thanks to Devin, who is my new hero for the next bit, Mogwai runs Age of Empires happily again. aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiie. :)
it was a long damn night at the House. having to be up and ready to deal with anything (and tonight, there was LOTS of "anything" to deal with) for six hours is ... draining. at the least. so i'm going to go slaughter some electronic units. :)