STARSHIP POOPERS - The ultimate punishment
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I dragged my son into playing this game, which I had and played solo when I was a kid. Nostalgia clouded my judgement.
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A mind-numbing exercise in resource management, this game manages to sap the joy even from combat, which becomes a depressing exercise in ratio calculation.
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The only fun bit was drawing the tunnel map.
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The marines have a sheet too, you have to keep record of bullshit on there. Sheesh.
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We kept it going for a few days, but I couldn't pretend it was fun. It just wasn't.
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So I now have a punishment lined up for the kids if they play up.
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The kids look bewildered, I had to explain that this was before Warcraft. They found it hard to understand why anyone would subject themselves to this voluntarily.
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