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**Author:** [@RonGilbert](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/RonGilbert)\ **Replies:** 0
A place to talk about stuff that isn't game or adventure game related. --- ## [Italian food: cook and baking book recommendations?](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/italian-food-cook-and-baking-book-recommendations/5987)
**Author:** [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [October 5, 2026, 8:27pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/italian-food-cook-and-baking-book-recommendations/5987 "2026-10-05T20:27:37Z")
I was pretty sure that I’ve asked this question a few years ago, but the search engine of this forum tells me I haven’t asked it, so I’m going to ask it now. Maybe again. :wink: A trip to Verona last week resulted in a … --- ## [All about books!](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/all-about-books/2758)
**Author:** [@uriel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/uriel)\ **Replies:** 454\ **Last updated:** [September 13, 2026, 3:18pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/all-about-books/2758 "2026-09-13T15:18:15Z")
I’ve just finished The Martian, by A. Weir (pretty good, even though I’ve seen the movie): And I immediately thought, “hey, how come there’s no thread about books in TWP?!” :scream: After all it’s the game with the m… --- ## [2 tickets - Gardaland amusement park (Italy)](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/2-tickets-gardaland-amusement-park-italy/5957)
**Author:** [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [August 14, 2026, 7:52am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/2-tickets-gardaland-amusement-park-italy/5957 "2026-08-14T07:52:02Z")
I sell two tickets for Gardaland amusement park, valid until November 1st, 2026. I had purchased these tickets months ago, planned to go to the park this summer but I can’t anymore. Price is € 39 each, instead of € 59. … --- ## [86Box - an incredible emulator!](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/86box-an-incredible-emulator/5809)
**Author:** [@BigRedButton](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/BigRedButton)\ **Replies:** 14\ **Last updated:** [February 11, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/86box-an-incredible-emulator/5809 "2026-02-11T17:53:44Z")
In the recent days, I have been fascinated by 86Box, which is a surprisingly complex PC emulator that allows you to choose which hardware it should copy from a wide range of components that really existed. This means, on… --- ## [What are you listening to right now?](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to-right-now/2718)
**Author:** [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Replies:** 310\ **Last updated:** [September 20, 2025, 8:30am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/what-are-you-listening-to-right-now/2718 "2025-09-20T08:30:56Z")
(Allowed in this thread isn’t only music. For example you can post the sound of a printer if you just stand in front of that machine :wink: .) --- ## [Fundraising campaigns](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/fundraising-campaigns/5727)
**Author:** [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [August 23, 2025, 12:25pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/fundraising-campaigns/5727 "2025-08-23T12:25:25Z")
Hi, we can use this space to share fundraising campaigns, ours or those of trusted friends and acquaintances. I begin with a GoFund campagin, started by…. me :slight\_smile: Besides an adventure game player, I’m the man… --- ## [The Eternaut (TV Series)](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-eternaut-tv-series/5665)
**Author:** [@Ignacio](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Ignacio)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 22, 2025, 12:00pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-eternaut-tv-series/5665 "2025-05-22T12:00:50Z")
I started watching The Eternaut, the Argentinean TV series that was recently released on Netflix. I’ve only watched the first two episodes and it is very good. There is a strong nostalgia factor because it’s filmed in … --- ## [What are you seeing right now?](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/what-are-you-seeing-right-now/2719)
**Author:** [@TaarakVakil](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/TaarakVakil)\ **Replies:** 224\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2025, 12:15pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/what-are-you-seeing-right-now/2719 "2025-03-28T12:15:22Z")
Anything that you are seeing right now! --- ## [Good Video Games / 2018](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/good-video-games-2018/3394)
**Author:** [@ideal](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ideal)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [December 19, 2018, 2:19am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/good-video-games-2018/3394 "2018-12-19T02:19:54Z")
Xob Farben Diablo III Dicey Dungeons A Wish Upon A Star Kingdom Rush - Vengeance Ritchie’s Plank Experience Unforeseen Incidents Beat Saber Harpoon RGB \[And thanks to Kate for pointing out Unforeseen Incidents… --- ## [Stranger Things for Commodore 64 mockup](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/stranger-things-for-commodore-64-mockup/3255)
**Author:** [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 11, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/stranger-things-for-commodore-64-mockup/3255 "2018-10-11T20:09:56Z")
(Our glorious forum search says that no one has posted this yet, so I’m doing it. :wink: ) Stranger Things adventure game for the Commodore 64 with SCUMM like look: --- ## [Commodore 64 most played games](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/commodore-64-most-played-games/1509)
**Author:** [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Replies:** 22\ **Last updated:** [October 16, 2024, 8:36pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/commodore-64-most-played-games/1509 "2024-10-16T20:36:09Z")
I know, I know… it’s hard, for who owned one or more Commodore 64, to make a list of the most played games. I begin with this one, the best golf simulator ever: I loved to watch the drawing isles, they were charming!… --- ## [All about bricks](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/all-about-bricks/5195)
**Author:** [@Nor\_Treblig](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Nor_Treblig)\ **Replies:** 116\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2024, 6:45pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/all-about-bricks/5195 "2024-09-10T18:45:01Z")
Continuing the discussion from Things to do while waiting for RtMI: This topic is not about these kind of bricks: For those who've completed the game, what was the hardest puzzle? - #125 by Nor\_Treblig It’s all about i… --- ## [Trivia apps such as QuizUp](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/trivia-apps-such-as-quizup/1980)
**Author:** [@PiecesOfKate](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/PiecesOfKate)\ **Replies:** 248\ **Last updated:** [September 17, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/trivia-apps-such-as-quizup/1980 "2018-09-17T15:25:58Z")
As we’re approaching Christmas, my thoughts are turning to many important things – food, booze and TRIVIA. So I’ve ended up re-installing an app I used to have, called QuizUp (this link is to the desktop site, but I pla… --- ## [Strange food you should really give a try](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/strange-food-you-should-really-give-a-try/1938)
**Author:** [@Ema](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Ema)\ **Replies:** 1043\ **Last updated:** [August 7, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/strange-food-you-should-really-give-a-try/1938 "2022-08-07T16:07:16Z")
I was inspired to make this post by my lunch of today… Well, let me explain: you don’t like FPSs… You like old style adventure games… so you’re a game connoisseur… so you probably like good things in life. Good music, g… --- ## [Happy New Year 2021](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/happy-new-year-2021/4670)
**Author:** [@yrface](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/yrface)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [February 19, 2024, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/happy-new-year-2021/4670 "2024-02-19T20:03:57Z")
Happy new year everybody! --- ## [AI-assisted development of adventure games](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/ai-assisted-development-of-adventure-games/5335)
**Author:** [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Replies:** 289\ **Last updated:** [November 15, 2023, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/ai-assisted-development-of-adventure-games/5335 "2023-11-15T16:09:08Z")
@seguso : you said that GPT doesn’t create good puzzles. Considering that no finetuning was needed, how good are the following puzzles? The first two puzzles were provided by me, the other ones are generated. Notice tha… --- ## [In Memory \[Obituary Thread\]](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/in-memory-obituary-thread/1087)
**Author:** [@milanfahrnholz](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/milanfahrnholz)\ **Replies:** 211\ **Last updated:** [September 19, 2023, 6:50am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/in-memory-obituary-thread/1087 "2023-09-19T06:50:33Z")
So we lost two greats yesterday... George A. Romero I still remember watching Night Of The Living Dead for the first time very late on TV on very very hot summer night. I had never seen anything like it before. Remembe… --- ## [The "It's cake day" thread!](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-its-cake-day-thread/5060)
**Author:** [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Replies:** 35\ **Last updated:** [September 9, 2023, 12:28am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-its-cake-day-thread/5060 "2023-09-09T00:28:45Z")
Let’s create a thread to celebrate our “cake day”! Today, it’s cake day for me and for some other users! :partying\_face: That means that I’ve joined this forum on May 5th. Since for me it was May 5th 2017 (about wh… --- ## [Epic music videos of the 90s](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/epic-music-videos-of-the-90s/5303)
**Author:** [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Replies:** 15\ **Last updated:** [August 12, 2023, 10:43am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/epic-music-videos-of-the-90s/5303 "2023-08-12T10:43:36Z")
Maybe it’s the nostalgia effect, but I find that the videoclips made in the 90s were made better than the ones we can watch nowadays. Do you think I’m wrong? Prove it. Here’s my short list of the best videos from the 9… --- ## [Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny: impressions](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny-impressions/5331)
**Author:** [@seguso](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/seguso)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2023, 1:07pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/indiana-jones-and-the-dial-of-destiny-impressions/5331 "2023-07-12T13:07:12Z")
I am curious to know your impressions. I really liked the film. The framing, the photography, the settings, the deliberately slow pace (the exact opposite of the third film), and even the ending, which I liked because we… --- ## [Lftkryo turns his C64 into a theremin (with a spoon)](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/lftkryo-turns-his-c64-into-a-theremin-with-a-spoon/5157)
**Author:** [@LowLevel](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/LowLevel)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [July 7, 2023, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/lftkryo-turns-his-c64-into-a-theremin-with-a-spoon/5157 "2023-07-07T19:17:35Z")
Do you know lftkryo? He’s a genius: composer, musician, engineer, demoscene artist… a lot of retro stuff… you name it. He even makes demos on machines designed and built by him. His latest video is about him turning hi… --- ## [Wordle - I know tomorrow's word!](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/wordle-i-know-tomorrows-word/4928)
**Author:** [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Replies:** 56\ **Last updated:** [April 30, 2023, 7:57am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/wordle-i-know-tomorrows-word/4928 "2023-04-30T07:57:15Z")
Do you play WORDLE ? Well, if you are a regular player, check this out. Monkey Island 2 had an alternative alley, where instead of the lucky number, you can get the right word. Don’t believe it? You’ll see tomorrow! … --- ## [The official language thread](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524)
**Author:** [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Replies:** 1181\ **Last updated:** [April 8, 2023, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-language-thread/2524 "2023-04-08T11:46:10Z")
Here is the right place to discuss and ask questions about different and especially the English language. --- ## [Indiana Jones 5 with Harrison Ford directed by Spielberg](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/indiana-jones-5-with-harrison-ford-directed-by-spielberg/2484)
**Author:** [@ZakPhoenixMcKracken](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/ZakPhoenixMcKracken)\ **Replies:** 117\ **Last updated:** [March 14, 2023, 8:21pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/indiana-jones-5-with-harrison-ford-directed-by-spielberg/2484 "2023-03-14T20:21:20Z")
Steven Spielberg Will Start Filming Indiana Jones 5 Next Year. Congratulations to Harrison Ford, with 76 years on his shoulder!! --- ## [Watched Indiana Jones 4 Film again and I still love it](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/watched-indiana-jones-4-film-again-and-i-still-love-it/4277)
**Author:** [@elenahitomi](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/elenahitomi)\ **Replies:** 33\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2020, 1:52am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/watched-indiana-jones-4-film-again-and-i-still-love-it/4277 "2020-05-20T01:52:55Z")
Maybe because it was directed and written by Steven Spielberg / George Lucas respectively… Maybe because when I was 4 years old, my older sister 6 years ahead of me grew up watching these… Maybe because, back in the da… --- ## [12/1 Google Doodle celebrates Jerry Lawson](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/12-1-google-doodle-celebrates-jerry-lawson/5207)
**Author:** [@schala](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/schala)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2022, 7:59am UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/12-1-google-doodle-celebrates-jerry-lawson/5207 "2022-12-01T07:59:21Z")
One of the first Black video game designers and helped create the first video game cartridges. The Google games are kinda difficult but that’s probably because I stink at space bar + arrow key movements. :laughing: --- ## [Things to do while waiting for RtMI](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/things-to-do-while-waiting-for-rtmi/5155)
**Author:** [@Nor\_Treblig](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Nor_Treblig)\ **Replies:** 37\ **Last updated:** [October 31, 2022, 9:59pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/things-to-do-while-waiting-for-rtmi/5155 "2022-10-31T21:59:13Z")
It will be countless weeks () until Return to Monkey Island is released. So what to do until then? What are you going to do to kill time now that you have seen the whole Netflix library thanks to the pandemic? I thou… --- ## [Sure, even more beeping cat pictures](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/sure-even-more-beeping-cat-pictures/2636)
**Author:** [@Frenzie](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Frenzie)\ **Replies:** 582\ **Last updated:** [October 22, 2022, 3:17pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/sure-even-more-beeping-cat-pictures/2636 "2022-10-22T15:17:34Z")
--- ## [The official travel thread](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-travel-thread/2652)
**Author:** [@Someone](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/u/Someone)\ **Replies:** 1056\ **Last updated:** [October 4, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/t/the-official-travel-thread/2652 "2022-10-04T16:47:02Z")
Inspired by an off-topic discussion in the language thread I would like to ask you: Where are you going to spend your vacations this year and can you recommend some destinations? As for me it’s unlikely that I travel th… [Next page](https://forums.thimbleweedpark.com/c/offtopic/14.md?page=1)