tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post5000413250460551737..comments2024-03-19T06:03:57.317-04:00Comments on The CRPG Addict: What I Can Tell You About DragonBlade, GayBlade, and Citadel of the DeadCRPG Addicthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comBlogger187125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-39925888495231419502023-11-26T01:17:30.853-05:002023-11-26T01:17:30.853-05:00My assumption was that "guppies'/'gup...My assumption was that "guppies'/'guppie' is the 'gay' version of 'yuppie', i.e. short for 'gay [/young] urban professional'. Seems to be the case, see e.g. <a href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/guppie#English" rel="nofollow">here</a> or <a href="https://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/guppies" rel="nofollow">here</a>.Buscanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-74180839228878350352023-11-24T21:19:15.005-05:002023-11-24T21:19:15.005-05:00Oh, you know what? I'm unable to find any sort...Oh, you know what? I'm unable to find any sort of slang/gay-related meaning for "guppy." I wonder what Best meant by that? It's crazy how games can be time capsules in such little ways.P-Tux7noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-22096192508751119902022-04-18T18:21:32.181-04:002022-04-18T18:21:32.181-04:00And Ultima III arguably allowed you to create non-...And Ultima III arguably allowed you to create non-binary characters.100FloorsOfFrightshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07625564667909827929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-75051615876603859612022-04-18T18:11:53.225-04:002022-04-18T18:11:53.225-04:00I seem to remember my male half-orc barbarian char...I seem to remember my male half-orc barbarian character accidentally marrying a gay pirate dentist in 'Temple of Elemental Evil.' The game didn't make much of the relationship- he just followed me around as an NPC.100FloorsOfFrightshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07625564667909827929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-1848144000568295972022-04-17T16:41:09.735-04:002022-04-17T16:41:09.735-04:00Is there any hard evidence that the game was actua...Is there any hard evidence that the game was actually released? There is nobody at least documented on the internet that is in possesion of the box. But there are images of a box in websiteskostas markakishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15015895617138531180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-29828470353126555862022-04-17T16:37:28.788-04:002022-04-17T16:37:28.788-04:00Well, the game exists and there are images of the ...Well, the game exists and there are images of the box. But there absolutelly no evidence of someone that actuallt has it. That is strange!kostas markakishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15015895617138531180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-50291599576435046392020-09-02T18:12:08.117-04:002020-09-02T18:12:08.117-04:00There is no way I could have guessed that the RPG ...There is no way I could have guessed that the RPG episode of <i>High Score</i> on Netflix would not only mention this game, but make it the final "story" of the episode.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14025511634630902101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-23446474508332771612020-06-26T00:23:57.958-04:002020-06-26T00:23:57.958-04:00I knew that Ryan Best was gay. As for the rest of ...I knew that Ryan Best was gay. As for the rest of it . . . it's just hard to imagine that making a parody game (and not a very good one) with shlock characters based on gay stereotypes could be all that therapeutic, but I guess it's not my place to comment on what works for someone else.<br /><br />The article also repeats the assertion that: "Best explained that he originally had written a more mainstream game called Citadel of the Dead, but having signed a bad contract did not make any money from the sales. He decided he would use the 40,000 lines of DragonBlade coding to make a gay and lesbian spoof … and GayBlade was born." I simply can't make this work with what the evidence shows about the release dates of <i>Citadel of the Dead</i> and <i>GayBlade</i>.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-73758288314105799512020-06-25T21:43:36.157-04:002020-06-25T21:43:36.157-04:00So, guess what I belatedly learned?
This game'...So, guess what I belatedly learned?<br /><br />This game's creator actually was gay, and made it as a way to cope with the horrible shit he endured in Illinois.<br /><br />So, yeah, this game's actually 100% authentic. https://lgbtqgamearchive.com/games/games-by-decade/1990s/gayblade/Paphvulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17793765634686489221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-5625323059807039662020-04-29T03:15:49.902-04:002020-04-29T03:15:49.902-04:00It really depends where you live. Here in Portugal...It really depends where you live. Here in Portugal gypsies is a very significant minority, and the word "cigano" (literally gipsy) is The accepted word and not even the gypsies themselves say "Romani" or anything close. It would sound stupid in our language.RuySanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05560670798869378094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-16968673708121950112020-04-19T22:22:16.155-04:002020-04-19T22:22:16.155-04:00Empire III??? The weirdest game ever made???!! Add...Empire III??? The weirdest game ever made???!! Addict! But you must!Joet88https://www.blogger.com/profile/06298640825880372478noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-27570777294853259532020-04-07T21:08:41.316-04:002020-04-07T21:08:41.316-04:00Mini vMac works pretty well with Mac II games. Mys...Mini vMac works pretty well with Mac II games. Myst *almost* works (it's playable but the Quicktime videos desync). I've tested DragonBlade and it seems to work well, though I didn't test it all that much.<br /><br />The demo overlay only applies if you use the variation server. You don't get the overlay if you use a standard Mac II build, or if you build it yourself from source (which is what I did).Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04131989140638867919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-55922645530553866352020-04-07T17:24:45.029-04:002020-04-07T17:24:45.029-04:00There's an interesting issue here, in that a l...There's an interesting issue here, in that a lot of the way we view things is very modern. For one example, there's pretty solid data to suggest that the homosexual "identity" was invented in 1920s Germany. <br /><br />Prior to that, you have same-sex relations, which are viewed differently at various times, but this was not a defining aspect of somebody's identity the way it is today. There's also cases where the social rules were set up in ways wholly alien to modern ideas - the Romans, for example, cared more about who was doing and who was being done to than they did about the relative genders involved. Gnomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920812227941556716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-78638426554207709842020-04-07T17:19:17.079-04:002020-04-07T17:19:17.079-04:00Mini VMac goes up to Macintosh II, but anything ot...Mini VMac goes up to Macintosh II, but anything other than a basic Mac Plus requires a $10 "donation" to remove an overlayed "Demo" from the screen. <br /><br />There's some hoops to jump through via ROM files, and Mini vMac seems really picky about which ROMs will work.<br /><br />So far, I've found it to be the best solution for Mac Classic, but later models are probably best handled with Basilisk II or Sheepshaver (which emulates PowerPC Macs, but MacOS 9 is designed to seamlessly run software for 68000K Macs and this works fairly well). Admittedly, I've only focused on the Mac versions of Might And Magic I (which runs best on a Mac Plus) and II (which you want a II or better for), so there might be issues with later titles.Gnomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13920812227941556716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-57999962615118657052020-04-07T17:13:18.734-04:002020-04-07T17:13:18.734-04:00There are also episodes in history where there was...There are also episodes in history where there was a lot of experiments in living/loving that were weirdly common despite being quite far from the mainstream, but based on a different interpretation of mainstream philosophy/religion. For instance in the peasant revolutions in Europe following Martin Luther/protestantism there were deeply socialist experiments, communal living/loving societies etc. that all based their societies on different interpretations of biblical scripture.<br /><br />So a "historical" premise doesn't necessarily preclude "liberal/modern" thought modes.<br />Mayhaymnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-11354726803626847252020-04-07T13:10:46.053-04:002020-04-07T13:10:46.053-04:00All right. I let this go on for a while partly bec...All right. I let this go on for a while partly because I was seeing arguments that I hadn't seen before (in the United States, we really don't have this particular debate), but this sub-thread got obnoxious quickly and never really turned around. It's over.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-42502899091962841522020-04-07T12:55:13.363-04:002020-04-07T12:55:13.363-04:00I know Mini vMac only emulates older machines. I w...I know Mini vMac only emulates older machines. I wasn't sure where the cutoff in its utility is.CRPG Addicthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01238237377918550322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-36091107038030592862020-04-07T11:06:52.377-04:002020-04-07T11:06:52.377-04:00Have you tried using Mini vMac with a Macintosh II...Have you tried using Mini vMac with a Macintosh II variation? I'm a lot more confident in this emulator's accuracy than Basilisk II's, and it does have CPU speed control. Could be useful to you moving forward, even if you aren't thrilled with the idea of playing more DragonBlade / Citadel.<br /><br />I can help you with the initial setup if you like. Mini vMac has some idiosyncrasies you'll probably hate, but I'm sure Basilisk II does too.Ahabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04131989140638867919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-50595938743269468212020-04-07T08:38:10.553-04:002020-04-07T08:38:10.553-04:00https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiziganism
Sou...https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antiziganism <br /><br />Sounds like half of this discussion for anyone interested.Giauzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546859151525161696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-20350480510618274312020-04-07T06:46:56.056-04:002020-04-07T06:46:56.056-04:00Not helping your case with Jews reference, Petrus....Not helping your case with Jews reference, Petrus. They get crapped on even more commonly than Romani world-wide. Virtue signaling accusations also raises a big red flag for me. Maybe just let's end the conversation here.Giauzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10546859151525161696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-12899536383580783352020-04-07T04:29:11.312-04:002020-04-07T04:29:11.312-04:00Didn't mean to start a thread; it was meant as...Didn't mean to start a thread; it was meant as a reply to a message further up.<br />Anyway, me message was more about nomenclature than about my likes and dislikes.PetrusOctavianusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-37176430716326397702020-04-07T03:33:51.805-04:002020-04-07T03:33:51.805-04:00You know what won't help anyone? Starting a th...You know what won't help anyone? Starting a thread about how you don't like Romani folk on a blog about CRPGs.Tristan Gallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16769219573533545742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-46234658355608822742020-04-07T02:28:44.640-04:002020-04-07T02:28:44.640-04:00Virtue signaling about racism will certainly not h...Virtue signaling about racism will certainly not help anyone.<br /><br />But maybe the Rom people should make more of an effort at sending their kids to school and get an education so that they actually have something to offer?<br />It worked for the Jews in Europe. PetrusOctavianusnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-91214020832166054542020-04-07T02:12:22.835-04:002020-04-07T02:12:22.835-04:00How are you supposed to assimilate into a populati...How are you supposed to assimilate into a population that dislikes and shuns them? Would you even want to? Would you steadfastly continue to seek employment when they refused you the minute they saw you're Rom, or even before if you have a typical Rom surname, without even looking at your qualifications, each and every time? (Yes, it's illegal to do that, but there are workarounds.)<br /><br />That's what racism does to people.<br /><br />I'm not sure what people not demanding their own country is supposed to signify. Why don't, say, the Cumans demand one? They assimilated well into Hungarian society, yet their own culture is very much alive.<br /><br />Sounds like a convenient racist argument though. Things like "they only want the benefits money the majority provides! Why do they get free meals at school, books, electricity, etc. and I don't?" I've heard millions of times. Guess what, those are low income benefits, also received by everyone in the majority who qualifies because of their financial status. In fact, there are plenty of people in the majority who are born into and live the same destructive, crime-ridden lifestyle many Roms do. But that rarely ever gets mentioned because they're the majority, so they don't provide a convenient outgroup to hate.Zardashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11856007425128087340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6162314467762792782.post-81368387841201977042020-04-07T01:44:39.741-04:002020-04-07T01:44:39.741-04:00Circumstances? The fact is that Rom people refuse ...Circumstances? The fact is that Rom people refuse to assimilate into the majority population, but instead prefer to work off it, and refuse to give up their destructive life style.<br />Why is it that the Rom people are the only people (that I know of at least) that don't want/demand their own country, you think?<br /> <br />I'm of course generalizing. Not everyone are beggars and criminals, but of those migrating back and forth between Romania and their chosen host city (which are the ones I have personal experience with), very few if any are seeking employment, and the majority of them can be classified as "opportunity criminals".<br /><br />As long as nothing is demanded or expected from them (like you would from the majority population), and as long as idiots give them money, nothing will change. <br /><br />Oslo city spends millions each year cleaning up after Rom people, but I have yet to see anyone suggesting they clean up after themselves, which is what you would normally demand and expect from adults. I guess you call such a demand demonizing; I call the lack of it patronizing and demeaning, like dealing with pets or children who don't know better. <br />PetrusOctavianusnoreply@blogger.com