Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!uunet!steinmetz!davidsen From: davidsen@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: New Game: ASTROTIT Part 1 of 2 Message-ID: <6632@steinmetz.steinmetz.UUCP> Date: Tue, 7-Jul-87 16:42:04 EDT Article-I.D.: steinmet.6632 Posted: Tue Jul 7 16:42:04 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 10-Jul-87 05:46:03 EDT References: <3758@spool.WISC.EDU> <2749@ncoast.UUCP> <364@parcvax.Xerox.COM> Reply-To: davidsen@kbsvax.steinmetz.UUCP (William E. Davidsen Jr) Distribution: comp Organization: General Electric CRD, Schenectady, NY Lines: 29 Keywords: bad taste, anti-feminist In article <364@parcvax.Xerox.COM> burton@parcvax.xerox.com.UUCP (Philip M. Burton) writes: >I managed to download this game, and I'm sorry that I wasted my time. This game >is in very, very poor taste and is quite anti-feminist. Did you get a version without the intro? Of course it's in poor taste, it made absolutely no claim to taste. I'm not sure I see the anti-feminist aspect, although some prudes find anything having to do with sex to be anti-feminist. > >I'd suggest that the authors issue an apology to the women readers of this >newsgroup. Grow up. The author warned the users what to expect. apology for delivering what he said he would? > >Philip Burton >Xerox Corporation > >My own opinions, exactly. > My major complaint is technical. The game should do some sort of check for CPU speed at startup. I have a 386 system, and before I can use the 'P' command to slow things down, my... hum, "defensive weapon" has been destroyed. Other members of the family want an Amiga version. -- bill davidsen (wedu@ge-crd.arpa) {chinet | philabs | sesimo}!steinmetz!crdos1!davidsen "Stupidity, like virtue, is its own reward" -me