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  • Free Lawn Mowing Simulator!

    From Ant@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jul 28 14:36:28 2022
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/lawn-mowing-simulator-838bf3

    I took it to see what it was like!
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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Ant on Thu Jul 28 13:14:48 2022
    On 7/28/2022 12:36 PM, Ant wrote:
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/lawn-mowing-simulator-838bf3

    I took it to see what it was like!

    Use it for training new ants to avoid them?

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Dimensional Traveler on Thu Jul 28 16:14:45 2022
    Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:
    On 7/28/2022 12:36 PM, Ant wrote:
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/lawn-mowing-simulator-838bf3

    I took it to see what it was like!

    Use it for training new ants to avoid them?

    Or hire ants to do the lawn mowning: http://zimage.com/~ant/antfarm/ants/DrFun/grass.jpg ;)
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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to Ant on Thu Jul 28 18:31:22 2022
    On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 14:36:28 -0500, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/lawn-mowing-simulator-838bf3

    I took it to see what it was like!

    It's a workplace-simulator, so its not going to be to everyone's
    taste. The thing about this particular game is that you pretty much
    /can/ judge it by its cover; in "Lawn Mower Simulator", you mow lawns
    in a first person view. If you can't imagine this being in any way
    fun, there's nothing beyond that concept that might somehow make it
    more interesting to you. Yes, there's a very simplistic business
    simulation wrapped around the mowing, but if you can't get behind
    virtual lawn mowing, that's not going to somehow make the game a
    must-play.

    Having said that, I got a kick out of this one. There's something
    /satisfying/ about a perfectly mowed lawn with football pitch stripes
    running parallel across its length. It's not the sort of game that
    will occupy me for long but an occasional interlude of quiet mowing is
    a wonderful destressor.

    Either that, or I /really/ miss having a garden.

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  • From Rin Stowleigh@21:1/5 to spallshurgenson@gmail.com on Thu Jul 28 18:53:07 2022
    On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 18:31:22 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    Having said that, I got a kick out of this one. There's something >/satisfying/ about a perfectly mowed lawn with football pitch stripes
    running parallel across its length. It's not the sort of game that
    will occupy me for long but an occasional interlude of quiet mowing is
    a wonderful destressor.

    I grabbed it, but anyone's guess if I'll actually ever load it.

    Reviews indicate PowerWash simulator is great fun (in a relaxing sort
    of way).. I will probably grab that too if I see it for free or maybe
    a fiver.

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  • From PW@21:1/5 to rstowleigh@x-nospam-x.com on Thu Jul 28 21:24:57 2022
    On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 18:53:07 -0400, Rin Stowleigh
    <rstowleigh@x-nospam-x.com> wrote:

    On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 18:31:22 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson ><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    Having said that, I got a kick out of this one. There's something >>/satisfying/ about a perfectly mowed lawn with football pitch stripes >>running parallel across its length. It's not the sort of game that
    will occupy me for long but an occasional interlude of quiet mowing is
    a wonderful destressor.

    I grabbed it, but anyone's guess if I'll actually ever load it.

    Reviews indicate PowerWash simulator is great fun (in a relaxing sort
    of way).. I will probably grab that too if I see it for free or maybe
    a fiver.

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    $25. Overwhelmingly Positive reviews. I put it on my wish list :-)

    Thanks Rin.

    -pw

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  • From PW@21:1/5 to Ant on Thu Jul 28 21:18:40 2022
    On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 14:36:28 -0500, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/lawn-mowing-simulator-838bf3

    I took it to see what it was like!
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    LOL! I almost bought this when it came out and I had it on my Steam
    wishlist for the longest time but the reviews didn't convince me to
    buy it.

    I hope it is the same one. I just grabbed it and am even installing
    it! What do you think of that Spalls? :-)))

    -pw

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  • From PW@21:1/5 to dtravel@sonic.net on Thu Jul 28 21:19:35 2022
    On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 13:14:48 -0700, Dimensional Traveler
    <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

    On 7/28/2022 12:36 PM, Ant wrote:
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/lawn-mowing-simulator-838bf3

    I took it to see what it was like!

    Use it for training new ants to avoid them?


    *--

    "Goofus steps on the ants. Gallant goes around them." :-)

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.co on Fri Jul 29 11:15:52 2022
    On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 21:18:40 -0600, PW
    <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 14:36:28 -0500, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote: >>https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/lawn-mowing-simulator-838bf3

    I hope it is the same one. I just grabbed it and am even installing
    it! What do you think of that Spalls? :-)))

    I find the very notion of it all very confusing. I don't think I've
    ever installed a game from Epic. And after you "install" it, what do
    you do with it next? I'm all befuddled! ;-P

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  • From PW@21:1/5 to spallshurgenson@gmail.com on Fri Jul 29 21:42:17 2022
    On Fri, 29 Jul 2022 11:15:52 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 21:18:40 -0600, PW
    <iamnotusingonewithAgent@notinuse.com> wrote:
    On Thu, 28 Jul 2022 14:36:28 -0500, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote: >>>https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/lawn-mowing-simulator-838bf3

    I hope it is the same one. I just grabbed it and am even installing
    it! What do you think of that Spalls? :-)))

    I find the very notion of it all very confusing. I don't think I've
    ever installed a game from Epic. And after you "install" it, what do
    you do with it next? I'm all befuddled! ;-P


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    hehe!

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