Recent content by Smoo

The only ones I'm familiar with are shining path, Kestrel, and FatMax. Anxious to learn who else is on this list.

I have no memory of that but it's on brand. I love Pac Man Fever.

We did, you me and bigbottom. I had hopes it was going to become a regular thing but we only did it once. Oh well. I still have the Rock Band gear so I'm always happy to uncork that bottle again.

I still think about shining path every month or so. What a loss that was.

This is a good time to ask a question I always wondered about. Is your name "see jee are doctor joe" or "see jee raider joe"?

Cool thread. Can't remember when I first discovered this place, but I'm going to guess 1998 sometime. Of course I've also disappeared into the weeds as well, mostly because I don't really follow sports any more. Any of them. Except every four years for the World Cup. Still hanging around over...

Just found out about this today. Very sad.

Friendly folks who actually make things worse is a big peeve of mine.

Debbie Gibson continues to be on my musical Mount Rushmore.

Taylor Swift came close to beating her, by six months or so, but Debbie still holds.

She continues to hold the record for youngest person to ever write, perform, and produce a #1 hit, for Foolish Beat off of that same album. But I agree that Out of the Blue is the best song on that album.

The biggest pro (for me) of playing Epic/Marathon speed, is you play out a war within a single era. It always felt weird at fast speed that a single war can take (in game time) hundreds and hundreds of years, and see multiple unit upgrades while it is fought. At longer game speeds, you start a...

Kraken!

There's a small chance I'd like their music better if they sung in English, but only a very small one.

The Tragically Hip are overplayed overrated crap. Also, Sigue Sigue Sputnik are not among my favorites. They're good, but calling them a favorite would be a reach. If you want a British pop band, Pet Shop Boys or Duran Duran would be a closer match.