Black Mesa, during its long years in the making, has become a kind of an urban legend. As the majority sadly, slowly, moved on and away from the once glorious modifications community, this is one project they kept coming back to check up on. Most were awed by the production values, many were desperate about [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, October 8, 2008
If you keep an eye on game mods, you’ve probably been anticipating Portal: Prelude, an extremely promising fan project involving everyone’s favorite sterile lab environment, Aperture Science. Calling itself “an unofficial prequel to the game Portal,” the “Prelude” project has been in the works for nine months, and promises 19 test chambers, offering as much [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 29, 2008
Valve’s Source game engine may be nearly four years old, but the price is right — anybody who buys a single Source-powered game can download the Source SDK for free, via Steam. (Didn’t know you had it? Check your “Tools” tab in Steam.) Valve has also used their online delivery system to keep their game [...]
Continue reading...Friday, June 13, 2008
Your daily smörgåsbord of the very best gaming has to offer. Updated repeatedly when it suits our diabolical purpose. Enthusiast: Won’t help you steal high-priced gasoline: Syphon Filter 3 on PSN (PlayStation.Blog) Mod chips gain legal precedent in UK, jury still out on mod dip (Team Xecuter via GameSpot) This week’s Virtual Console lineup rocks for Europe, why the hell don’t we [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, March 27, 2008
Two days ago, BusinessWeek’s Matt Vella prognosticated a beautiful future for user-created content should console game companies like Microsoft “start opening up and letting devoted players tinker with the bits inside.” Now, it looks like Redmond’s giant software company may have set just the precedent required to catapult us into that very future.
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Sunday, November 30, 2008
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