King's Quest

If you were around computers during the 1980's and 90's you have probably heard of King's Quest. These were the hottest adventure games that featured graphics rather than text based game play. Well King's Quest I, II and III have gotten makeovers from fans of the adventure gaming genre and have made them available for free.

King's Quest I and II can be downloaded here:

http://www.agdinteractive.com/

King's Quest III can be downloaded here:

http://www.infamous-adventures.com/

Those of you who have played these games will find yourselves right at home. The updated graphics are wonderful, the music is great, and the voice actors have done an excellent job. It is interesting to note that the man who did the voice of Graham in King's Quest V volunteered his time and voice to these games. Both King's Quest I and III are direct 1:1 remakes as far as the story and puzzles. King's Quest II was considered by many fans to be lacking in plot and illogical puzzles. This version of KQ II has an updated plot and the puzzles are better. So while the game will seem familiar, you will find that there is better character development, an expanded story and better puzzles.

If you find you enjoy these games, you can find more adventure games at http://www.bigbluecup.com/. This is the website that created the Adventure Game Studio which is the engine that was used to write these games. The engine is also freely available for download; so if you fancy yourself a programmer and have always wanted to make your own game, you can do that too.

United States takes up space...

I was recently shocked when I read the following article:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6063926.stm

The upshot of this policy, bars from space any country that the U.S. government considers hostile. So what happens when any country decides to launch a space flight that the U.S. does not like? Does the G.W. Bush seriously think he can deny other countries access to space? If so he's completely loopy.

There is this thing that the U.N. has called the space treaty. What did you say? North Korea hasn't signed it? Yes I am aware of that. However, this type of language in the policy that the U.S. has adopted should be an amendment of that treaty, specifying that all nations that signed that treaty have the right to defend themselves against hostile nations that would have space based armaments regardless of whether the attacker signed the treaty or not.

The treaty could be further amended to state that the nations who signed the treaty would back each other using both diplomatic means and military force to stop any aggressor nation that uses space based weaponry. Despite the status of the lack of U.S. popularity, I have a feeling this would pass without a problem. This would also ensure that the North Korean government would think twice about launching armed satellites.It's a matter of diplomacy that the U.S. is seriously lacking in of late. It would behoove our government to stop stepping on other nations toes as it were.

We may be the only super power in the world right now, but that does not mean it will last forever. Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia, Greece, Rome, Ottoman and England all had there times when no other nation was stronger than them. It is the height of hubris to think that the U.S. will be any different. How we act while we are on top will be taken into consideration when we fall from our lofty position. It may not happen in our life time or even in our grand children's life time, but it will happen. You know what they say, be careful of who you step on when you on your way up, because you might have to kiss their ass on your way down.

So I have been busy...

Ok, I know I probably don't have too many readers. Most likely the few who do read this probably think I have abandoned this site. Well no I haven't; I have just been somewhat busy lately, but I am back, and I have some content for today. I will try to get back to updating on a regular basis.