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2004-05-20 Home Front: Culture Wars

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Posted by Anonymous4021 2004-05-20 12:33|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Damn, that was funny. Good one!

Posted by Raj 2004-05-20 1:55:11 PM|| [http://angrycyclist.blogspot.com] 2004-05-20 1:55:11 PM|| Front Page Top

#2 "I want factions. Not a simple alien vs. humans vs. bugs three-way war orgy. I want to share the map with powerful forces who are not friend or foe or anything else, a News Media, Private Corporations, asshole allies and friendly enemies, everyone jockeying for their own interests and me unable to bend over at any moment without turning my codpiece around first. I want a France"

LOL

Posted by Frank G 2004-05-20 2:28:09 PM|| 2004-05-20 2:28:09 PM|| Front Page Top

#3 "I want mutinous units that chainsmoke hash and frag their Sargents and sell Heroin on the side and rogue commanders who go mad and shave their heads and set up fortresses in the jungle decorated with human skulls. I want to have to send a CIA assassin in to take him out. And then they chop up a donkey, for some reason."

Posted by Steve 2004-05-20 3:28:30 PM|| 2004-05-20 3:28:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#4 LMAO! This guy is a GENUIS!

Posted by Charles 2004-05-20 3:52:19 PM|| 2004-05-20 3:52:19 PM|| Front Page Top

#5 That was freakin' hilarious! Warning...put down all beverages before reading. Also...wasn't there some donkey chopping in Blood?

Posted by Rex Mundi 2004-05-20 4:18:51 PM|| 2004-05-20 4:18:51 PM|| Front Page Top

#6 RTS are stupid. Try some realistic wargames, like Combat Mission, or The Operational Art of War, or Highway to the Reich, or even Panzer General. If you want grand strategy and politics and such, try Hearts of Iron (unfortunately Paradox is working on version two of this, instead of a cold war or WOT game) I understand Supreme Ruler will take be set in 2010, and will include some contemporary issues.

Posted by Liberalhawk 2004-05-20 4:43:12 PM|| 2004-05-20 4:43:12 PM|| Front Page Top

#7 Supreme Ruler will take be set in 2010, and will include some contemporary issues.

Senate Chambers - Trial - Impeach President Hillary?

Posted by BigEd 2004-05-20 4:47:34 PM|| 2004-05-20 4:47:34 PM|| Front Page Top

#8 Liberalhawk, NO, U R STOOPID. :)

What? No mention of the Total War series? Shogun, Medieval, or the upcoming Rome: Total War?

RTS, while somewhat unrealistic, are still fun games for some people.

Posted by Anonymous4021 2004-05-20 4:49:31 PM|| 2004-05-20 4:49:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#9 BigEd, I would hope it's more like

The U.S. vs Hillary Clinton/ Michael Moore/ et al

charge: Treason

Posted by Anonymous4021 2004-05-20 4:51:17 PM|| 2004-05-20 4:51:17 PM|| Front Page Top

#10 Nothing on computer has come close to Advanced Squad Leader in terms of detail, but moving stacks of those little counters was a real pain.

Posted by Rex Mundi 2004-05-20 4:55:30 PM|| 2004-05-20 4:55:30 PM|| Front Page Top

#11 Liberalhawk, all of those games you listed are "beer-n-pretzels" games. Lightweights, really. Pretty damn far from anything realistic. Start at TacOps (which *does* represent journalist units) and go from there. Be warned you may not be able to purchase these games at Electronics Boutique down at the mall.

Posted by Gromky 2004-05-20 5:12:07 PM|| 2004-05-20 5:12:07 PM|| Front Page Top

#12 I'm a Civil War reenactor and around here we hold unscripted games with umpires. You can't have unlimited ammunition and you have to figure out how to supply you troops as well as communicate with all your units. I am a seargent in a cavalry company and we can only take what we can carry on our horses. The infantry has it worse as they can only take what they can carry. It gets colder than a fart in a dead Eskimo at night in December in East Tennessee, but it is fun and inlightening.

Posted by Deacon Blues 2004-05-20 6:37:31 PM|| 2004-05-20 6:37:31 PM|| Front Page Top

#13 Brilliant, but too close to the truth to be funny.

Posted by Phil B 2004-05-20 7:41:27 PM|| 2004-05-20 7:41:27 PM|| Front Page Top

#14 LH - I'd take you in ten seconds in UT2004 with any weapon you choose. They're only stupid til you get good enough to win heh heh

Posted by Frank G 2004-05-20 7:55:04 PM|| 2004-05-20 7:55:04 PM|| Front Page Top

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