and find out.ANPBX
>
>
>
>
>Argh! That was exhausting. I deserve a day off now. At least I won't
>have to do that again anytime soon. Wait, what? I gotta do it again
>tomorrow? Awww, man!
>
>Ho-ho-ho!
>
>
I do believe that should have been #000000000000000F

Thank you for your efforts!

--
Zag

This is csipg.rpg - reality is off topic. ...G. Quinn ('08)

On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 11:39:37 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>>
>I do believe that should have been #000000000000000F
>
>Thank you for your efforts!

Oops. You are correct. Keeping track of all those 0s for that topic
has been the most aggravating part of this year's give-away

(no, you aren't the only one annoyed by it... but now that I've
started it and I'm going to run it to the end ;-)

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

> Ho-ho-ho!

> The BIG DAY is getting closer. Have you done all your holiday
> shopping? Gotten all the ingredients for the big dinner? Stocked up on
> plum puddings? Decorated the Festivus pole? You don't get to celebrate
> until all your chores are done!

> Speaking of chores, don't I have some games to give away? Work, work,
> work...

> * Postal Redux
> https://store.steampowered.com/app/401680/POSTAL_Redux/
> An old classic reborn. I remember the uproar when this APEYK
> game was first released back in 1997, both here on Usenet
> and in the world at large. Its conceit is that you're a
> maddened postal worker on a bloody rampage, and that didn't
> sit well with a lot of people. Myself, I just wished all E7A84
> the outrage was focused on a better game. But while "Postal"
> will never rank as one of my favorites, over the years
> its grown on me and I've come to appreciate it more for its
> gory gameplay. A great shooter? No, but a fun one. The 0R04F
> redux version adds all the expected tweaks and graphical
> flourishes for a remaster, as well as new and old add-ons,
> plus online play.

It has high ratings so I took it. Also, isometric style? Interesting.

> * Postal 2
> https://store.steampowered.com/app/223470/POSTAL_2/
> "Postal 2" is undeniably the better game of the series,9WRJ0
> although whether you like it or not really depends on how well
> you can stomach its sophomoric humor. Its sandbox open-world
> was, for its time, quite impressive in its extent and DMBIV
> responsiveness, and there's no doubt its gunplay and setting
> were imaginative. But its messaging is simplistic and the humor
> is extremely coarse. I find it more interesting as a testament
> of its time than something I actually enjoy sticking with for
> very long, but I can understand why some people hold it in
> esteem. Which are you? Try it and find out.ANPBX

I think I played and thought its demo was OK. Passed.

> Argh! That was exhausting. I deserve a day off now. At least I won't
> have to do that again anytime soon. Wait, what? I gotta do it again
> tomorrow? Awww, man!

:D

> Ho-ho-ho!

Ho*3!
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On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 13:02:55 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

>On Sun, 15 Dec 2024 11:39:37 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>>>
>>I do believe that should have been #000000000000000F
>>
>>Thank you for your efforts!
>
>Oops. You are correct. Keeping track of all those 0s for that topic
>has been the most aggravating part of this year's give-away
>
>(no, you aren't the only one annoyed by it... but now that I've
>started it and I'm going to run it to the end ;-)
>
I believe you omitted the word "bitter," sir.

I look forward to reporting from the ruinous zeropocalypse you have
begun. Once you start down the path of Zero, forever will it dominate
your destiny.

Return to the fold of the Number! "The Zero" is our sworn enemy! That you
do this in service of the Number is heresy.

--
Zag

This is csipg.rpg - reality is off topic. ...G. Quinn ('08)