<![CDATA[Adventure Game Hotspot Community - Hotspot Hangout]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/ Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:58:18 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[Thoughts about art]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=654 Fri, 03 Apr 2026 04:29:40 -0700 BobVP]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=654
How do you think art and entertainment relate? Is the overlap limited to particular media, such as novels and film? Can video games be considered art? What are the criteria? Are the old distinctions between high(brow) and low(brow) art still relevant in some ways, or have the lines been blurred entirely?

Does "real art" require acknowledgement by people with authority in the art world/their respective field? 

Does art require intent? In other words: can something be a piece of art when it was not created as such?

To complicate this question: If art is created to be art, can circumstantial/unintended outcomes add artistic merit? I once read an interiew with a psychiatrist who considered himself a poet. He was dismissive of a poem by a patient,, since he considered the way the sentences were formed an outcome of a mental disability, not of artistic choice. Is this reasonable, or petty and elitist?

What do you think of pretentiousness in creating and/or evaluating art? Are there degrees to this and if so, is it a net positive or negative?

Do you have any favourite artists? What do you like about their work? 

Have you ever made art yourself? What was your purpose? Did you like what you made?]]>
How do you think art and entertainment relate? Is the overlap limited to particular media, such as novels and film? Can video games be considered art? What are the criteria? Are the old distinctions between high(brow) and low(brow) art still relevant in some ways, or have the lines been blurred entirely?

Does "real art" require acknowledgement by people with authority in the art world/their respective field? 

Does art require intent? In other words: can something be a piece of art when it was not created as such?

To complicate this question: If art is created to be art, can circumstantial/unintended outcomes add artistic merit? I once read an interiew with a psychiatrist who considered himself a poet. He was dismissive of a poem by a patient,, since he considered the way the sentences were formed an outcome of a mental disability, not of artistic choice. Is this reasonable, or petty and elitist?

What do you think of pretentiousness in creating and/or evaluating art? Are there degrees to this and if so, is it a net positive or negative?

Do you have any favourite artists? What do you like about their work? 

Have you ever made art yourself? What was your purpose? Did you like what you made?]]> <![CDATA[The Pictures Thread]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=645 Fri, 27 Mar 2026 10:54:20 -0700 Baron Blubba]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=645
Did you go somewhere, do something, or make something cool recently? Got a picture? Show us!

Yesterday, I finished building this Lego model of our dog, Finny.

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In other news, my friend and neighbor, an avid runner, had seen me going for bike rides every day and finally decided that it's something he has to do. We've ridden a few times together so far. Yesterday was a gorgeous day, so we rode 26 miles on Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park. He's trading in his flat bar bike for a 'proper road bike' and I'm really excited to have a new and enthusiastic and ambitious riding buddy living right across the street.

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And here's one from a ride with a different friend from a couple of days ago. I'm the photographer, not the photographee. I love this little valley area in the national forest, one of my favorite 1ish mile stretches of road that I've ever ridden on! Creek on one side, usually rife with fisherpeople, rocks on the other side, on weekends crawling with climbers, and mountains rising up ahead as you gently but hastily descend on the bike.
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Did you go somewhere, do something, or make something cool recently? Got a picture? Show us!

Yesterday, I finished building this Lego model of our dog, Finny.

[img][Image: 55171996999_61b582411c_b.jpg][/img]

[img][Image: 55171751581_0869e0626a_b.jpg][/img]

In other news, my friend and neighbor, an avid runner, had seen me going for bike rides every day and finally decided that it's something he has to do. We've ridden a few times together so far. Yesterday was a gorgeous day, so we rode 26 miles on Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park. He's trading in his flat bar bike for a 'proper road bike' and I'm really excited to have a new and enthusiastic and ambitious riding buddy living right across the street.

[img][Image: 55169408957_a35edeb3b1_b.jpg][/img]

And here's one from a ride with a different friend from a couple of days ago. I'm the photographer, not the photographee. I love this little valley area in the national forest, one of my favorite 1ish mile stretches of road that I've ever ridden on! Creek on one side, usually rife with fisherpeople, rocks on the other side, on weekends crawling with climbers, and mountains rising up ahead as you gently but hastily descend on the bike.
[img][Image: 55166614528_dd7d039e0d_b.jpg][/img]]]> <![CDATA[Sports!]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=632 Sun, 15 Mar 2026 06:30:44 -0700 BobVP]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=632
I ride a longboard and do some light skateboarding as well. I ride my bicycle a lot, though it's mostly for work. I do enjoy it quite a bit. I frequently do strenght training, bench press, curls, squats, stuff like that. I gained a decent amount of muscle mass the past four years.

I used to sprint - I was fast! I also took longer runs, two, two-and-a-half hours. I did some basic strenght training to go with it, push ups, pull ups and curls. I was mostly built for speed in my twenties. I still do sprints to keep my condition in order, but I don't push myself like I used to in this field.

I've been thinking about joining a team sport, but I'm not sure which one. I'm mostly interested in the social aspect. Maybe I'll join a gym.

I'm curious about the rest of you. Maybe you don't do anything physical, but you're quite good at chess, or bridge? Maybe you don't play, but you are an ardent fan? You have a favourite team?

 Share your sports-related hobbies here!]]>
I ride a longboard and do some light skateboarding as well. I ride my bicycle a lot, though it's mostly for work. I do enjoy it quite a bit. I frequently do strenght training, bench press, curls, squats, stuff like that. I gained a decent amount of muscle mass the past four years.

I used to sprint - I was fast! I also took longer runs, two, two-and-a-half hours. I did some basic strenght training to go with it, push ups, pull ups and curls. I was mostly built for speed in my twenties. I still do sprints to keep my condition in order, but I don't push myself like I used to in this field.

I've been thinking about joining a team sport, but I'm not sure which one. I'm mostly interested in the social aspect. Maybe I'll join a gym.

I'm curious about the rest of you. Maybe you don't do anything physical, but you're quite good at chess, or bridge? Maybe you don't play, but you are an ardent fan? You have a favourite team?

 Share your sports-related hobbies here!]]> <![CDATA[Old Adventure Gamer Finding a Happy Home]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=627 Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:46:10 -0700 CrisGer]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=627
I have played and collected originals of most great games from the 80s, 90s, 2000s. and some from earlier. My all time favs are Anachronox (hoping still for part 2), Omikiron, The Longest Journey (tho the sequels I fear did not live up to my hopes), the Kyrandia series (have the original talkie verisions) Love Westwoods games all of them, Syberia, all of the Tomb Raider games (not the modern horrible remakes), all of the space quest games, well the list goes on and on. I have had wonderful AG friends over the years, hope to reconnect with some here, some we lost, like Karla Munger, and others may have passed on since i was in contact. I Ended up in some MMOs. still love all of the Myst games and was very active in URU and URU online, thru Game Tap and on to the current online Official Shard where we are now restoring the Descent content never completed in the online version. I hope to connect here and share, and hear and tell tales, and enjoy the fun we all love about the wonderful Adventures games past, present and future.

hello to any who remember me (was christopherger very early on) maybe other avatar names i dont recall i am 73 now and my memory has holes. thanks so much to the two founders here ..thank god you gave us a home again. And i am sorry the Adventure Gamers site got lost to jerks.

best regards to all
CrisGer

Smile Cool Big Grin]]>
I have played and collected originals of most great games from the 80s, 90s, 2000s. and some from earlier. My all time favs are Anachronox (hoping still for part 2), Omikiron, The Longest Journey (tho the sequels I fear did not live up to my hopes), the Kyrandia series (have the original talkie verisions) Love Westwoods games all of them, Syberia, all of the Tomb Raider games (not the modern horrible remakes), all of the space quest games, well the list goes on and on. I have had wonderful AG friends over the years, hope to reconnect with some here, some we lost, like Karla Munger, and others may have passed on since i was in contact. I Ended up in some MMOs. still love all of the Myst games and was very active in URU and URU online, thru Game Tap and on to the current online Official Shard where we are now restoring the Descent content never completed in the online version. I hope to connect here and share, and hear and tell tales, and enjoy the fun we all love about the wonderful Adventures games past, present and future.

hello to any who remember me (was christopherger very early on) maybe other avatar names i dont recall i am 73 now and my memory has holes. thanks so much to the two founders here ..thank god you gave us a home again. And i am sorry the Adventure Gamers site got lost to jerks.

best regards to all
CrisGer

Smile Cool Big Grin]]> <![CDATA[got here from a YouTube video]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=625 Mon, 09 Mar 2026 21:29:06 -0700 phluffie]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=625 The latest (I think) video of Bellular News talks a good bit about adventuregamers forums and what's happened with it.  Fascinating and infuriating. I was digging into the old site and looking up Jack lead me here, and oh thank goodness the forums exist here so hopefully the community wasn't lost Smile
video is here -
"Dead Internet Theory Is Real: Resident Evil Requiem Exposed It"

https://youtu.be/L-Vrhzqwr10?si=pRbqN_sKCbYiuZvN]]> The latest (I think) video of Bellular News talks a good bit about adventuregamers forums and what's happened with it.  Fascinating and infuriating. I was digging into the old site and looking up Jack lead me here, and oh thank goodness the forums exist here so hopefully the community wasn't lost Smile
video is here -
"Dead Internet Theory Is Real: Resident Evil Requiem Exposed It"

https://youtu.be/L-Vrhzqwr10?si=pRbqN_sKCbYiuZvN]]> <![CDATA[I’m back]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=602 Fri, 20 Feb 2026 10:33:57 -0800 winfrey]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=602 <![CDATA[What upcoming show/movie/book are you looking forward to?]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=591 Mon, 09 Feb 2026 05:49:39 -0800 Joshua AGH]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=591 Baaaah. Entertainment is no longer entertaining.
Ohhh: Forgot about The Odyssey. Majorly looking forward to that.]]> Baaaah. Entertainment is no longer entertaining.
Ohhh: Forgot about The Odyssey. Majorly looking forward to that.]]> <![CDATA[I made a new friend]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=452 Sun, 04 Jan 2026 10:59:03 -0800 BobVP]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=452
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]]> <![CDATA[Discussion over Wild Boar Mystery]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=414 Wed, 10 Dec 2025 23:50:28 -0800 Wild Boar]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=414 Those who read it found at least the first part funny. But these are all readers who are familiar with wild boars, at least from hearsay, or have encountered them before. At least the AI has already figured out who the murderer is, but fortunately the readers haven't.
It will be a long time before the story is finished. I am so dissatisfied with the second part that I have to start the rough draft all over again.

And then I have to revise it. I can't do “show don't tell” at all, and the course on it isn't until May. I doubt I'll have much time in the summer. If my joints are back to normal by then, I'll be spending my days at the lake.]]> Those who read it found at least the first part funny. But these are all readers who are familiar with wild boars, at least from hearsay, or have encountered them before. At least the AI has already figured out who the murderer is, but fortunately the readers haven't.
It will be a long time before the story is finished. I am so dissatisfied with the second part that I have to start the rough draft all over again.

And then I have to revise it. I can't do “show don't tell” at all, and the course on it isn't until May. I doubt I'll have much time in the summer. If my joints are back to normal by then, I'll be spending my days at the lake.]]> <![CDATA[Fifty years today since the sinking of the Edmund Fitzgerald]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=371 Mon, 10 Nov 2025 17:21:33 -0800 Jackal]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=371 SS Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior and I've been thinking about it a lot, so now you're stuck reading about it.

The ship was a massive 700-foot American freighter that got caught in a hurricane-strength storm (not technically a hurricane, but the Great Lakes are so huge they have their own violent weather systems that can rival the oceans) and went down suddenly in Canadian waters with all 29 men aboard without even a final distress call.

Surely not the biggest of naval catastrophes in the world, but perhaps one of the best known because it was immortalized by singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot in his haunting folk ballad "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." I'm old enough to have grown up with the song, and to this day it remains hugely influential in driving interest to the museum in the region that honours the fallen sailors.

The ship has been found but the exact cause of the wreck still isn't known, and further expeditions are largely forbidden. The waters are so cold there that the ship and its crew are still largely preserved, so it's essentially considered a graveyard at sea.

Anyway, it's a fascinating story, and a gut-wrenching tribute song by Lightfoot if you've never heard it. I encourage you to have a listen, and I can't imagine anyone not being moved by it.

Fun fact: The song was recorded only a month or so after the sinking, and the recording was not just from a single take, but the very first take, and even more incredibly, the very first time they actually played it together in full. The drummer didn't even know when to come in, waiting for Lightfoot to nod as a cue, and it went on so long without that he thought Lightfoot had forgotten! They did a few more takes after that, but none captured the magic of that very first attempt.



And as a special bonus, here's a fairly new music video with a cover of the song by an a capella group called Home Free. I was initially skeptical that anyone could do the song justice, but dang they dun good!

]]> SS Edmund Fitzgerald in Lake Superior and I've been thinking about it a lot, so now you're stuck reading about it.

The ship was a massive 700-foot American freighter that got caught in a hurricane-strength storm (not technically a hurricane, but the Great Lakes are so huge they have their own violent weather systems that can rival the oceans) and went down suddenly in Canadian waters with all 29 men aboard without even a final distress call.

Surely not the biggest of naval catastrophes in the world, but perhaps one of the best known because it was immortalized by singer-songwriter Gordon Lightfoot in his haunting folk ballad "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." I'm old enough to have grown up with the song, and to this day it remains hugely influential in driving interest to the museum in the region that honours the fallen sailors.

The ship has been found but the exact cause of the wreck still isn't known, and further expeditions are largely forbidden. The waters are so cold there that the ship and its crew are still largely preserved, so it's essentially considered a graveyard at sea.

Anyway, it's a fascinating story, and a gut-wrenching tribute song by Lightfoot if you've never heard it. I encourage you to have a listen, and I can't imagine anyone not being moved by it.

Fun fact: The song was recorded only a month or so after the sinking, and the recording was not just from a single take, but the very first take, and even more incredibly, the very first time they actually played it together in full. The drummer didn't even know when to come in, waiting for Lightfoot to nod as a cue, and it went on so long without that he thought Lightfoot had forgotten! They did a few more takes after that, but none captured the magic of that very first attempt.



And as a special bonus, here's a fairly new music video with a cover of the song by an a capella group called Home Free. I was initially skeptical that anyone could do the song justice, but dang they dun good!

]]> <![CDATA[The New Affinity]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=356 Sat, 01 Nov 2025 15:16:22 -0700 Jabod]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=356 As an Affinity user (Photo) I registered to keep up to date with the developments and yesterday downloaded the new, complete, package. Haven't had any free time to check it out nor to view the released video announcement about this which you can watch here: Affinity Release Announcement

This may prove good news for very many creative people here. Time will tell of course  Smile]]> As an Affinity user (Photo) I registered to keep up to date with the developments and yesterday downloaded the new, complete, package. Haven't had any free time to check it out nor to view the released video announcement about this which you can watch here: Affinity Release Announcement

This may prove good news for very many creative people here. Time will tell of course  Smile]]> <![CDATA[Upgrading to Windows 11 - yay or nay?]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=317 Sat, 18 Oct 2025 03:52:48 -0700 LeftHandedGuitarist]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=317
Being in Europe, we've got another year of Windows 10 updates for free so don't feel an immediate need to upgrade, but am wondering whether it would be worth it in the near future. Currently Win 10 is beautifully stable and fast for me and all my software runs happily on it.]]>
Being in Europe, we've got another year of Windows 10 updates for free so don't feel an immediate need to upgrade, but am wondering whether it would be worth it in the near future. Currently Win 10 is beautifully stable and fast for me and all my software runs happily on it.]]> <![CDATA[Write A Fun Fact About Yourself]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=316 Fri, 17 Oct 2025 12:35:38 -0700 Legerdemancy]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=316

Fun fact: I once attended 10 different magic shows in the space of 48 hours. No, I wouldn’t recommend it, it's a lot to take on board. Luckily I like focusing on the impromptu jokes magicians use to show us that they are properly interacting with the audience.

Bonus fact: My username is an original portmanteau that I created. It's a combination of legerdemain (sleight of hand) with the suffix mancy (divination).]]>

Fun fact: I once attended 10 different magic shows in the space of 48 hours. No, I wouldn’t recommend it, it's a lot to take on board. Luckily I like focusing on the impromptu jokes magicians use to show us that they are properly interacting with the audience.

Bonus fact: My username is an original portmanteau that I created. It's a combination of legerdemain (sleight of hand) with the suffix mancy (divination).]]> <![CDATA[Adventure Game Hotspot's three-year anniversary!]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=299 Tue, 14 Oct 2025 14:22:06 -0700 Jackal]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=299
It was October 14, 2022 that the site did a soft launch, followed the next day by an insane 12-hour marathon livestream to really kick things off, and it's been full speed ahead ever since.

In some ways it feels like only yesterday, in some ways it feels like a lifetime ago, but we sure have come a long way since then.

Thanks to all the Hotspot staff for helping to make it possible, and to our fine community for making it all worthwhile!

Here's to many more.

(A blast from the past. Not from opening day, but same basic design.)

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It was October 14, 2022 that the site did a soft launch, followed the next day by an insane 12-hour marathon livestream to really kick things off, and it's been full speed ahead ever since.

In some ways it feels like only yesterday, in some ways it feels like a lifetime ago, but we sure have come a long way since then.

Thanks to all the Hotspot staff for helping to make it possible, and to our fine community for making it all worthwhile!

Here's to many more.

(A blast from the past. Not from opening day, but same basic design.)

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]]> <![CDATA[Any musicians here?]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=182 Fri, 10 Oct 2025 08:32:16 -0700 LeftHandedGuitarist]]> https://community.adventuregamehotspot.com/showthread.php?tid=182
I play piano and guitar, and can just about find my way around a drum kit. I went to a music academy and then spent many years gigging with a few bands (rock, pop, alternative, indie), but got very tired of live music and these days focus more on teaching. Recently I've been dabbling with music production and trying to learn a bit more about composing, something which I've kind of avoided most of my life! I love transcribing songs, analysing them and taking them apart.

Wish I could sing  Tongue]]>
I play piano and guitar, and can just about find my way around a drum kit. I went to a music academy and then spent many years gigging with a few bands (rock, pop, alternative, indie), but got very tired of live music and these days focus more on teaching. Recently I've been dabbling with music production and trying to learn a bit more about composing, something which I've kind of avoided most of my life! I love transcribing songs, analysing them and taking them apart.

Wish I could sing  Tongue]]>