tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post2348521749297634602..comments2024-03-29T06:16:21.012+08:00Comments on Monsters and Manuals: Zangband, ToME, and the RoguelikesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-79432262048844554372008-07-08T20:09:00.000+08:002008-07-08T20:09:00.000+08:00I've always played it with a tile set so that thin...I've always played it with a tile set so that things appear like little creatures, not as coloured ASCII things...<BR/><BR/>I think I'll fire up ToME on my laptop once the corrections for my thesis are done and I'm just waiting for my examiners to get back to me.NathanRyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963023116440525852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-12494452246762228862008-07-08T09:22:00.000+08:002008-07-08T09:22:00.000+08:00Well you should see/read them right away. Yeah, th...Well you should see/read them right away. <BR/><BR/>Yeah, those Software Bugs are a pain in the arse. The worst are the Random Number Generators in ToME, though. Capital 'I' who breed explosively and cause confusion.noismshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09933436762608669966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2513019539869706574.post-76110706382936425712008-07-07T23:45:00.000+08:002008-07-07T23:45:00.000+08:00I played Zangband for the first time quite a few y...I played Zangband for the first time quite a few years ago (I think at your insistence) and loved it, but it never struck me as truly weird until I started playing it in it's Tome incarnation. I have no explanation for why: I just accepted point blank the surreality of going from fighting orcs and goblins one moment to Bill Gates and computer bugs the next...<BR/><BR/>And I still haven't seen The Insider. Or read Viriconium.NathanRyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17963023116440525852noreply@blogger.com