WhatHoSnorkers
whathosnorkers.bsky.social
WhatHoSnorkers
@whathosnorkers.bsky.social
Game improver, fancy dresser, history reader. Mainly ZX Spectrum but other systems too.
The Big Three would have to become the Big Four... Churchill, Roosevelt, Stalin and Babini in his little tank!
November 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Babini LIVES! Babini is NEVER conquered!

If Babini lasts until the Armistice he can change sides and help Monty with Arnhem...
November 22, 2025 at 9:13 PM
There are earlier games about it too. It's done tastefully too.
November 22, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Ouch. That's going to hurt. Maybe they should make a break for the south?
November 22, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I think it was a collection of Niven essays.
November 21, 2025 at 4:15 PM
That montage though with the axe maniacs and the fashion shoot!

And the LASER on the gun!
November 21, 2025 at 3:53 PM
The movie is great though. Imagine it like someone now set out to make a loving parody of an 80s action flick... and was sponsored by Swan Vesta.
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November 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Thank you! I remember someone reading it to me at a Norwich Science Fiction group meeting 20 years ago!
November 21, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Yes, this.
November 21, 2025 at 9:45 AM
There's a Larry Niven essay "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" that goes into some detail on the problems he'd have.
November 21, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Is this a canape for a cocktail party?
November 20, 2025 at 6:00 PM
I know that I am focussed on my own experience, but find other things interesting. But I do tend to focus on my own experience, which will be Sinclair, SEGA, Sony. As long as I bear that in mind, that other people in the world exist, that's OK.
November 20, 2025 at 4:31 PM
It echoes in eternity.
November 20, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I think people should always read/watch things before commenting, as a courtesy. Or just not interact.

It's a good article. The problem isn't Americans. It's lazy writers. The BBC did that infamous article where they forgot that they had a computer, for instance, but Video Game Crash though...
November 20, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The snow outside explains why those choppers aren't as big as they seemed on TV.
November 20, 2025 at 9:29 AM
I was thinking it would be QE2!
November 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM