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  1. Ransom

    The Grady bunch, the Grady bunch. That's the way we became the Grady bunch.

    1. Ransom

      Ransom

      No one else thinks The Brady Bunch should have been redone with Grady from Sanford and Son as the single parent of a blended six-kid household?

    2. RodLightning

      RodLightning

      Great goobledeegoo!

  2. Ransom

    There's so much good, new stuff on the streaming services that even though I restrict myself only to the shows I enjoy the most, and only when they're free, there's still more stuff in my queues than I have time to watch. Amazing!

  3. Ransom

    There's raisin in the middle

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    2. Ransom

      Ransom

      E.T. cereal was peanut butter and chocolate flavored? I'll bet that was great as a kid! I'm surprised they didn't bring it back in some other form.

    3. accousticguitar

      accousticguitar

      Or is it a fly?

    4. atari2600land

      atari2600land

      Raisins taste and look like rabbit turds.

  4. Ransom

    After 16 years, I'm switching from Mac back to Linux. Apple just isn't interested in earning my money any more, and hasn't been for years.

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    2. Ransom

      Ransom

      My wife convinced me to get a 4K screen to go with the Linux box I built. She was right, it's wonderful having the sharpness and clarity of 4K.

    3. Flojomojo

      Flojomojo

      Thanks JD, I've been in the market for a cheap laptop with a nice screen. Toshiba Chromebook 2 looks like it will fit the bill if the screen is as nice as everyone says. Just snagged one on eBay for $100.

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      ^Sounds Awesome! My all in one computer is a Toshiba, and in general I like their stuff :) Also have a Home Theater receiver and used to have an HD Flat screen CRT that was Toshiba.

  5. Ransom

    What are you, some kind of maroon?

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    2. Nathan Strum

      Nathan Strum

      No reason to get violet.

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I've been called many things, A Hellion, Rapscallion, Ne'er-Do-Well, A Strumpet (Or was that Scornet?), a Fopdoodle, A Sculliuous rampacious Fustilarian, Mr. Don't!, a Puckman (I might have misheard that)...

    4. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Also I forgot my point!

  6. Ransom
    Got mine today! It's a fun game! I had fun playing z-mode single-player and normal mode two-player with my wife. Thank you!
  7. Ransom
    Note: All the apostrophes I typed in the message below keep disappearing. Editing to add them doesnt help. Anyway... I havent played it in a bazillion years, but in college a friend and I used to play it together collaboratively, strategizing together. We even stayed up all night playing it a few times. Ive always enjoyed simulation games, especially ones with an economic component, all the way back to my first taste with Kingdom. In fact, Nobunagas Ambition was a bit like Kingdom on steroids. The point of the game was to conquer, but you had to keep people happy and fed, too. Later I bought Romance of Three Kingdoms, which was from the same publisher, but it was a little over-complicated to me, and never saw the amount of play Nobunagas Ambition did. I think I bought a follow-on Nobunagas title later on, and didnt really play it much. Maybe it was just the right time & place for the first one, but its stuck with me as one of those titles I really enjoyed.
  8. Ransom
    Yup. And Im eagerly awaiting it! Youre right, we do. I even own a boxed copy! Ive just always played it on the Apple ][, and forgot all about the Atari version. Doh! Let me replace that with an old NES favorite of mine that was ported to many systems and computers: Nobunagas Ambition. That should be doable for the A8, I would think.
  9. Ransom
    Rally-X Galaga 90 Populous Wizards Crown AD&D (Cloudy Mountain)
  10. Ransom
    That’s awesome. Ordered!
  11. Ransom
    Did he mean the technological improvement of joysticks that self-center?
  12. Ransom

    As a kid, I thought Lucille had left him with four hundred children and a crop in the field.

    1. Nathan Strum

      Nathan Strum

      I heard it the same way.

    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I still remember in the 70's when my brother got a CB, and was telling me he heard a trucker on there singing, "Ya picked a fine time to leave me Loose Wheel"

    3. Ransom

      Ransom

      +Nathan Strum -- i'm glad I'm not the only one! :)

  13. Ransom
    My biggest computer disappointment was the TI-99/4a. I got it, and then the next day it was all over the news that they’d burn your house down. So my parents made me take it back to the store.
  14. Ransom
    Was he rewriting history in his favor, or was he just telling his side of it like everyone else has been all along? As for the private jet and such, it sounds like he didn't really want to take the job and so he asked for the sun, moon, and stars. Does it make him a bad guy that Warner agreed to give it all to him?
  15. Ransom
    That's a very good interview with Ray Kassar. Thanks for linking to it! There's no doubt Atari needed real management, and Ray brought that. His term at the top wasn't all sunshine and rainbows for everyone, but nothing ever is. There can be no doubt that he presided over the golden age. And also no doubt that it wasn't he who ruined the company.
  16. Ransom

    Kill all the killers.

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    2. Random Terrain

      Random Terrain

      Can we also tickle all the ticklers?

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      Sounds like an idea for a video game

    4. xucaen

      xucaen

      Grig, I thought she wanted to hunt the hunters... ;)

  17. Ransom
    If I can still use emulation and/or system changers, then I'd keep the Intellivision. It's the console for which I most prefer using actual hardware (followed by the 5200 and Vectrex). And it can play 2600 games with the adapter. If I can't use emulation and/or system changers, then I'd keep the 2600. It's the best all-around game console ever.
  18. Ransom

    When he gets in a scrape, he makes his escape with the help of his friend, an ape named Ape.

    1. Grig

      Grig

      then away he'll schlep on his elephant Shep while Fella and Ursala stay in step

    2. adam242

      adam242

      I first heard, and to this day have only heard, Weird Al's version on 'Dare to be Stupid'.

    3. retrorussell

      retrorussell

      Watch out for that tree!

  19. Ransom
    Both have their uses. I prefer real hardware, and real cartridges in real boxes. But when I just want to play a game for a couple of minutes, it's more convenient to fire up an emulator. Or when I'm on the road, I'm not going to lug a 1200XL and a 1050 with me, but my computer will emulate them both pretty well these days and it's always with me anyway.
  20. Ransom

    Too much good TV, not enough time. I haven't watched a single episode of Stranger Things s2 nor of The Punisher, even though I've been looking forward to both.

    1. LS650

      LS650

      I thought STs2 was good, maybe a bit better than the first season. I haven't had time to watch any of The Punisher yet.

       

    2. cybercylon

      cybercylon

      I've only gotten to ep of season 2 for stranger things. Granted... I've been catching up on AHS.

    3. CPUWIZ

      CPUWIZ

      First episode of Punisher didn't grab me. ST2 on the other hand, I binged over a 3 day period.

  21. Ransom

    Amazon says it's "Black Friday Deals Week." Is that a thing, or are they just trying to make it one?

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    2. Stephen

      Stephen

      Let's just cut the bullshit and make it Christmas shopping year round. Holidays are all about spending money, right.

    3. Eltigro

      Eltigro

      Thanksgiving is supposed to be a time when you are thankful for what you have. It's right after Thanksgiving when you can rush out and try to get what you don't have.

    4. Lord Innit

      Lord Innit

      Here in the UK, the Black Friday thing seems rather pointless to me. I managed to get my tablet for much cheaper than the Black Friday price just 2 weeks later from the same retailer.

  22. Ransom

    Failed early script draft: "Luke, I'm your second cousin."

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    2. frankodragon

      frankodragon

      Next on Maury: A guy named Luke wants to the DNA results of one Darth Vader. Next Maury.

    3. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      You ARE the Father! NOOOOOOOOO!

    4. carlsson

      carlsson

      "Luke, I am the scientist who brought you up from an embryo in a petri dish!"

  23. Ransom

    On the great space coaster, off we go!

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    2. frankodragon

      frankodragon

      I always waited for La Linea. I couldn't wait for him to get pissed off.

    3. jaybird3rd

      jaybird3rd

      Why did this show (and other kids' shows from the 70s and 80s) never make it out on DVD?

    4. atari2600land

      atari2600land

      Still waiting for a Square One TV DVD.

  24. Ransom
    "Midcentury highly educated, Northeastern US accent". He was kind of awesome. Paper Lion remains a good read, IMO. If they had an audiobook of it with him reading it, I'd buy it in a heartbeat.
  25. Ransom

    I don't get it.

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    2. GoldLeader

      GoldLeader

      I don't get IT either...I mean they sit on their ass all day, then when you call because you're locked out, they claim it was YOU who changed your password when ya didn't, they get nasty for no reason until you yell just Reset my F-ing Password and shut up OK?

    3. 2600 Forever

      2600 Forever

      No, you are either a dumbass kid, or a troll, pretending to be a kid.

    4. TheTIGuy

      TheTIGuy

      Oh.

      Sorry, I wasn't trying to be a troll or a dumbass.

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