21 Aug
2008
21 Aug
'08
12:55 p.m.
Teo Zenios wrote:
I guess I like boxed apps for the same reason I like boxed games,
manuals and misc inserts!
Amen. Because old games needed a lot of imagination and/or background
to fully immerse the player, they came with a lot of decent material
(clues, very nice (sometimes bound!) manual, etc.). Even non-fiction
games, like Sierra Boxing, came with an abridged history of boxing and
strategies.
I bought Valve's excellent Orange Box the other day; while the bundled
games are truly some of the best I've played, I was extremely
disappointed to open the box and find a single DVD-ROM and a single
sheet of paper.
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