Fun software for my new laptop

Cloud · 03-29-2009, 11:15 AM

--got any recommendations?

I'm thinking about getting a couple of games, even though I'm not a big game or competition person--there's just so much cool stuff out there. But I'm looking for "fun" -- not productivity.

Cloud · 03-30-2009, 09:07 AM

fine then. I'll just go with World of Warcraft, shall I?

Undertoad · 03-30-2009, 09:21 AM

The game business is switching to a model where you download them and a service running on your computer verifies that the game is legal.

If it's serious games you're looking for, Steam:

http://store.steampowered.com/

If it's more casual games you're looking for, Big Fish is the king:

http://bigfishgames.com/

How about Indie games, Impulse:

http://www.impulsedriven.com/

I have switched to using Steam whenever possible, because if you have multiple computers, like if you use a laptop half the time and a desktop half the time, Steam will allow you to run your purchased games on both of them, without additional licenses and without having to carry around CDs.

(There are still some major game manufacturers that don't do business with Steam because they feel they are bigger and more powerful and don't have to. EA is one of them. Fuckers.)

Clodfobble · 03-30-2009, 02:00 PM

Mr. Clod loooooves Steam. Plays almost all his games that way nowadays.

richlevy · 03-31-2009, 09:08 PM

I play Day of Defeat on Steam. It's a WWII cover to Half-Life. I like it because it will work well on my underpowered computer and the graphics are still ok. It's really a lot of fun on-line.

Beest · 04-01-2009, 11:31 AM

Ooh this is very interesting, we (I) just got a new PC and now I can play decent games. I downloaded 'Rome: Total War' from gamespot and am playing it obsessively.

Pirates is a lot of fun, worth $10 to download, needs an external keybord to work on a laptop.

Ibby · 04-03-2009, 08:00 AM

Civilization IV is my game of choice right now, along with Fallout 3.

Cloud · 04-03-2009, 09:56 AM

Thanks for the suggestions. I've looked at Civ IV and might buy that.

uh . . . what is Steam again, exactly?

Undertoad · 04-03-2009, 10:53 AM

See my msg #3

Happy Monkey · 04-03-2009, 12:19 PM

Popcap makes good time wasters, and they're on Steam.

Undertoad · 04-03-2009, 01:28 PM

I have a moderately severe Peggle addiction, and Steam has a free edition of it to try out.

Civ4:Colonization is my current strategy player, Dyson (thanx to the Dwellar who pointed it out) and Peggle when my brain is less focused.

morethanpretty · 04-04-2009, 10:06 AM

World of Warcraft!
Oh how I miss you...*wipes tear*

Flint · 04-04-2009, 10:13 AM

I'm building a rig w/ quad core on an SLI mobo with (2) teamed vid cards...any free games y'all know of I can test out the graphics with?

03-29-2009, 11:15 AM	#1
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Fun software for my new laptop --got any recommendations? I'm thinking about getting a couple of games, even though I'm not a big game or competition person--there's just so much cool stuff out there. But I'm looking for "fun" -- not productivity. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

03-30-2009, 09:07 AM	#2
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	fine then. I'll just go with World of Warcraft, shall I? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

03-30-2009, 02:00 PM	#4
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	Mr. Clod loooooves Steam. Plays almost all his games that way nowadays. __________________ My book My other book My spirit animal

03-31-2009, 09:08 PM	#5
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	I play Day of Defeat on Steam. It's a WWII cover to Half-Life. I like it because it will work well on my underpowered computer and the graphics are still ok. It's really a lot of fun on-line. __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

04-03-2009, 08:00 AM	#7
Ibby erika Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: "the high up north" Posts: 6,127	Civilization IV is my game of choice right now, along with Fallout 3. __________________ not really back, you didn't see me, i was never here shhhhhh

03-30-2009, 09:21 AM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	The game business is switching to a model where you download them and a service running on your computer verifies that the game is legal. If it's serious games you're looking for, Steam: http://store.steampowered.com/ If it's more casual games you're looking for, Big Fish is the king: http://bigfishgames.com/ How about Indie games, Impulse: http://www.impulsedriven.com/ I have switched to using Steam whenever possible, because if you have multiple computers, like if you use a laptop half the time and a desktop half the time, Steam will allow you to run your purchased games on both of them, without additional licenses and without having to carry around CDs. (There are still some major game manufacturers that don't do business with Steam because they feel they are bigger and more powerful and don't have to. EA is one of them. Fuckers.)

04-01-2009, 11:31 AM	#6
Beest Adapt and Survive Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ann Arbor, Mi Posts: 957	Ooh this is very interesting, we (I) just got a new PC and now I can play decent games. I downloaded 'Rome: Total War' from gamespot and am playing it obsessively. Pirates is a lot of fun, worth $10 to download, needs an external keybord to work on a laptop.

04-03-2009, 09:56 AM	#8
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	Thanks for the suggestions. I've looked at Civ IV and might buy that. uh . . . what is Steam again, exactly? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-03-2009, 10:53 AM	#9
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	See my msg #3

04-03-2009, 12:19 PM	#10
Happy Monkey I think this line's mostly filler. Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: DC Posts: 13,575	Popcap makes good time wasters, and they're on Steam. __________________ _________________ \|...............\| We live in the nick of times. \| Len 17, Wid 3 \| \|_______________\| [pics]

04-03-2009, 01:28 PM	#11
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	I have a moderately severe Peggle addiction, and Steam has a free edition of it to try out. Civ4:Colonization is my current strategy player, Dyson (thanx to the Dwellar who pointed it out) and Peggle when my brain is less focused.

04-04-2009, 10:06 AM	#12
morethanpretty Thats "Miss Zipper Neck" to you. Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: little town (but not the littlest) in texas Posts: 2,957	World of Warcraft! Oh how I miss you...wipes tear __________________ Addicts may suck dick for coke, but love came up with the idea to put a dick in there to begin with. -Jack O'Brien

04-04-2009, 10:13 AM	#13
Flint Snowflake Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Dystopia Posts: 13,136	I'm building a rig w/ quad core on an SLI mobo with (2) teamed vid cards...any free games y'all know of I can test out the graphics with? __________________ **************** There's a level of facility that everyone needs to accomplish, and from there it's a matter of deciding for yourself how important ultra-facility is to your expression. ... I found, like Joseph Campbell said, if you just follow whatever gives you a little joy or excitement or awe, then you're on the right track. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Terry Bozzio**

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