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I think it's Dolores Claiborne. Those Maine landscapes and buildings could have been Norwegian.  (But the ferry couldn't.) Kathy Bates is one of my favourite actresses,
and her roles in Stephen King adaptations are among her best.

If there is 1 thing i would like fixed and possibly changed  in this remake is why Terminator is after Roger Wilco. Doesn't make sense he owes money for a free whistle.

He probably had to pay the freight expenses. 

I’ve stumbled on this woman Hazel O’Connor who apparently was quite famous in the 80’s but I can’t say I’d ever heard of her before.

She’s got a massive catalogue but I’m currently enjoying her debut album from 1980, Breaking Glass.

You're probably already aware that this is the soundtrack to a movie?

I think it's actually 5/4 time - I've always loved riding the extra beat in that signature.

Yep, I count five, as well. (Had to check it out!)

Looks funny! I guess the greedy goblin will need a huge inventory.

Perhaps we need to make a game where the plot is that the killer unicorn needs to get rid of the four elephants stuck speared by its horn before it dies from the smell. 

Or angels. There was probably a reason their first line most often is "Don't be afraid."

That's some of the scariest music I've heard! 

I've been listening to fellow AGS-er Andreas Black's single lately. I like it primarily because of the great Gary Moor-ish guitar playing. The spoken lyrics are in Swedish, and are a send-up of a Swedish comedian who apperantly has tried to make a comeback after a MeToo-case. (I don't know anything about that case.) The lyrics are clearly backing the women, if there was any doubt.

The background vamp is inspired by Frank Zappa's instrumental "Sexual Harassment in the Workplace". Apt.

It seems that the link I gave to Indiana Jones and the Crown of Solomon (at the AGS depository) only contains the italian version of the game.

At http://www.crownofsolomon.com/downloads/ you can find all the languages, including English.

Depending on your pc's settings, you may have to go to http://web.archive.org/web/20110304144216/http://www.crownofsolomon.com/downloads/

Local worry: In schools during the Covid-19 pandemic - keep a meter or two of distance. On school buses - sit right next to each other.

As we all know, you can't get infected when you're sitting down. 

And sitting ducks advance in the queue for getting a shot. 

Local worry: In schools during the Covid-19 pandemic - keep a meter or two of distance. On school buses - sit right next to each other.

Indiana Jones and the Passage of the Saints isn't actually in the games page, but I've added the rest.

Thanks! I wondered about that one. It shows up in search with ratings and descriptions, so perhaps it was deleted by the authors? I'm thankful there are traces, though, or else I wouldn't have known what to look for elsewhere.

So I wasn't sure who Cody Johnston was, googled him and ended up binge watching Cracked After Hours. Thank you! 

My attempt to go on a small Indy-spree was a bit more cumbersome as many links were missing in the database.

Indiana Jones and the crown of Solomon is at https://archive.org/details/indiana-jones-and-the-crown-of-solomon

Indiana Jones: Coming of Age is at https://archive.org/details/indiana-jones-coming-of-age

Indiana Jones and the Seven Cities of Gold is at https://archive.org/details/indiana-jones-and-the-seven-cities-demo-v1.2.1.1

Indiana Jones and the Fountain of Youth (Rolling Demo) is at https://archive.org/details/indiana-jones-the-fountain-of-youth

Indiana Jones and the Fountain of Youth (Playable Demo) is at https://archive.org/details/indiana-jones-and-the-fountain-of-youth

Indiana Jones and the Temple of the Spheres is at https://archive.org/details/indiana-jones-and-the-temple-of-spheres

Indiana Jones and the Passage of the Saints is at https://archive.org/details/indiana-jones-and-the-passage-of-saints

Puddy Penguin has no link.
It can be found at https://archive.org/details/puddy-penguin

Does anyone have The Strange Day?

I'm gonna say it:

It grinds my gears immensely that so many people still think Dimetrodon was a dinosaur.

*Bows head in shame, having made my kids play a certain Dimetrodon game when they had a dinosaur project in school*

Danvzare, your definition excludes games of chance. So, fair enough, by your definition, Snakes & Ladders isn't a game.

Does it actually exclude games of chance? Poker is a game of chance, yet choosing which cards to keep and which to not, is a meaningful decision. Based on what Snarky said, it does seem to though.

I meant games based on chance only, not games with elements of chance. Sorry for not expressing myself clearer.

Many kids' games are based on the same premise as Snakes & Ladders (rolling the dice and getting to the goal first), and quite a few other games have very limited choices to make. Game of Life, for instance, is clearly luck-dominated, but would make your cut. Barely.

Games like Poker, Yahtzee or Risk have high elements of chance, but there is enough skill involved that over time, the most skillful player will probably win the most number of games. But they won't win every time.

Danvzare, your definition excludes games of chance. So, fair enough, by your definition, Snakes & Ladders isn't a game.

One cannot really argue against a definition, one can only say whether or not it serves the purpose. If you want to make a divide between board games and board competitions (which Snakes & Ladders must be, as you can win or lose), then fine. But this isn't how stores and most people will define a game. They will probably think it's something along the lines of "a competition on a board where you can win or lose by following set rules". (Board game, there. Card game...almost the same.)

I'm not sure where I would draw the line. I'd say Bingo is a game, but I'm not so sure about a lottery or a bet. They would probably be games in the English language, though.

But I like your argument. Indeed, we use it a bit when we play games with the kids. I can participate while making dinner, if someone can just make the roll for me and move my piece.