Recent content by _Algernon

On a different tack, does anyone still remember Sacrifice? Rather than an RTS with shooter elements, it was the opposite: You were the general (a crazed sorcerer), placed on the ground with a third-person camera. You summoned troops, tried to capture the souls of slain enemies to make...

One thing, though - if the "Hardcore" mantle belongs to the righteous, the just, etc., what's the term for those OCD tweakers who fixate on hoarding cheevos and boast of plowing through five shitty games a week just to get their GamerScore up? I've heard such people claiming the title as...

This is a repost, but to get the game running XP/Vista, go to: http://www.saleck.net/Games/Thief1-Gold/Thief-HowToGetWorking.php The instructions are simple and straightforward, and by following them I've already managed to get Thief Gold working perfectly (and in high-resolution...

That affinity fix works for some, but there are still serious issues with many new graphics cards (Just about any GeForce with current drivers may be liable to cause crashes), among other problems, (widescreen support, resolutions over 1024x768) - see post(s) above?

Also, incidentally: *TTLG hosts graphics tweaks to make Thief 1 look just a wee bit less crap - worth a look: http://www.thief-thecircle.com/media/patches/ describes the patches, though most were lost weeks ago to a hardware disaster. Fortunately this site...

The first two games or hard to find these days (but nothing online shopping, or, in a pinch, evil evil torrents cannot fix). The real trouble is getting the games to work on any recent hardware. It is possible, though - having recently spent a ridiculous amount of time grappling with...