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I will always gladly pay for a manual and soundtrack CD. In fact, this might be a surprise to some, ALL games used to come with manuals All that said, these Star Wars limited editions have none of the things you mentioned. Not sure that makes them any more "special". Although I do not plan on getting any of the collector's editions, but I do think they're cool

Fortunately I'm not interested in the collector's editions which I'm guessing will be around $80 each, but definitely cool that they're releasing these! Now, if they released Knights of the Old Republic, life would be complete...

Hmmmm.... funny or not?

This was a surprise! Sweet game. Get it before it sells out later tonight

Not a meme, but close... Sometimes a bit of isolation is not so bad, eh?

Yes, you're certainly correct. Just a bit of questioning on my part Although I will say that some of the "visual novels" seem very similar to point and click to me - at least some claim Ace Attorney is a visual novel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Wright:_Ace_Attorney Certainly doesn't seem like a visual novel based on what we've said. Anyway, I guess I'm more of a fan of traditional novels than visual novels. Back to Dostoevsky it is...

Hmm, so Oregon Trail then is a visual novel? What about Shadowgate? Seems like the difference between "point and click" games and VNs are somewhat murky.

Here's a bit of history behind visual novels https://medium.com/mammon-machine-zeal/a-brief-history-of-visual-novels-641a2e6b1acb Supposedly visual novels were "invented" in Japan. Although I question if this is really true. What about Zork and other games? Aren't they basically visual novels? Or are they considered "interactive novels"? How is this really different than Monkey Island and other LucasArts classics? Meh. At any rate, I can certainly enjoy this genre, but definitely not into teen angst games. Now, a remake of Snatcher, that I could get into...

I looked this up on wikipedia Clannad's story revolves around Tomoya Okazaki, a third year high school student who dislikes his life. I mean, isn't that the premise behind 99% of Japanese anime/games? Complete obsession with high school the Japanese have Definitely not my type of game, but of course to each their own!

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Life imitating art...

Liquid fuel rockets work. Other technologies at this point simply do not. We should certainly invest in developing new technologies, and to see if they are at all possible. However, for the foreseeable future we are going to rely on traditional rockets. I also have to disagree that they "won't cut the mustard" - they definitely will and do. We could easily have had a permanent presence on the Moon by now. It's a matter of prioritizing resources and money. I think economically and of course scientifically there are a plethora of reasons to have people on the Moon. It will happen in the upcoming decade(s).

Nope. That is more economics than anything else. Once the technology becomes readily available prices go far far down. The first airplane rides in 1914 were apparently 23-minutes long, really didn't take you anywhere, and there was no such thing as a "cabin". They cost $400, which in today's money is over $10,000. Perhaps 100 years from now travel to the Moon might be fairly commonplace. https://www.businessinsider.com/1914-first-commercial-flight-price-anniversary-2013-12

Thanks all, that's very interesting! I have to say, that's a unique model but as noted doesn't seem very... well, good. Certainly not speedy. Don't get me wrong, I wish them all the success in the world. But this reminds me a bit of kickstarter. You know, where many games are 3+ years behind schedule... Yeah, in retrospect, LRG is definitely a blessing to most of us! I'll keep supporting them.

Domes would be enough. Again, you'll be exposed to more radiation than on Earth, that can't be helped, but it will block most of the radiation. Also, there should be some permanent settlement built on the Moon. In my opinion, that should have been done long ago. But of course, people don't want to invest in this stuff until it becomes "a race". Now that the Chinese are interested, the USA and other countries are interested again... Our rockets have a maximum velocity of around 30 km/s. That's about 67000 miles per hour. Enough to get us to the Moon and Mars. However, longer trips become a problem. Anything outside our solar system, just forget it. Also, if we could maintain a velocity of 30 km/s we would get to the Moon in hours! Currently, not even close of course. The main problem is fuel and the cost of lifting it. These are very interesting problems that have been studied in detail. Part of my research focuses on similar problems

Actually the Sun is still the biggest concern for radiation. Cosmic rays are an issue, but not as much as high energy UV from the Sun and solar flares. Fortunately, just a few cm of rocky material can block out most of the harmful radiation. Not all of it, but much of it. Still, I think in the foreseeable future, the Moon is absolutely the best place for colonization off Earth. I think living on the surface and underground in the lava tubes would be ideal. Although people say things such as "die horribly of radiation poisoning" that is hyperbole. We haven't done nearly that many studies, and what we have done shows that people will certainly get more radiation than we do on Earth, but as long as you take precautions against solar flares you should be okay. Honestly, we need more data. Titan, nice place. Too far away and too cold. The Moon, then Mars, then we'll see what's next. This lifetime, I'm hoping for colonization of the Moon which should have been done long ago.

Here's another publisher which has just popped up https://physicalitygames.com/collections/physical-games Don't know anything about them...

I fully agree. NASA's budget is about 0.5% if the federal budget... not even 1%.

Actually about 400,000 people worked directly on the Moon landing aka Apollo. It of course makes no sense when you think about having 400,000 people in a huge conspiracy, and aside from that there is numerous evidence to clearly show we landed on the Moon. But, there is a percentage of people that never listen to reason, don't bother with them. I absolutely agree that it's sad we haven't been back to the Moon in so long. Fortunately, some people are trying to change that, and make a permanent human outpost.

No, it's absolutely is a real thing. A surprisingly large percentage of people believe the Moon landing is fake. A much smaller, but still vocal group, truly believe the Earth is flat. Just so we're call clear - BOTH GROUPS ARE WRONG!! The Moon landing was real and the Earth is round. Unfortunately neither group will see reason and science. What can you do with such people? Not much...

Great point. If big AAA companies start releasing games entirely digital, then what happens to collectors? I'm glad LRG is around, and I certainly consider them 100% legitimate. In other words, if you want to own a complete set of say Vita games, and you don't have any of the LRG releases, then you simply don't own a complete set, I don't see any room for interpretation here. I think it's different with the 2600 but different times for sure.

So those 2600 games weren't officially licensed games? When people talk about "complete sets" I think they're usually referring to licensed games. I'm a bit curious today how people would define a complete set of say PS4 games? Does that include the numerous Collector's/Limited editions?

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As I noted, I said I heard about this... and was asking if anyone has more information.