Lol. If yesterday it was all about the “vroom vroom”, then today it will surely be about the pew pew! After racing a lot, today was shooting time! So without further ado, I jumped right into the best shooters of the history, real classics, games that endured the challenge of time and that are still played today in their upgraded iterations. Check them out, because you’re going to have quite a few surprises in the half-assed review with more photos.

Oh, and I might have missed one or two good ones. Oh well.

“Vroom vroom” in this context is about two things.

Firstly, this means mostly racing games. After playing Midtown Madness a few days ago, I decided it’s time to go for a race track day. So of course, I went the Need For Speed route, which proven a bit … challenging. And then I raced some more in other games too. Read the Half-assed reviews and more photos in the section of the main article.

On the other hand, with the help of the guys and gals at #oldcomputerchallenge I was able to upgrade my Windows installation to Service Pack 3 and get all the released updates (except WGA of course, fuck that) using the tools provided by Legacy Update. The make everything work super fine, sped up my computer a bit and made it more friendly to the internet and connectivity of today, so if you still need to manage old Windows XP systems (especially for retro gaming), send them a tip. Your beer might be someone’s bread. I also added some screenshots to the main article

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Kind reminder that today is bin day.

GameHouse / Popcap / Reflexive Games Pack

Big Kahuna Reef • Zuma • Feeding Frenzy
Super Bounce Out • GameHouse Logo • Chuzzle
Shape Shifter • Super Collapse II • Ricochet Lost Worlds

While this is not a game per se, it features a ton of great puzzle games, similar to the one above (actually it’s a part of this pack) and I’m going to quickly feature through some of them.

Half-assed review and more photos

Half-assed review and more photos

Inspired by the Old Computer Challenge, I created a new theme for the website and it’s now default for the month of July, based on the default Luna Windows XP theme. Yes, the taskbar should have been interactive, but it’s too hot outside and I got lazy. However, this theme has an easter egg. Let me know if you find it ;)

Half-assed review and more photos

Half-assed review and more photos

The year is 2002 and you’ve got your friend over to show him your collection of Windows Media Player skins

lmao