Zombiepirate

In the tech sense- what is your favorite way that someone has used systems in unintended ways to do something cool?

I like the one where a guy used a wiimote for head tracking.

I've been getting back into the classic Close Combat games, and they're some of my very favorite of the wargame genre.

I'm curious what retrogaming's favorites are. I'm not too particular on what constitutes a "wargame," it could be anything from Final Fantasy Tactics to Steel Panthers.

To throw a couple more out, I really enjoyed Rome: Total War for the 4x strategy and the Combat Mission games for their simulation systems as well.

I've been playing some games through ScummVM, and there's a cool feature that lets you load the game using whichever graphics mode the software originally supported. It also lets you use shaders to simulate a CRT, because these bare pixels were never meant to be seen with human eyes. I thought it was fun to compare the art from the different versions.

The posted image is from the EGA version

Here is the CGA:

And Here is Hercules(Amber):

[...] fans began throwing the uncollected disco LPs and singles from the stands. Tigers designated hitter Rusty Staub remembered that the records would slice through the air, and land sticking out of the ground. He urged teammates to wear batting helmets when playing their positions, "It wasn't just one, it was many. Oh, God almighty, I've never seen anything so dangerous in my life." Attendees also threw firecrackers, empty liquor bottles, and lighters onto the field. The game was stopped several times because of the rain of foreign objects.

The Entangled Worlds mod is so well done that once you're in the game it feels like the engine was designed to support multiplayer.

One interesting aspect is that when one of the players dies they turn into an enemy with all of the same inventory; the other players must kill them to revive.

Even if you never got into Noita, it's a lot of fun to play it with friends.

I'd dice a russet up fairly small, then pan fry it in avocado oil. Add rosemary, salt and pepper. Remove and cover, then fry an egg in the leftover oil. Shread cheese on top and serve with salsa.

Picture taken from the Met

I'm a fan of braunschweiger on butter crackers. Top-tier snack food.

I'm considering trying it when I'm car camping to save some cooler space. Is there a recipe you've used where it turned out well? Any best practices?

I'm thinking a stew would be a good option, leaving it to soak in the broth for a good long time.

My favorite overall is probably Bridge Crew, because there's nothing better than cruising around in the OG NCC-1701 Enterprise with your pals.

I also liked Elite Force when it came out, because it was crazy to see the 3D Trek environments even though they're unimpressive by today's standards. It even got me to watch Voyager.