Poll Question 318 – Have You Ever Fired a Real Gun?

Last week’s poll question was related to violence and video games and this week’s question is an extension of that.

Have you ever fired a real gun?

It’s another emotive subject and I suspect that it might turn into a debate about whether guns should be legal etc but let’s try and keep on-topic.

I’ll tell you now that I haven’t fired a real gun but I have to admit I am curious as to how it would feel.

27th August 2015 28 Comments

Classic of the Month: Don’s Lost Stream

A few weeks ago, Don AKA Unq, tried to stream Hour Glass for his Classic of the Month event but the stream was intermittent and Don had to stop.

Well after getting the Web monkeys hard at work he is going to try again.

The stream will start at 9am Eastern, 1pm GMT on Sunday.

Hope you can find the time to watch his fun and informative streams.

Tune into the RTSL TWitch Channle or watch directly on the Classic of the Month page.

27th August 2015 No Comments

Poll Question 317 – Does playing violent video games make players violent?

To be honest, I am surprised we haven’t dsicussed this exact question before.

The only previous poll I can find close to it is from August 2007: Poll Question 043 – Are Single Player FPS games too violent? (for some reason the actual resulst are not visible and I have decided to find a plugin that will keep the poll data on the site, instead of outsourcing them).

I got the idea from a BBC article entitled Do video games make people violent?. Its headline is: More than 200 academics have signed an open letter criticising controversial new research suggesting a link between violent video games and aggression.

20th August 2015 17 Comments

Baby Game

for Half-Life 2

To save the baby, you must keep pressing the red button.

This puts the baby back at the beginning of the track.

As you do this enemies spawn.

How many times can you save the baby?

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Total Downloads: 82515th August 2015
15 Comments and 4 recommendations, most haven't enjoyed it

CWCpack Initiative

for Half-Life

About A singleplayer mappack – a whole episode, but almost every map is made by a different mapper (beginners and experienced) without knowing the other maps, with only given entrance and exit areas, so that all the maps could be joined in one big episode. Basic Details Title: CWC Mappack Initiative File Name: hl1-sp-cwc-mappack-initiative.7z Original… Read More

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Total Downloads: 1,67713th August 2015
40 Comments and 10 recommendations, 4 say "Play It Now!"

Poll Question 316 – How do you feel when a mod limits access to the console?

Does anybody else remember how in The Citizen 2 when you tried to noclip around, almost immediately you ere taken to a jail within the mod?

It was kinda cool and pretty clever too. At least at first. But then later on I remember feeling that I needed it. I’m not sure if there was a bug or a script didn’t start or something, but then I became a little frustrated. I don’t remember what happened but I must have alsoved the problem because I definitely remember finishing the mod.

13th August 2015 33 Comments

Classic of the Month: This Saturday: Hour Glass

This Saturday 9am EDT / 1pm GMT Don aka Unq will be livestreaming Hour Glass on the RTSL Twitch Channel as part of the Classic of the Month event.

Viewing is open to everybody and you don’t need an account with Twitch to watch. Although, you’ll need an account to join the chat (Sorry, not our choosing) but you can follow it without an account.

Don has mentioned he will try to remove any inappropriate content so as not to shock your sensitive minds.

12th August 2015 2 Comments