Topic by Dark 2016-03-17 05:40:26

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Yes, it's a very long time sinse we last saw one of these. That's because it's also been a very long time sinse we last saw the agnet cyber elves. It turns out the annoying little critters, ----- mmmm, I mean the adorable little volunteers, had esca ---- mmmm, taken a much needed holiday through a hole in one of our security fences when the electric current was off, ---- the electric current to our heating that is because of course we don't use eletrified fences, that would be nasty (well we don't anymore, (now that's! one fire wall!).

Fortunately the cyber elves have been induced  to come back to work and all the unpleasantness is finished (not unlike some very troublesome Agnet Cyberelves), so here are the updates and we promise not to have any problems like this in the future, ---- or else!

Updates by Sander:
Stealthfly: Entry and description.
A blind legend: entry and description.

Updates by dark:
Grendel's cave: Entry, description and links.
Turf wars: entry, description and links.
Blindfold breakout: Entry, description and links.
Blindside: added link to pc and Mac versions.
Blindfold hearts: Entry, description and links.

Changed license of Blindfold Racer to shareware, added details on the challenge mode, updated link to Developer's webpage.

Blindfold Hopper: Entry, description and links.
The Wastes: Entry, description and links.
Blindfold Pong: Entry, description and links.
Added link to De Steno games bundle on Ios to Destination Mars, updated platform information.

Tiny zebra's rock: Entry, description and links.
Blood wars: entry and description.
Classic six dragons: Entry, description and links.
Updated Alien adoption agency to donation instead of demo status and removed text about the game being rebuilt sinse it's definitely up and running now.

Starship traders, The last resort: Entry and description.
Blindfold Roadtrip: entry, description and links.
Celtic tribes: Entry, description and links.

Updates by sebby:
Updated entrys of Beatstar pro and Destination Mars and added correct download links.

With our dreaming and singing, Ceaseless and sorrowless we! The glory about us clinging Of the glorious futures we see,
Our souls with high music ringing; O men! It must ever be
That we dwell in our dreaming and singing, A little apart from ye. (Arthur O'Shaughnessy 1873.)

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Reply by ishan dhami 2016-03-17 13:06:59

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thanks for giving this news!

life's battle do not always go to the stronger and faster man,
But sooner or later who win the one who thinks he can!

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Reply by Socheat 2016-03-18 15:12:06

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That was a very nice update Dark. Thanks for let us know about the sites, as well as the forum.

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Reply by Dark 2016-03-18 15:30:01

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Your welcome. I was aware it's been quite some time sinse anything got added to the db and while (as always), there is more to add hopefully this helps, especially because I've been able to add a nice selection of stuff from muds and browser games to audiogames and things for Ios.

With our dreaming and singing, Ceaseless and sorrowless we! The glory about us clinging Of the glorious futures we see,
Our souls with high music ringing; O men! It must ever be
That we dwell in our dreaming and singing, A little apart from ye. (Arthur O'Shaughnessy 1873.)

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Reply by Nick 2016-03-20 02:58:06

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Hi dark, for some reason the desura website is down.
I cannot access it.
I wonder if desura have already gone out of business?
I want the desura site back up so that I can purchase BlindSide for PC.

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Reply by Dark 2016-03-20 05:47:06

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Goodness knows Knick.
It wwas up when I wrote that update, but that was a few weeks ago, of course it might be down temporarily.

With our dreaming and singing, Ceaseless and sorrowless we! The glory about us clinging Of the glorious futures we see,
Our souls with high music ringing; O men! It must ever be
That we dwell in our dreaming and singing, A little apart from ye. (Arthur O'Shaughnessy 1873.)

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Reply by kithri 2016-03-28 04:28:00

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@Dark
I don't know if any of the staff here, but I'm sure they do, know about the IOS game of Solara and that it has been taken down from the app store, but you might want to mention it. Also might want to see if anyone knows how to contact the developer to see if they would be willing to give permission for someone else to host the server so that the game can still be played. I have tried, but the email I have
[email protected]
no longer works, but someone here might know who it is. This is a game that should not be lost and thought it should be brought to the attention of someone in power around here.
As for your updates, excellent reading, as usual, and thanks for the link updates as I could never find a couple of those games mentioned before. Thank you for posting this.

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Reply by Dark 2016-03-28 08:58:34

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Hi Kithri.

I did hear about Solara, it's a real shame sinse the game was great, particularly with it's access work.
Unfortunately "those in power" is a bit of a misnomer, we're just people who like games and write about them.
The only time I contacted the Solara creators was probably the same way you or others did, on applevis or by email to the esperlabs address you mention.

I'd suggest however waiting sinse one thing I've noticed with Ios is that games threatened to be deleted often hang around. This has already happened with the storm8 games and with the somethinelse games.  that is why i haven't altered the entry for stemstumper, even though it's no longer in the ap store (I was trying to do an entry for Spellstack but just plane couldn't find it).

So I'd wait on that one and check the page on Applevis.

One thing I will say is that great though Solara was, it had it's limits. I think part of the reason it didn't make as much by way of money through esper purchices as the creators desired was that not as much was added, sinse once you'd finished the quest mode there wasn't miles else in terms of monsters and such, though I do know they planned to add more things including descriptions of the monsters in battle.

It's a shame work had to just stop off like that, and I really do hope the developers find a way of hosting the game and keeping it available, even if it didn't quite go as promised.

With our dreaming and singing, Ceaseless and sorrowless we! The glory about us clinging Of the glorious futures we see,
Our souls with high music ringing; O men! It must ever be
That we dwell in our dreaming and singing, A little apart from ye. (Arthur O'Shaughnessy 1873.)

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