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Article #78674Re: BLOOD
From: Richard
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:55
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 21:55
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Check out this new eBay listing (not mine): http://cgi.ebay.com/BLOOD-ONE-UNIT-Whole-Blood-CD-PC-Game_W0QQitemZ130017365724QQihZ003QQcategoryZ62053QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem <olddos@old.dos> wrote in message news:jc15e294k89ku9evtq7o9dcsp98eovqu6c@4ax.com... > BLOOD.iso-"full"version+plasmaPak+crypticPassages. written by Jason's > crew at Monolith. bought by atari and retired to a dusty shelf. > bastards. they won't sell me a copy or even answer inquiries if they > are concerning blood. a sad,sad end to the best fps game ever written, > the game that wolf led to, and the game which all other fps games are > pale pigs ears in comparison. pure elegance in it's Build engine and > very tightly woven. even the freeware version at 16mb is a wonder of > programming and imagination. suspense, excitment, mental exercise, > fustration, puzzles,even humor.- and blood enough to fill an ocean. > wonderfully unique (especially in its day) weapons ranging from a > pitchfork and dynamite to sorequest- mekind of zapping frying energy > burst rifle. such preponderence, skill, ability, creativeness,and > art-art in it's highest form. art because of the emotions the game > induces and it's lingering aftereffects. > > but alas, i know not this game in it's fullness, only the shareware. > Poor, poor Caleb. doomed to obscurity, sitting on an old dusty shelf > at atari. But if some kind soul could and would post it, then caleb > could live yet again. or at least on my computers. > > I cannot convey to you the extent to which i desire these files. I am > so ...........lonesome(?)..for these files i oftimes cry myself to > sleep and awake felling lost and scared and unreal. sometimes i cannot > be comforted for days on end. i finally obtained internet service so > that i could search the world over for even one kind soul that would > post my hearts desire. if i had these files i would make dozens of > backup copies and hide all over the farm and entrust to my closest > friends each a copy or two to hold for me in case of fire, flood, > invasion, or meteors from space, and never again would i feel such > hopelessness and inadequacacy as is engendered form the state i am now > in. woe is me. comfort me, comfort me, oh you posters. > > I have the freeware version (which is much more enjoyable than a blunt > spam in the eye) which i could post for anyone who cares to request > it, for i would have none my Lord's children bereft of at least that > small 16mb comfort. also i have several user-made maps and episodes i > could share- but they require the "full" version to acess them. also > if I had the full version i could attempt an episode of my own > creation-and that's what all this gaming really boils down > to-creating. create an episode or create a high score or simply create > an enjoyment for your soul through a satisfying round of whatever your > favorite game happens to be. > > so if there is any (and i do mean ANY) thing anyone can do to help me, > don't hesitate to just jump right in and post. > > humbly yours > olddos
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Path: mbox-mo1.pugleaf.net!number1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newshub.sdsu.edu!headwall.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!sn-xt-sjc-02!sn-xt-sjc-09!sn-post-sjc-01!supernews.com!corp.supernews.com!not-for-mail From: "Richard" <rulisky@erinet.com> Newsgroups: alt.games.duke3d Subject: Re: BLOOD Date: Tue, 15 Aug 2006 17:55:47 -0400 Organization: Posted via Supernews, http://www.supernews.com Message-ID: <12e4gn7nca0vl7d@corp.supernews.com> References: <jc15e294k89ku9evtq7o9dcsp98eovqu6c@4ax.com> X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2869 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2869 X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original X-Complaints-To: abuse@supernews.com Lines: 57 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit