PixlBit

I've never played these. Color me interested, especially with a thief and cleric set of classes.

Finally, the Stockholm Syndrome is beginning to sink in....

http://www.therwp.com/

There we go. Checking into it, it's an emulator for the ZX Spectrum 48x. Whoops!

I believe it's an Amiga emulator, and it was made literally just to see if the developer could do it. More interesting is the unused code that was meant to work with some kind of camera to put your own face on characters in multiplayer.

Rarewitchproject would have more information in either case. Google 'em.

Jason & the PixlBits has a nice ring to it. Let's go with that.

Definitely needed more plane-based races. That was the major thing the game had over pretty much any other racer at the time, and it was awesome.

I'm surprised, really. Well, for those who really want the same experience, they can always just sit and stare at a picture of a city.

That's not entirely true. I've used Windows 8 on a PC, using just a mouse and keyboard, and I've found it works great. On the PC, I just ignore the apps and use typical programs. The only real change considering all that is to shut down the computer, you have to learn that one gesture where you move the mouse from the right side of the screen a little to the left. That's really it for changes made to normal use patterns.

Beyond that, the file browser is more advanced, the media sharing options are incredibly simple compared to what they've been in the past, and the start menu is more versatile than it's ever been before. All tablet-geared elements can be ignored really easily in my experience.

Actually, I've had computers, laptops, and whatnot that used everything from XP, to Vista, to 7, up to 8. I've got to say out of all four, Windows 8 has been my favorite operating system.

The gesture-based elements work great on tablets, I have to say I think Windows 8 makes for the best tablet ecosystem. In regard to desktops, Windows 8 has a ton of background efficiency increases. Substantial ones. The simplest one I can express is that transfer speeds using Windows 8 don't take foooooooreeeeeverrrr.

That said, the new start menu is an actual improvement, just because you can finally really put programs and start menu items where you want them very easily. The removal of the old start button provides a little more space, and the menu that you can bring out of the right side of the screen is very quick for all its uses, on a PC or on a tablet.

I found that XP was a simple enough Windows OS. Ignoring security issues and back-end inefficiencies, it worked well enough for just about anything. When I moved to Vista, things were annoying. Frustrating, stupid, tough to find, tough to manage, all of that sort of stuff. Every process had an extra step, but I learned to deal with it. Then came Windows 7. Honestly, I never understood all the fuss about Windows 7. To me, Windows 7 felt like Windows Vista. In fact, if you were to put both in front of me, and have me use them for five or ten minutes without being able to check which is which, I probably couldn't pick out one or the other. That's a pretty sorry upgrade, but for whatever reason, a lot of people liked Windows 7, so good for them.

Anyway, the issue you have with Word is a little odd, in one sense: Shouldn't it be possible for you to transfer or upgrade your old Word license? I'm not sure how to do that, but I think it may be an option. You'd still be using an outdated version of Word, don't get me wrong, but it would be functional. Regardless, you should be able to open up Word documents using WordPad, I believe. And, like the people above me, those open office suites listed above work well. I've never used LibreOffice, but OpenOffice has worked well enough for me.

Nice. Or the opposite, really. They issue a press release saying they'll offer refunds for people unhappy with the state of the game. Then, whenever people go and ask for one, they say it's only specific circumstances, without listing said circumstances. Hooray!