proprietary software

https://store.steampowered.com/app/512250/
http://vilemonarch.com/oh-sir-insult/

Like scrabble with words, assemble phrases to do varying degrees of insult-damage.

This definitely should appeal to some people, but it doesn’t appeal to me. I think this would be especially attractive to people with an Android phone.

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Directory Opus

2017-08-11

dead, disliked, file managers, freeware, glances, GUI software, payware, proprietary software, utilities, Windows 10 software, Windows software

Software >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.gpsoft.com.au/

A file manager.

I have the full version and tinkered with it for a bit. Extremely configurable and capable, but I just don’t need it. QTTabBar is fine.

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Galactic Civilizations III – (2015 game)

2017-08-10

4x games, dead, disliked, entertainment, Epic games, games, glances, offline games, payware, proprietary software, RTS games, software, steam games, Windows 10 software, Windows software

Galactic Civilizations III - (2015 game) image

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
(on Epic – on Steam)
https://www.galciv3.com/

A space expansionist 4x game.

The interface is generally sucky, making it hard to figure out what’s going on.

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War for the Overworld - (2015 game) image

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/230190/
https://web.archive.org/web/20180610001951/https://wftogame.com/

An awkward dungeon management game, with walls you can’t dig out, rooms you build but don’t know how much of or what size, and an interface that could only be inspired by a 1980s DOS game.

Absolutely not recommended.

Inspired by Dungeon Keeper – (1997 game)

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(new software template)

Projects > Software > Operating Systems >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.android.com/

An operating system most notably on mobile phones, but also found on media boxes.

Fundamentally flawed – It is tethered to Google in as many ways as they’ve made possible. From a time server, to internet traffic compression. From google play requiring an account requiring your verified phone number. From hoops to download and install software from their store. It’s fucking awful.

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Gratuitous Tank Battles

2017-08-05

abandoned, dead, disliked, entertainment, games, glances, offline games, payware, proprietary software, single-player games, software, tower defense games, Windows 10 software, Windows software

Entertainment > Games >

was https://www.gratuitoustankbattles.com/

A tower defense game, but with tanks and more upgrading.

I tried the demo and didn’t give it much of a chance. For example, I didn’t customize units. I prefer the more sandbox-style of Gratuitous Space Battles.

From the makers of Gratuitous Space Battles.
The scroll wheel to zoom in/out is backwards.
Abandoned – The website is dead.

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Startup Control Panel

2017-08-01

abandoned, freeware, glances, GUI software, loved, proprietary software, software, startup, the kit, utilities, Windows, Windows 10 software, Windows 8 software, Windows software, Windows XP software, zombie

startup > Software > Windows >

was mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml

View/control startup applications.

Small, concise, full-featured and overall incredible. This is an essential part of my toolkit.

Services are not supported.

aka StartupCPL
Abandoned
- Not mentioned in his list of programs (though linked-to in the Wayback Machine), and not hosted on the author’s GitHub account.

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