Recent content by jriesen

http://www.xkcd.org/548/

If memory serves, there was a DOS version and a Windows version of the original XCom - the later games (Terror from the Deep et. al.) all ran fine under Windows, I think. The sticking point was that, when they released XCom for Windows, they replaced all the sweet sampled 16-bit music with...

Star Control 2. Not all that great to look at, but full of awesome stories, impressive dialog, occasional, brief action, and a whole lot of wandering about aimlessly solving other people's problems in the desperate hope that they'll like you. Er, wait...

Actually, thinking about Curse of Monkey Island, I think A Pirate I Was Meant to Be is one of the most memorable, ah, musical numbers I've ever heard in a game... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-9my0tsutw The fact that it was interactive only made it all the funnier.

Curse of Monkey Island, right near the beginning, when I realized, hey, I'm gonna like this game: Murray: You may call me Murray! I am the harbinger of your doom! And the forces of hell will applaud me, as I stride through the gates of hell, carrying your head on a pike! Guybrush: "Stride"...