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   Message 167,986 of 168,055   
   phoenix to Xocyll   
   Re: Mostly silliness   
   24 Feb 26 09:38:26   
   
   XPost: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action   
   From: j63840576@gmail.com   
      
   Xocyll wrote:   
   > Spalls Hurgenson  looked up from reading the   
   > entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs   
   > say:   
   >   
   >> On Sun, 22 Feb 2026 18:12:06 -0500, Xocyll  said this   
   >> thing:   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>> They really need to do one of these manager games like dungeon keeper.   
   >>> You run a supermarket or whatever, and then the attacks, shoplifters,   
   >>> KARENs, etc, like the Heroes who would attack your dungeons in DK.   
   >>   
   >> I think they did.   
   >>   
   >> Or rather, I seem to recall something along those lines. I can't find   
   >> trace of it now. It was a supermarket business managemeent game with a   
   >> top-down interface.* It was more akin to "Theme Park" than "Dungeon   
   >> Keeper".   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>> It *might* make the manager type game more interesting to non-Germans.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> Oh no. No, no. no. You /want/ to keep the Germans occupied. Otherwise   
   >> they get up to... mischief.**   
   >   
   > I didn't say make it less appealing to Germans, just make it more   
   > appealing to non-Germans.   
      
   What is that?   
      
   --   
   Through you we push down our foes;   
   through your name we tread down   
   those who rise up   
   against us.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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