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Is anyone else into Rollercoaster Tycoon and The Sims?  Those are my favorite PC games. 
Also off topic, but who out there likes amusement parks?

Played Sims back in 2004 Nov.-Dec. It's been 1st time being guest at somebody's house with computer game (early computer times paired with it being tiny town). Really got into it, especially fascinating creating face features to new characters, giving creative, as strange as possible unique names. But, the other girls (including host) played it too safe to my taste. I wished to create like real living situations like not everybody being happy & everybody best friend, but that 2 girls would be baddies & do something spiteful & mean to the other girls & boys, I found it super thrilling & fun, ha. The other thing that Sims upgrade lacked, IIRC, is little to zilch variations regarding house design, I like like like house designs, even installed Pinterest years back to save free ideas.
Yes, amusement is good, there been building adjacent to street fairs & entertainments in which I & friend used to play air hockey, then get to different room, canteen, where people eat food. We ate few baked goods in it usually. She maybe ice cream as well. I've yet to drive wheel in which people stand & hold metal handles to not fall, they roll like that, standing (what's it called?), looks super fun & adventurous.

Is video game stuff with joysticks & diskettes (or what you say it in English)? Well, way back when I really liked this game, I didn't make it point to rmbr its name but it's about 2 Teletubbies-like creatures - each per gamer - they get thru levels & must defeat the monster. It's got funny cheerful music when the game starts. Can people posting in this thread ID the game by that description? Thanks in advance.

6.5 years it's been since this question been asked. Still curious which game it's. Anybody recognizes? Really liked playing it, in fact played it entire summer holidays in early 2000s.

Laverne got the best jokes & faces. Btw, Cindy Williams/Shirley died too recently. RIP.

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No reviews since 2020? Time to add next. Being Russian BBs fan, I asked U.S. friends to buy & gift this book, I knew exactly which book I wish to get, the heaviest biggest detailed BBs book, haha. They paid to buy it (plus paid of course shipping bills) & right before sanctions hit, they sent it to here few years back.
1st pic is book with sticker that the friends sent.
The next pic is book's random page with detailed history segment regarding BBs.
Very interesting book, enjoyed reading especially 60s-early 70s chapters/paragraphs, really liked images as well (with bonus advantage being smooth "magazine"  paper quality). Thanks, Mr. Rusten & Mr. Stebbins.


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Good thing about sanctions is zero youtube ads (even with easy trick I used to skip ads previous to it, still glad). Here's THE best zombie film, THE classic b&w 1968 "Night Of The Living Dead", full length: https://youtu.be/H91BxkBXttE?si=-2ViGU6_KSd2EB3p

1000 times better than modern zombie 'horrors’ such as stale "Train To Busan" etc, not to mention 90s remake & billion sequels.

"The Orphan" (2009). Izabelle Fuhrman is the single good thing about it. Best & great villain! Family which adopted Esther played by Izabelle is big snoozefest. & btw I really don't get people's Vera Farmiga appreciation, she's not talented actress & not beautiful to look at either. She's blah, basically. She played very annoying mom figure. But who is VERY annoying is the boy who played her son. Hoped that he dies & film/Esther didn't disappoint. He kept bullying beautiful Esther, he deserved his end, that little turd. Yahoo! Deaf little girl's ok, nothing special, dad - useless. In short, boring horror film with fantastic villain. 3/10.

Karen is brilliant. Can't stand many singers (extremely picky) but not Karen with her beautiful singing (& speaking) voice. & she is cool drummer.

Many cool songs by Ivanushki International, today shall say it's "Somewhere" with "Cry", respectively:
https://youtu.be/OxmhnHNrHkM?si=IqiQyF3WBvpCAU2G (lineup with talented late Igor Sorin who sings lead (tenor), pretty, tad wistfully melodic tune)

https://youtu.be/WRVhHdmsGoE?si=qBLxeUc-w_9rutjw (lineup with equally talented late Oleg Yakovlev who sings high vocals, jolly catchy tune)

"Marquee Moon" by Television: https://youtu.be/jlbunmCbTBA?si=ploQ1LR-bCxpajw8
& recently, like previous year recently, really got into this jolly cool song "505" by Arctic Monkeys, MY kinda music: https://youtu.be/MrmPDUvKyLs?si=iXr55PW75WNz5zLf

Cool stepping in each tune.

Bonus: "Psycho Killer" by Talking Heads: https://youtu.be/O52jAYa4Pm8?si=NrxSZWi-G1-_3sdT

Time to revive this cool thread. Recently youtube suggested fun channel "Lindsey Kuzmin", Oregon lady with 2 cats, sphynx Marshall &, as she says, "hairless hairy cat" Donskoy breed girly Leela. Lindsey as well been guardian to the late sphynx cat Roswell. Now it's just Marshall & Leela. Here's fun&cute Halloween decoration short:
https://youtube.com/shorts/72IasS_79WQ?si=TVLga6PscpkQaSCN

Sun Ra "Sunrise In The Western Sky" (1973), 20m. jam played in New York City: https://youtu.be/o1VRu-6hPaI?si=3ZaF3bBRW0AJ621q

Easily line in 1996 hit by Ivanushki International "Dark Clouds". In chorus, high vocals sing "And dark clouds are like people. Like people they're lonely. But still dark clouds are not as cruel".

Official music clip: https://youtu.be/jE1ynO9LxJ4?si=sF3lMNqY1AV93n3D

Local band Ivanushki International initial album (1996). Knew hits, grew hearing via TV yada yada. This year Sept. youtube suggested Ivanushki Int. smash hit "Dark Clouds", listened with new ears, liked, checked guys' interviews, live clips. Now big fan since.

Link to the album track playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m90SQHCjMwxhm1Z_SGYnNsvS01FLO_rHc&si=6eoAXx9UWK40tJyG

This is fun joyful duet, about recent football stuff in England: https://youtu.be/RJqimlFcJsM

Bet British people chant it to cheer at favorite respective teams.

Recently discovered Foreigner, its popular hit everybody listened, looks like. Except I. "I Want To Know..." is song with choir. Is it sufficiently "sweet"? Can't tell. Could you decide, jk?

Cool jazz hip hop (with b&w vid to boot): https://youtu.be/cM4kqL13jGM

Been seeing cool youtube channel by black twins - TwinsthenewTrend. Smb. in Beatles.ru shared news about these people recently, with link to their Phil Collins "initial time hearing" reaction. Checking thru channel, see that they listened to BBs' "Surfin' U.S.A.". Fun stuff.

Huge fan by now. Thru twins' channel discovered many cool songs. Tim is the fave twin, he began the channel in 2019.
Seen as well few cool b&w films, including finally seen "Casablanca" - guys, if you didn't see it yet, don't. It's snoozy garbage. Single redeeming thing about it - the great Claude Rains with usual brilliancy.

Next jolly interesting reply. Comparing different reaction channels at youtube = fun. 👊✊ & & &, it's cool to hear new songs that didn't hear b4, just like these people. To add to list listed previously - songs, again, with 0-5 rankings:

U2 "Where Streets Have No Name" - 2/5. Btw, never got why Bono is hated, such good guy he is, he gives to charities & stuff. People like "he is blowhard". You people blowhards too, it's human nature to brag about this & that. Big deal. Everybody did & does it daily, right now as I type buncha people brag about whatever to friends or whoever. It it what it is, it's harmless too, it ain't sin hey.

Queen "Another One Bites The Dust" - cool bass, beat. 3/5. It's funny that everybody recognized it in reaction channels, right when the intro began "Hey this song is Queen song?! Wow. Guys, sorry, looks like I know this song, it's been in movies, commercials, many places". Yet...NOBODY recognized "Bohemian Rhapsody", they been indeed hearing it with fresh ears (since it's reaction channel purpose - to react to songs that you didn't hear b4). Weird, figured it's Queen's signature, mad-popular song. When I listened to it back in 2011, what seemed to be initial listen, when it played, it quickly went familiar. But I didn't hear AOBTD b4, didn't recognize any bit of it. Is it popular? Who knew.

Yazoo "Don't Go" - 1/5. 80s music is hideous & funny. She sings well = single good thing to tell about this specific song.

Erasure "Little Respect" - 0/5. Thumbs down but liked twins' reaction, little dance moves they did, too cute.

Etta James "At Last" - 3/5. Ain't favorite (due to fiddles' abundance). Etta's beautiful voice is given 5 points. It should be a cappella.

Stevie Nicks "Edge Of 17" - everybody likes Stevie Nicks, each channel that reacted towards songs she sings (with band & solo). They liked it too. Yet I didn't - song isn't dull, maybe little bit but music yells 80s, *that* I didn't like. Next thing, Stevie sings better, better songs, with band. 0/5.

Luke Combs "When It Rains It Pours" - fun lil country choon. 4/5. It's upbeat, cheery, plus good voice. NB: Clip = 0/5.

Listened to buncha new to these ears artists/songs, via different youtube reaction channels, each given 0-5 scale:

Heart "Crazy On You" - 5/5. Didn't hear even band title b4. 1st song hear = straight banger. It's got many little cool musical things.
Heart "Barracuda" - 5/5.  2  5/5 songs in row.
Police "Message In Bottle" - 1/5. Backing track nice, vocals bad. Sting in video little looks like British actor Ewan Mc-what.
The Carpenters "Only Yesterday" - 5/5, didn't hear it b4, beautiful video/she in it, new fave Carpenters song.
Outkast "Ms. Jackson" - 4/5. Cute.
Chris Stapleton "Tennessee Whiskey" - 1/5. He sings like black. Song didn't impress nevertheless.
Nina Simone "Feeling Good", "Ain't Got No, I Got Life" - 2 times 5/5. Def. going to check her catalog.
Cher "If I Could Turn Back Time" - 0/5.
Madonna "Lucky Star" - 0/5.
Aerosmith "Crazy", "Dude Looks Like Lady" - 0/5, 0/5. Steven Tyler's voice didn't save these songs.
Flock Of Seagulls "I Ran" - 2/5. Such funny silly song.
Ricky Martin "Livin' La Vida Loca" - 0/5.
Earth Wind & Fire "September", EW&F "Boogie Wonderland" (ft. Emotions) - 2/5, 2/5. Brass band = cool.
3 Doors Down "Here Without You" - 0/5. Dulllllll.
Evanescence "My Immortal" - see 3 Doors Down.
Gotye "Smb. That I Used To Know" - 0/5. Ditto as previous 2 listed songs.
Prince "Purple Rain" - 0/5. People in youtube kept advising to see entire film clip to this song is in. Going by clip, it's really boring film.
Sinead O'Connor "Nothing Compares To You" - written by Prince they say, yet he gave this song to some Irish girl. Weird. Couldn't she sing it without adding little growls? It really grated to ears. Prince's cover with black lady been slightly better but still song is dull, thus 0/5.
Jackie Wilson "Lonely Teardrops" - I knew this song, absolutely know who is Jackie Wilson but I didn't see what he looks like, he can dance. He is great singer but since I ain't song's fan, it's 0/5. Sidenote: reading his wiki page, Jackie's got really sad bio. It kinda ruined mood reading it.
Doobie Brothers "Black Water" - 5/5.
Ozzy Osbourne "Crazy Train" - 3/5. Guitars = 😎. As is Ozzy's voice.
Talking Heads "Psycho Killer" - 5/5.
White Stripes "7 Nation Army" - 5/5. Familiar with band thru Top 10 fave film "Coffee&Cigarettes" by Jim cool Jarmusch. Meg & Jack sat down discussing Tesla. Didn't check duet's music till few days back. Jolly good song.

Shout-out to your baby sister. Good worker.
Who did you vote? Is it secret? Few people in youtube refuse to say who they voted - "Sorry guys I shan't tell who it is I voted". It puzzles big time when they don't tell it. It's easy, folks, you just tell name.😄

Thanks, I changed Subject title in reply.

Recently listened to Billy Idol's "Eyes Without Face" - got Halloween style to it. Listened to Toto's "Africa" - intro/riff, without reasons, makes me laugh, there's sth. funny about it, zero clue what the song's even about. These'd be 2 1980s discoveries.

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I don't like everything John did. I own three great albums of his (Plastic Ono Band, Imagine and Wall and Bridges) and I can't see myself ever adding to them.

Good decision. Don't waste time listening to the other John albums. It's trash, he's less talented than Paul (duh).

Hall&Oates should join, it's good duet band.

Been seeing cool youtube channel by black twins - Twinsthenewtrend. Smb. in Beatles.ru shared news about these people recently, with link to their Phil Collins "initial time hearing" reaction. Checking thru channel, see that they listened to BBs' "Surfin' U.S.A.". Fun stuff.