electroglyph opened this issue on Oct 06, 2007 · 43 posts
vangogh posted Mon, 08 October 2007 at 8:54 PM
Talk of old computer games....I used to play Sim City on a hard core basis, the very 1st version. Also fell hard for Civilization (both 1 and 2) and Empire also. One game that is very simple and old, old, old is Shanghii, but I still play it today....endlessly. There is something soothing about the game that relaxes me after a long day at work. One reason for Bryce’s staying power?....it has developed a loyal flock of users, much like the Mac has it’s own hard core block of users who will stay loyal fans for as long as Apple makes em. I fit into both camps. Bryce because it is so easy to use and still is capable of doing so many things. Users of high end apps tend to look down on Bryce because of it’s simplicity, but they don’t realize that you don’t have to be expensive and complicated to be great....sometimes its the simple and easy and inexpensive ones that are gifted with turning out great images. And Bryce is one of those programs. As for screen savers....never really used em much as I would always turn mine off when I wasn't using it in the beginning days and now with the much improved and advanced models that are out today, I hardly ever turn it off as it will go into sleep mode automatically after 10 minutes. Actually I have found that its better to leave em on all the time anyway as the bout-up process not only uses more energy, but it is hard on the screen too.