Mountain West Microbrew: Chit chat and irrelevancy - Page 50

RyanD · #**981** Posted **Apr 11, 2013, 9:56 PM**

I like Mici, Cosmos, Sliceworks, Pizza Republica, Lala, — Pizza.. Hell I like pizza..

Interzen · #**982** Posted **Apr 11, 2013, 9:57 PM**

Turkish pizza is great. A fried egg in the middle surrounded by fish heads, fish heads, eat them up, yum.

wong21fr · #**983** Posted **Apr 11, 2013, 11:49 PM**

Benny Blanco's anyone?

EngiNerd · #**984** Posted **Apr 12, 2013, 4:58 AM**

Parisi and Osteria Marco are probably my favs in Denver, though I really go for arugula on pizzas and true italian style pizzas in general.

DenverInfill · #**985** Posted **Apr 12, 2013, 3:43 PM**

My first SimCity was for Super Nintendo:

Interzen · #**986** Posted **Apr 12, 2013, 3:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by DenverInfill

My first SimCity was for Super Nintendo:

My first SimCity was Ceasar:

I'm even in the credits as a play tester.

It wasn't a pure ripoff of SimCity but definitely inspired by it.

Cirrus · #**987** Posted **Apr 12, 2013, 6:22 PM**

Actually, according to my parents, my first SimCity was matchbox cars and masking tape on the linoleum basement floor.

Vaguely like this random internet picture.

The Dirt · #**988** Posted **Apr 12, 2013, 8:00 PM**

I grew up on SimCity 2000. When I got my hands on the the original SimCity, it just didn't appeal to me. Blasphemy, I know. I've played all of the rest (except the newest one) but, they just don't have the same charm. I liked how you could start in 1950 and work your way up to arcologies.

bunt_q · #**989** Posted **Apr 12, 2013, 8:07 PM**

The original computer SimCity came with what was basically a little paperback textbook on urban planning. That was back in the era when lots of games came with books (think Carmen Sandiego and getting a World Almanac)... probably my first planning text, actually. I still have it - it has an honored spot on my shelf with all my other planning books.

RyanD · #**990** Posted **Apr 12, 2013, 8:09 PM**

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Originally Posted by The Dirt

I grew up on SimCity 2000. When I got my hands on the the original SimCity, it just didn't appeal to me. Blasphemy, I know. I've played all of the rest (except the newest one) but, they just don't have the same charm. I liked how you could start in 1950 and work your way up to arcologies.

The best city I built was in SimCity 2000.. It had 140 mil in the bank and was profiting every month. Then what I did was export it to SimCopter / Streets of SimCity to drive and fly around my city. That was a truly special suite of software which I wish they continued with. You could truly interact with your city in many ways.

The Dirt · #**991** Posted **Apr 12, 2013, 8:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by RyanD

The best city I built was in SimCity 2000.. It had 140 mil in the bank and was profiting every month. Then what I did was export it to SimCopter / Streets of SimCity to drive and fly around my city. That was a truly special suite of software which I wish they continued with. You could truly interact with your city in many ways.

Could SimCopter/ Streets take photos of the city? I just can't imagine you playing those games without accumulating tons of photos.

bcp · #**992** Posted **Apr 12, 2013, 8:45 PM**

hate to be that guy...but can we "new thread" this talk?

bunt_q · #**993** Posted **Apr 12, 2013, 8:51 PM**

Did any of you guys ever play SimAnt? Or SimEarth? "Trichordates are sentient!"

bunt_q · #**994** Posted **Apr 12, 2013, 8:53 PM**

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Originally Posted by bcp

hate to be that guy...but can we "new thread" this talk?

Oh come on, you know as well anybody that this conversation will last about 15 posts until there's something more transportation-relevant to post about, and then we'll move on. A dedicated thread would be pointless.

Shall we go back to talking about I-70? I think we've exhausted that. Unless we want to talk about how some of the project opponents would be more effective if they just said nothing at all.

Cirrus · #**995** Posted **Apr 12, 2013, 8:54 PM**

No. I played SimTower a couple of times and hated it.

I have a soft spot for 2000 too, though. It's the one that really set the tone.

Cirrus · #**996** Posted **Apr 12, 2013, 9:01 PM**

Moved the simcity stuff to this thread. Partly just to troll bunt.

RyanD · #**997** Posted **Apr 12, 2013, 9:05 PM**

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Originally Posted by The Dirt

Could SimCopter/ Streets take photos of the city? I just can't imagine you playing those games without accumulating tons of photos.

YES! I have all that stuff somewhere in the dark caverns of my hard drives. I have a ton of pictures driving up my City Park Hill and landing on my tallest skyscraper in the city with my Helicopter. I'll look around for those pictures this weekend. They were really cool.

What was cool about Streets is that you had machine —, missiles, etc so you could destroy traffic and also your buildings..

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Originally Posted by bunt_q

Did any of you guys ever play SimAnt? Or SimEarth? "Trichordates are sentient!"

I played about 30 minutes of SimAnt and quit. It was way too weird for me.

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Originally Posted by Cirrus

No. I played SimTower a couple of times and hated it.

I have a soft spot for 2000 too, though. It's the one that really set the tone.

Couldn't you export your SimTower into 2000 as well? I think all those SimCity 2000 era games were intertwined.

Cirrus · #**998** Posted **Apr 12, 2013, 9:15 PM**

In sort-of-related news, one of bunt & my classmates from planning school just posted a bunch of pictures on facebook of her kids hanging out at a light rail station watching the trains.

The next generation, being trained early.

bunt_q · #**999** Posted **Apr 12, 2013, 9:51 PM**

Well if that doesn't make me feel old and crusty... It's fine to post pictures of your kids on Facebook. Adorable, really. As long as you're still five years older than me.

Those kids will never know a Denver where the train isn't how you go downtown. Kinda cool.

EngiNerd · #**1000** Posted **Apr 12, 2013, 11:02 PM**

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Originally Posted by bunt_q

Did any of you guys ever play SimAnt? Or SimEarth? "Trichordates are sentient!"

I played SimEarth quite a bit, always just ended up flooding the planet on accident it seemed, and never could quite get the hang of it...SimCity is where I started, but most of my time was in SimCity 2000. Want to try the new one, but I don't have a machine capable of running it at home (I do a work, but that starts a bad precedent for not getting anything else done).