Saturday
Setting the Way Back Machine
As I read and blog, I always have music playing. Usually on the laptop, but today on my old WinME machine (I need a new desktop 'puter). And as the Winamp rolled along, a particular track started up, and immediately I was transported. The only game I've ever bought two copies of, (three if you count the copy that I gave to that bus driver in SLC, and then had to buy another copy to replace that one), Cavedog's Total Annihilation. Although it's available for less than ten bucks if you just get the original, the Commander Pack includes the original game, and both expansion packs, and a manual. Old-school RTS sweetness, with one of the best soundtracks I've heard in any game, bar none. (Full orchestra, tracks in redbook audio, so they're rippable). As the music kicked off, immediately I saw in my mind's eye the sweep of a fleet of Brawler VTOL gunships heading toward an enemy manufactury. The pounding of a naval off-shore shelling. The screams of "Move it, you stupid FARK!" New units are still being coded and made available for download for this game, now over seven years old. Take THAT, Starcraft. I haven't seen or heard of a good RTS (other than Homeworld 1 & 2) in a while now. Any suggestions?
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