My kid wants me to install a bunch of mods to minecraft, I'm confused about the process. Installing mods seems much different then say on Steam games where its integrated into the application. I'm uncomfortable just following sketchy links on message boards to download and install jars/executables, but thats the process as I've seen it described. Is there a more obvious way to do this?
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posted by H. Roark
on May 20, 2013 -
7 answers
I used to play a FPS on my PC back in the 90's. I can't remember the title of it, however I remember one of the weapons.
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posted by madcow20
on May 9, 2013 -
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In the 90's I borrowed a demo-CD from a friend, who had a car combat-like game, where you drove around in a futuristic environment. The game was a demo, so it only had one level and only one car. The only mission that was available was where one had to collect two pieces of a device located in two different parts of the map. Most of the stuff was blue.
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posted by madcow20
on Apr 28, 2013 -
18 answers
I'm trying to remember the name of a computer game I used to play in the early- to mid-90s. I think it was a series set in suburbia with two kids (possibly brother and sister?) tasked with solving crimes. It had suspects, a map with possible locations, and it was probably vaguely educational. It was not Carmen Sandiego-related. What was the name of the game?
posted by flibbertigibbet
on Apr 4, 2013 -
2 answers
Need some iPhone games that are as engrossing as Civilization, SimCity, and Age of Empires. (Yes, I already have Civilization Revolution and SimCity DLX.)
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posted by Afroblanco
on Mar 28, 2013 -
19 answers
I played a board game with some friends a few years ago, and I can't remember the name of it. Can someone help me figure out what it is? I can tell you as much about the game as I can remember, inside.
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posted by aftermarketradio
on Mar 11, 2013 -
4 answers
We started off with Munchkin, then picked up Munchkin Zombies. Which Munchkin expansion should we try next?
posted by dragonplayer
on Feb 26, 2013 -
9 answers
Hello,
I was hoping that someone could name the turn-based space strategy game I played as a demo on my PC back around 1995. I offer these sketchy details:
--it was a turn-based game where you piloted and battled using one or more spaceships
--the game offered the intriguing feature of allowing you to design new spaceships
--I remember learning the word "chassis" from the game, since you could choose what type of chassis you wanted in ship design, among other choices
--the GUI was predominantly a gray-colored menu with text and options that you could interact with using the mouse, along with some more-or-less static images of planets and spaceships
--I don't recall much in the way of storyline or even characters
--I think you didn't see faces of characters much at all, or much of them otherwise.
Thank you for trying to help me penetrate the obscurity.
posted by Perifferol
on Feb 17, 2013 -
18 answers
Internet-enabled two player, turn-by-turn iOS game for the math & logic -abled?
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posted by morganw
on Nov 21, 2012 -
9 answers
I'm trying to remember a computer game I had years back, but I can't for the life of me find it. It was a falling bricks game (like Tetris) but the pieces were one of four parts of several different faces - the hair, the eyes, the nose and mouth, and the chin and neck. The idea was to make a complete face that would then disappear from the board (again, like in Tetris). You could do mix and match faces, but you got more points for doing a whole matching face. If you let, for instance, too many mouths pile up on each other and reach the top, you lost. There were different levels, and the faces changed with each level.
Does anybody else know of this? It would have been a Mac game, sometime during the 90's. I can't have just imagined this!
posted by dithmer
on Nov 20, 2012 -
3 answers
Does anyone remember the name of an independent "interactive fiction" game that appeared on MeFi a while back? The gist of it was that there was a "writer" and a "player", and the writer created scenes visually (in an old school 8-bit, top-down view), and the player would respond with his/her action textually, and the writer would then update the graphics on the screen to reflect the actions of the user. The completed stories could then be uploaded to a common site for all to share.
It was very cool, but I can't remember its name for the life of me.
posted by sutt
on Nov 15, 2012 -
4 answers
My finacee and I like to play boardgames in the evenings in the cold months, but we need some fun, challenging games that don't take so long to play and that can be completed in an hour or two.
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posted by PuppetMcSockerson
on Nov 5, 2012 -
50 answers
I need to name my kitten after a term in (contract) bridge or something card-related. I feel like I've exhausted most options...
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posted by elleyebeebeewhy
on Oct 24, 2012 -
44 answers
Hi, does anyone know whether 'Game of Thrones' is filmed on actual celluloid film or just on some digital videoformat? Thanks
posted by soymilk
on Oct 24, 2012 -
8 answers
Looking for fun party games (other than Telephone Pictionary) that can be played with 20-25 people and involve little (or no) supplies, explanation, organization, or complex thinking.
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posted by Afroblanco
on Oct 18, 2012 -
24 answers
One of my esteemed offspring wanted me to bring this to the hive mind, so here goes:
Okay, Mom, I finally remembered to write this note. This is what I'd like you to ask the Metafilter crew.
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posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies
on Sep 19, 2012 -
10 answers
Have you played the game The Heist from the app store? It features four different puzzle types. I am really fond of the sudoku-esque puzzle that uses figures instead of numbers and a different grid layout. Is there a name for this type of game? Can you recommend similar games? I don't really like the other three puzzle types and I have played all 15 of the one I do like. TIA!
posted by morganannie
on Aug 27, 2012 -
3 answers
This old Macintosh game sprung to mind, but until Google has metadata for game mechanics, I will have a hard time finding it. Do you remember its name?
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posted by peripatetron errant
on Aug 14, 2012 -
6 answers
Can I play Bioshock on my Macbook Air? Will it be a pleasant experience? Will I have problems with overheating or with a less-than-ideal interface?
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posted by OrangeDisk
on Aug 9, 2012 -
6 answers
Game-loving MeFites: Know any games that make use of a computer, but aren't computer games?
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posted by Paris Elk
on Aug 5, 2012 -
10 answers
I’m trying to remember a recent browser-based Flash game. It was a vertical scroller, overhead space-themed shooter, something I saw online within the past 6-12 months. You had a ship and you’d pick up weapons. Your bullets were meagre at first, and then numerous as you upgraded your weapons. The screen would fill up with bad guys, bullets everywhere, general mayhem that you could only survive with a constant inflow of invincibility powerups.
What was this game?
posted by migurski
on Jul 17, 2012 -
9 answers
Game felt a bit like Mass Effect, but it predated ME. Searching has been fruitless thus far.
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posted by inauthentic
on Jun 30, 2012 -
2 answers
Looking for the name of a game with numbered cubes and soothing music. Scant details inside.
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posted by bunny hugger
on Jun 21, 2012 -
1 answer
Casual/addictive doodle game
Draw Something updated earlier today. Now it's not letting me log in without giving it permission to post things on my Facebook (which I very much Do Not Want). Is there any way I can disable or otherwise get around this new "feature" without resetting my account, or is my glorious 49 turn record doomed forever?
posted by fight or flight
on Apr 19, 2012 -
12 answers
I'm a female with no game trying to decipher the latest chapter in a lengthy saga with a guy I'm interested in. Talk some sense into me one way or another.
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posted by superfille
on Apr 17, 2012 -
65 answers
Dumb Question of the Day Award goes to . . . me! I can't figure out how to work the Alchemy game on my Android phone (No, I'm not asking how to make wheat).
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posted by backwards compatible
on Apr 2, 2012 -
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My kid wants to play Minecraft. I am not a gamer. Please help me answer questions regarding system requirements, appropriateness and how to get him started when I really don't want to get involved at all!
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posted by BlahLaLa
on Mar 15, 2012 -
30 answers
I'm planning a party for the Game of Thrones premiere on April 1st, we're planning on doing a potluck, using the show as a theme for the dishes. I have already found several sites or blogs dedicated to recipes of dishes mentioned in the books. But if you do have a good recipe,
please feel free to share it as well!!
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posted by Quincy
on Mar 12, 2012 -
28 answers
Is
this forum for real? It's tweaking my 'this is some kind of SEO fake' instincts but it seems to be legit. It's driving me slightly crazy. Ponderings below.
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posted by Sebmojo
on Mar 7, 2012 -
13 answers
Looking for an old Windows game where marching figures (like Smurfs but not blue) appeared at the top relentlessly ever onward.
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posted by lungtaworld
on Feb 25, 2012 -
9 answers
Help me find the name of that brief interactive “game” where the narrator (speaking aloud, British I think) describes the actions of the player, marching us toward our inevitable demise… until we decide to disobey his narrative.
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posted by scamper
on Feb 11, 2012 -
5 answers
Looking for a game or screensaver-type program where little scenes or creatures or plants or -something- will change and evolve and interact with itself, without human input.
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posted by The otter lady
on Jan 11, 2012 -
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Several years ago, I saw a website with a fun little flash or javascript applet thingy where you could build little tensegrity structure creatures, then have oscillating movements applied to the pieces, so that the structures would seem to "walk". I don't remember what it was called! From memory, one of the simpler structures looked sort of like
this. What was it? Is it still online?
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posted by rivenwanderer
on Jan 3, 2012 -
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What math flash card game, which required you to use each of four numbers on a card to get to one fixed answer each time, did I play in grammar school?
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posted by AgentRocket
on Dec 2, 2011 -
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Recent MeFi post about an quirky adventure game that I can't seem to find.
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posted by d1rge
on Nov 13, 2011 -
2 answers
What is the name of the PlayStation Move homemade project where the point of the game was to shake the other persons controller when the music played fast?
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posted by supyo
on Nov 3, 2011 -
3 answers
Help me remember the name of a shareware turn-by-turn space shooter from the mid-nineties.
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posted by Revort
on Oct 29, 2011 -
5 answers
Please help me remember an old computer game. It was a lighthearted kids' adventure/puzzle game. It takes place in the far future and you are the president or possibly the president's advisor. (It wasn't
Shadow President). Puzzles involved dolphins, martians and robots.
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posted by overeducated_alligator
on Oct 14, 2011 -
6 answers
I need suggestions for old DOS era games that only supported playing with the original floppy disk(s) in drive A: and offered no hard disk install option.
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posted by jklaiho
on Oct 1, 2011 -
20 answers
I have a B.S. in Math, but I haven't been able to find a job in my field. What can I add to my undergrad degree to be more competitive in the job market?
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posted by ZeroDivides
on Sep 21, 2011 -
12 answers
1) What was the name of the shareware, turn-based, tile-graphic RPG for Mac I played in the late '90s? 2) Is there anything like it nowadays?
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posted by Faint of Butt
on Sep 15, 2011 -
11 answers
I am looking for an old BASIC(?)-programmed DOS game. It is about defending North America from an invasion of killer bees. I believe the file was SWARM.EXE, and I'm pretty sure it was freeware.
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posted by curious nu
on Sep 10, 2011 -
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