[Episode 33] Just Can’t Let Those Gaming Memories Go…

[Voodoo]

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Ever wonder why you have all those old PC games stored away in shoebox? Is that shoebox buried in your closet next to the pile of antiquated PC pieces and parts? Have you ever thought to yourself about building a retro game machine and play those classic, [and not so classic] DOS games of old on media that no one uses like the 3.5″ or even 5.25″ floppies? Well we, Robert [Trebor], Eric [Ravenlock], and Clayton [Voodoo], feel your pain. We understand that even after the glory days of Ultima I, TIE Fighter, Red Baron, and more, that you just can’t make yourself throw away what for all intents and purposes is just worn out plastic ready to be recycled.

What about that collection of computer hardware? How many of you still have the first 3D accelerated video card you ever bought still kept in an anti-static bag? How about your first 1 GB hard disk drive which is now only good as an over-sized paper weight? Well join the club because so do we. However this is not the “pity party – what will I do with my old PC game and parts” podcast, no sir! We also discuss ways you can donate or recycle those aging memory SIMMs, CRT monitors, or even whole PCs if you have a PII 266MMX powered Compaq laying around. We even discuss some ways you can donate your old PC games too. But for some of us we “Just Can’t Let Those Gaming Memories Go… (http://www.immortalmachines.com/?p=334)”

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When I first saw this last night I immediately thought to myself "ok, wtf do I care", but quite honestly it was one of the better listens. Hearing about things like the vietnam vet place and the termite story was very cool. When ravenlock started he was talking about, ok I forgot, but I had something to say about it.

Anyways, I am quite younger and have a lot less shit then you all, but still get bitched at by the AGM to get rid of all my keyboard boxes and such. When I built my new pc, I boxed up the soundcard, gave away the monitor, boxed the lan card, and everything except the motherboard and case were boxed to either get rid of or give away. Essentially, I tore apart every screw and just beat the shit out of that cursed POS. It annoyed the living shit out of me how much trouble that damn asus chipset fan caused me and how much I had to "modify" my case to actually use it without causing harm to myself (I say modify in leiu of rip of all the plastic parts and metal things that cut me each time I sat down or didnt work right). Then I promptly put the scrap metal and parts in the recycle trash can and went to my new beast.

As far as games go, I have one game that has an encyclopedia britannica for a manual and I desperately want to just burn in or something because that game is complete shit (nascar 99 or something like that). Another wrench in the coffin of dust bunnies is the fact that I bought about 50 or so games in the past year just so I don't have to get up, find box, and then install and download patches, so on, etc. I will eventually get some plastic bins (termite story, thank you) and box those up, but there is one I will always keep handy.

Evil Genius, granted, one of about 3 games I pirated way back when simply because the site that had the demo went down and there was no place that had the game for sale. One day I was walking through a shitstop and they had a pc section, of which had an actual boxed copy of said game. Bought and kept for eternity that one will be, simply because the box art is so badass and I love the game to death. So there ya go, pirate turned good, thanks as always for the show.

EDIT: Just skipped to the intro, it was SFIV, when he was talking about saitek and shitty controllers, just wanted to say saitek is awesome, and if you ever get the urge to (when I get around to picking it up), we will have to have a "who can suck more at SFIV-a-thon" battle throwdown. If you can find one, grab a SFIV t.e. arcade stick, it goes nice with things like pack man and older more arcady games that support controllers (both ps3 and 360 will work in windows 7, ps3 when using a usb 1.1 card with a via chipset (rosewill sells one that worked for me)). Just wanted to tell you DO NOT buy that madcatz controller, they break way too easy.

[Voodoo]

[Modcast] TorchLeech

To many of us, using mods with PC games helps enhance the playing experience. On one hand the installed mod can make just minor changes to the game. On the other hand a mod can completely makeover a game. But what happens when you add many mods with the expectation of being able to play the game. It can turn into a crap shoot because you do not know if the game will even run until you click on the desktop icon.

Would it not be nice if there was a mod manager that would check that for you before you ran the game? And would it not be twice as nice if that same mod manager would pull off the Internet what the latest and greatest mods, maps, items, skins, and sounds for that game are? And would it not be three times as nice if the mod manager ran in a self contained small sized app that has an easy to read layout, the ability to download and install those mods on the fly?

Say hello to TorchLeech (http://torchleech.runicgamesfansite.com:7000/) a mod manager for the action RPG Torchlight (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torchlight) and trust me when I say that using it will redefine how you play that game. So come venturing Robert [Trebor], Eric [Ravenlock], and Clayton [Voodoo] as we explore all the features that TorchLeech has to offer.

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