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The thermostat–in one of the warmest parts of the apartment, mind you–displays a rockin’ 58 degF. It’s at least five degrees colder at my desk, and at least ten degrees colder in Ice Planet Kitchen. I can’t stay here for another winter, there is absolutely no way. I am not paying a $200/month gas bill for a 48 degF kitchen.

I mentioned xfrisk to the gang today, and before I knew it, we were playing this lost relic of the 1990s. Here are some things that I didn’t remember about xfrisk ten years ago:

• Xt doesn’t like WM_DELETE events, so don’t even think about closing that window like you close every other window, with the little X. Goodbye, game.
• You can’t change colours after you decide that you’re finished adding players on your host. Pay closer attention, I guess.
• Don’t press the Mission button. Goodbye, game.
• Don’t resize the stats window. Goodbye, stats.
• The rules of the game? Continental borders? Memorize them, I guess, because they’re not in-game anywhere.
• You can’t save your game, so when someone clicks on that little X, you get to cry yourself to sleep that night.

So we only played one game through to the end without someone forgetting one of those rules. sigh.