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Well, I’ve been travelling a bit, but I managed to get a few Demigod single player games in beforehand, along with a lot of Peggle since I’ve arrived here.
First to Demigod; well it’s a very fun game. It’s beautiful and addictive and has just the right amount of ‘cheesiness’. It also has some ‘cool’ element that I can’t quite put my finger on. I’ve still not ventured online, but almost daily updates from the developers are giving me a lot of hope of the game crossing the final hurdle into greatness. Apparently we’ll (Australia, Europe at least) will be getting a proxy server for the game to assist with connectivity problems. Improvements are being made to the lobby, the interface and the behind the scenes networking.
Oh, I nearly forgot, if you have trouble launching demigod, there are known issues with Comodo and with Google Desktop. There is a stub exe from the developers available on the website that might help. This thread contains a link to the stub exe and helpful advice on game-launch problems.
It’s a shame Stardock borked the release window, but the signs are very promising. Stardock are also promising a more interesting single player experience in the not too distant future.
Since I’ve been up in the sunnier climes of Queensland, I’ve had a few ‘hot-seat’ games of Peggle (at night) with people standing around the computer groaning, cheering or otherwise carrying on. Such a simple game, soooo addictive. It reminded me of the arcade days when I used to meet up with friends and play R-Type, Mario, Gauntlet etc in front of groups of people. I do kind of miss those more ‘social’ days. One can see how the Wii manages to suck so many families in really (socially I mean).
I’ll be firing up Sins of a Solar Empire (Entrenchment) tonight, assuming Peggle doesn’t nudge it out of the road 
We have a ‘what have you been playing thread’ right here. Feel free to contribute
- Scoobs
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