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I've played quite a few real time strategy games but I usually get annoyed by how complex they are. I've never found one that was fun in multiplayer because the other players always had the advantage of knowing the game better than I did. That is, until now. Introversion have finally finished the multiplayer version of Darwinia and it is brilliant! So simple and easy to understand, yet with enough depth to be fun for a long time. A game usually last about a quarter of an hour and it's an awesome massacre! You have to try this game, I have never played anything like it. There is a demo available from http://www.multiwinia.com/ ! You can also get it on Steam if you want but at the Introversion store you can get it instantly without requiring Steam.

Since I have stopped watching TV, I get all my movies from DVDs or the internet these days. There is the obvious possibility to pirate movies but lately there have been some really promising productions directly targeted at the internet.
I started with Star Trek fan films such as http://hiddenfrontier.com/ , http://newvoyages.com/ , http://www.starshipintrepid.net/ , http://www.starshipexeter.com/ , http://www.starshipfarragut.com/ etc. and they are really great. However, most people here probably aren't into Star Trek that much... (If you are, you HAVE to check out those movies!)
So here are some of the other interesting things I have found:

Sanctuary For All
http://www.sanctuaryforall.com/
The first mini series consists of four episodes, three of which have already been released. They have professional actors and it's looking really amazing. Most stuff is filmed in front of a green screen but that doesn't prevent them from doing some amazing complex shots which sometimes look cheesy but work most of the time. You can watch the episodes in low resolution for free at http://sanctuaryfans.com/ or buy them at higher resolutions and tolerable prices via Paypal. I think this is worth spending some bucks on.

Snowgum Films
http://snowgumfilms.com/
Daniel Knight has been the first to get an official permission to make a live action Discworld movie but finishing Trollbridge is taking him quite some time. In the meantime he has released some very funny shorts well worth watching, one of them being Run Rincewind Run, a Discworld movie that features an appearance by Terry Pratchett himself. The Morning After and Undead Ted are worth watching, too.

Venus Rises
http://venusrises.com/
This is an original Sci Fi series and seems to be done by a bunch of hobbyists. It's still in production with the first episode probably coming soon. It looks very promising.

Blueseraph Productions
http://tepnapafilms.com/
Not really targeted at the internet but they have made some very interesting gay themed movies, great for fighting your homophobia! Drag Queen Heist is really funny.

Anyone know any others? I'm always looking for more!

Anyone get the reference?

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http://www.lasaveurdelapasteque.com/movhd.html

I haven't played much of the Mother series, in fact I have only played a few hours of the first part. However, in that short time and in what I saw from Mother 3 so far, it heavily reminded me of Pokemon. The kind of realistic style, the start at your home you can come back to, the cities and landscape between them, even the crazy enemies somewhat resemble Pokemon. Obviously, Mother was the earlier game. So it looks like Pokemon is pretty much a direct copy of Mother, with monster collecting tacked on. Does anyone feel similarly? I'd like to hear some thoughts about the subject from people who know the Mother series better than I do. Also, are there other games with a similar style?