tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18991145.post116288479356535596..comments2023-10-09T09:11:58.065+00:00Comments on Ben's Blog: Game onBenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02152545728675983286noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18991145.post-1163150176736102112006-11-10T09:16:00.000+00:002006-11-10T09:16:00.000+00:00Thank you for confirming my suspicions about consu...Thank you for confirming my suspicions about consultancy companies. And The Video Games Guide ... hmm. Might end up on someone's Christmas list!Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152545728675983286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18991145.post-1163076012473440132006-11-09T12:40:00.000+00:002006-11-09T12:40:00.000+00:00I managed to knock 20% off my best-ever expert sco...I managed to knock 20% off my best-ever expert score when I discovered that 'doubleclick' mouse trick. A heavy session the night before, however, and some shaky hands does make it easy to click the wrong button. A bit of a shock when you confidently click and then die instantly.<BR/><BR/>Sadly my gaming days are long gone. Fond memories of hours spent on my ZX Spectrum, Jetpac, Jetset Willy, et al, and then all-day deathmatch Doomfests and DUke Nukem (at a consultancy company I once worked for in the 90s) are distant memories. The occasional whipping on my nephew's playstation is all I'm left with - sad really.<BR/><BR/>Glad you liked the beer can recipe BTW. And there is a splendid book out about gaming which Nicki wouldn't let me get for the shop: 0752226258. I had to be dragged away from it at a recent trade fair...Mark Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17099767231368474963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18991145.post-1162909041010737232006-11-07T14:17:00.000+00:002006-11-07T14:17:00.000+00:00And young'uns today won't believe you.I only recen...And young'uns today won't believe you.<BR/><BR/>I only recently found that if you've selected a mine and click a square next to it with both buttons together, then the entire safe area clears in one go. Though if you've selected wrongly then you die, so it's to be used with caution.Benhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02152545728675983286noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18991145.post-1162905530463190572006-11-07T13:18:00.000+00:002006-11-07T13:18:00.000+00:00Charlie and I used to play fiercely competitive Mi...Charlie and I used to play fiercely competitive Minesweeper when we should have been writing tiddlers. I would go for lunch and come back to find he'd beaten the Expert high score on my PC (it would say 'Your Mum'), and I would then spend hours trying to reclaim it. Eventually someone told me you could change the high scores by editing the ini file and I did that one day on his PC (154 seconds: Jo's Mum). He was loads better at Minesweeper than me, and I'm not sure he ever worked out how I did it. <BR/>Ah, we knew how to make our own fun in those days.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14736501243972791343noreply@blogger.com