Well, I certainly applaud anyone wanting to nostalgia a hundred times, but take it from this old retro rat, I've spent my entire adult life reminiscing from my childhood, and nostalgia like this one can do more harm than good.

If you nostalgia for one game (and that's all Descent is, one game), you're setting yourself up for sadness the road. I've seen it a hundred times.

To turn on those graphics, it's like putting a powerful engine in a stock Toyota Tercel. What will you accomplish? You'll blow out the drive train, the clutch, the transmission, etc., because those factory parts aren't designed to handle the power of an engine much more powerful than the factory installed graphics engine.

Nostalgia basically only trains someone to only like old games. What you really want to do is play old games, but also try some newer games (shooters, RPG's, puzzles) at the same time, over the course of a gaming session. And don't forget your Farmville Farm!

I'm proud of you guys for reminiscing over Descent. Three cheers! Falling in love with Descent, Space Orbs, etc., is one of the greatest things you can do for yourself. And you WILL fall in love with it if you can just force yourself to stick with it for the first level or two experience the amazing progress you'll make.

But do it right, okay?

My advice, find a good computer, with updated drivers who will play your programs for you (especially in the beginning, until you get the hang of it yourself) and guide you in your quest to save the universe. Thirty to 45 minutes a day, three days a week, is all you'll ever need to do (I refuse to believe anyone is so busy that he or she cannot make time for that, especially considering how important it is).

And don't worry about being embarrassed at not being leet the first time you die. You have to start somewhere and almost every one of us were there ourselves at one time. So no one will say anything to you and very, very quickly you will progress way beyond that stage anyway.

Now get out there and do it! :-)