<t> the Wii is boatloads of fun for kids of all ages, and if i want a "real" computer game.. i have the PC<br/>
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a hand-to-hand sword/shield fighting game on the Wii would be excellent, either a fun one in the style of the Wii Sports games or an rpg game as a medieval knight.<br/>
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a ...

Vista Service Pack 1 & XP Service Pack 3 have not been released to the general public yet.

there are solo rules for "Downtown" and (iirc) the vassal module for Downtown can be played solo

<t> great thread, lots of lively thought provoking discussion.<br/>
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the comment by HansBolter that Ike is also at fault is spot on. Ike had the power to veto Monty and concentrate the support elsewhere.<br/>
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Monty is an easy target, part of it is myth and part hollywood with the ...

<t> being a brit, while still trying to avoid the them and us arguements: <br/>
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1) no commander is prefect, Monty was too cautious because he had to be, Patton was more agressive because he could afford to be.<br/>
2) Patton was a great army commander, Monty was an ok army group commander ...

<r> i found this little snippet on BoardGameGeek<br/>
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Quote by Harry Rowland (posted today), rest of quote removed by me
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Sorry for the long time away from this blog but have been working feverishly on some of the new 20 new products we are currently working on and/or ...

<t> the only big upset so far is the France - Argentina result, well done to the Pumas<br/>
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things start getting fun tomorrow... England against South Africa<br/>
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the only place near me that is showing the Rugby World Cup is a South African pub, and because of Setanta they have to ...

ORIGINAL: Arjuna

We put out a new beta build yesterday.

any news ?

<t> although my two desktops can support 1280x1024, my laptops cannot, and although i agree in principle that recent kit can run at 1280x1024, a lot of it is not practical.<br/>
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my computers are:<br/>
desktop 1) 1680x1050 widescreen 20 inch LCD<br/>
desktop 2) 19 inch CRT that can support ...

got it and most of the expansions... its simple, fun and quick

<t> have anyone noticed that the number of games in the "New Releases" section of the Forums is greater than the number in "Coming Soon and In Development"<br/>
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for a while it was quiet, and recently there has been plethora of New Releases, thats a pretty good state of affairs, with lots of ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Dixie<br/>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: oi_you_nutter<br/>
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the use of the (US administered) Wideawake airfield on (British) Ascension Island was critical, so was the US supply of aviation fuel. read the "Vulcan 607" book for details. that ...

<t> 1982 was a heady year for me, i turned 16 during the Falklands Conflict and like everyone else i was glued to the telly and eagerly read the newspapers for whatever little info they had<br/>
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in September '82 I started my apprenticeship at British Aerospace Dynamics, the post-Falklands ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Ike99<br/>

<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>Another little bit of info that may not be widely known, but the US refused to get involved on any military scale. They were very active in the diplomacy, but not so on the military front.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: LarryP<br/>
...shame there is not one single tooltip though. [&:]
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Yep...tooltips are a great thing for developers to add. AEGODs ...

<t> i first installed CM:SF on my Vista, dual core with Ati X1300 puter... it crashed and burned, so it was unlicensed and installed on the XP puter with an Athlon XP and nvidia 6600GT where it runs without a hitch<br/>
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overall it doesnt feel as polished as the CM1 games, the camera controls ...

<r> great story, and hes a west country lad as well<br/>
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heres a scanned photo of my late grandad, he was at "Wipers" as well<br/>
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<IMG src="http://www.croxlea.co.uk/images/Pop_in_uniform.jpg"><s>[img]</s><URL url="http://www.croxlea.co.uk/images/Pop_in_uniform.jpg">http://www ...

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I believe you'll have to set it to Compatibility Mode for XPSP2 and also may need to Run As Administrator.<br/>
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Please note that Vista is not on the supported OS list for Guns of August.
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while ...

<r> from my initial trials of playing GoA on Vista, the important answer is that it does work<br/>
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The Installs without incident<br/>
as with other Matrix Games it defaults to installing in C:\Matrix Games\<name of game> instead of the C:|Program Files\etc. This is not a problem, just be ...

is anyone buying the "extended dowload service" for an extra $4 ?
2 years download window instead of 30 days.