Honestly sorry about the loss of your home.

My wife and I still have 24 years to pay on our 30 year mortgage. We do this both working minimum wage jobs. We both went to college. She got her B.A., I have one year left.

With 3 kids, we've done it this way. Car is not a real fancy thing-but it was paid off BEFORE we bought house, as well as student loans.Not paying a landlord anymore means we own the only thing that consistently goes UP in value regardless of the economy. (Credit Card companies LOVE us because of this, but we turn their liar's promises down).With 30 year mortgage, we'll end up paying for an $80,000 house almosthalf over- BUT- unlike a balloon payment or sexy 'ARM' house loan (Adjustable Rate Mortgage) our legally binding monthly payment will NOT ever go up in price-in fact, it has recently gone DOWN.

I come to the internet using a 56kbps Modem(dialup). Laugh all you want, but it is harder to hack, and my monthly bill is $9.00 for internet access. Most others are paying 2 and 3 times more EVERY MONTH. Just so you can load hacks commercials and spam into your CPU faster? Cell phone- we own only one. Our primary phone is an old 'wall phone'. The price per month, even with a long distance call, is about $20.00 a month. (3 times cheaper than that damn cell phone with it's 'contractual commitment'). As for Cable TV with sexy High Definition nonsense-we get only the minimum package. Nowdays all our electronics are being determined FOR us, not BY us. Try to buy an old wall phone anywhere today, a Modem or even a simple typewriter. You can't. They love that, too.$$$$$

We can blame governments all we want and we usually do, but bottom line-American Citizens themselves need to tell these elected officials what WE want. Instead of sitting back and just letting them shovel more cr*p down our throats. If they can't listen, then they can't be an official anymore. It is up to us each, my fellow americans. the way we spend our money is our actual power that moves any of them. Spend intelligently, and make sure they do the same.

Matt + 'aNd' + Moe (my wife's nik)= mat en moe. We've shared the name for 12 years. (was 'moe n mat') so much for originality:oops:

Unfortunately, it usually gets taken as "mating more":shock: Which can be good too ;), but we already have 3 kids now :?...

My avatar-Populous The Begining. I have no explanation for it.

Other great stand-bys; Flying Heroes and Sim City 4.

On PS2= Any Medal of Honor and Tomb Raider.

i suggest battlefield 2sub-raid

(Spoiler!)You say "War Game" did you consider something that isn't modern warfare, and what exactly do you like in a war game beyond realism? Because if you don't mind a 'fantasy' element (Dwarves and Undead), and like to pick your brain about strategy, you could look into an old game called "Myth the Fallen Lords" or"Soulblighter" made in 1997 for the PC by Bunjie Software). It is a very hands on warfare experience. No resource collecting, unit upgrading or sugar coated sprinkles of any kind. Just be clever enough to acheive the military goals in realistic maps (including weather) with only a small number of Dark Age units and how you use them. A 3D engine, but it is not a FPS, however. Extremely bloody if that's what you also want. Never a 'kiddie game!'

Maybe also look into non-modern setting wargames, you might find other kinds of great wargames to play.

I WOULD rather focus on the domestic situation in my country. NKorea can go hang and stick to manufacturing Hyundai cars. BUT my power is a single vote to change what my nation's stance is on this childish stunt. Untill then it's going to be in our face thanks to media, and folks my age aren't allowed to look the other way.

To avoid the potential Troll argument this can become how about a side-thread;

How would a communist nation be at manufacturing video games as part of their global income?

Unfortunately I never got to finish the original from the NES days! :cry: (Don't drink beverages near your console! :oops: ) So I can only say that #1 was my favorite, but I am an antique gamer, anyway.

:twisted: Ummm-nobody else has said this suprisingly;

I honestly think that FREE would be a great price :D

Hell, In 20 years of buying their stuff, I must have put 5 industry mogol kids through college already!

So's hows about a THANK YOU with some new and free games for a long time supporter?

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$40 if its new, $30 if its half a year to a year and a half old, $20 if its more than a year and a half old, $10 if its more than two years old.

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Me too-great idea, but they'd Hari-Kari before letting it happen.