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The Last Starfighter anyone?

Does look pretty cool though!

1 posted on 07/02/2002 12:41:42 PM PDT by avg_freeper
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To: avg_freeper
Can't wait till August so I can download it. Looks like it's going to be pretty cool.
2 posted on 07/02/2002 1:06:19 PM PDT by Tennessee_Bob
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To: avg_freeper
Sounds neat.
3 posted on 07/02/2002 4:49:37 PM PDT by Chad Bagwell
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I can just hear the peaceniks whining about it now.
4 posted on 07/02/2002 6:55:22 PM PDT by Commander8
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Kind of a 1st generation Ender's Game.
5 posted on 07/02/2002 7:08:10 PM PDT by Aggie Mama
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The developers struggled with several portions of the combat half of the game, particularly with how to depict game violence.

"We were very careful on the blood thing," Boyce said. "The team even debated about whether or not to make a noise" when bullets strike an enemy

Do they give earplugs to Army recruits so they don't have to hear the guns?
10 posted on 07/03/2002 7:14:08 AM PDT by jgrubbs
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The Army won't have the download available till 3:00 AM, I found a different server that already has it available. I have 52 MB of the 208 MB file downloaded. Anyone else intrested can email me at jgrubbs@netpublicist.com if they want the URL to the other server.
11 posted on 07/03/2002 6:50:53 PM PDT by jgrubbs
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Anybody ever read "Enders Game" by Orson Scott Card?
12 posted on 07/04/2002 5:26:44 PM PDT by Starwind
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Anyone interested in forming a squad of FReepers?
13 posted on 07/09/2002 4:29:49 PM PDT by Chad Bagwell
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