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  • Breakout by Benny Blanco

    · Half-Life, HL-Maps, Play · 18 Replies
    Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3

    Starting in a small lab, you need to find your way out of a section of Black Mesa.

    There are plenty of enemies and obstacles in your way.

    Take a good look around, as you may find some hidden caches.

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  • Cry of Fear

    · Half-Life, HL-Mods, Play · 59 Replies
    Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3

    You wake up in a dark alley, not knowing anything. What has happened anyway? You struggle after the truth and answers.

    Answers you want to know in the darkness and fear, which makes your heartbeat race like violent blows against your head.

    Where do “they” come from? What has happened? Are you just turning insane?

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  • Poll Question 266 – Would you not play a mod if you knew it had stolen content?

    · Poll Questions, Read · 15 Replies
    Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3

    I found a mod on ModDB yesterday and a few reviewers were saying that it had stolen content. I am now in a quandary: I want PP to have everything single SP mod available but I don’t want to post something that steals content from other mod makers.

    To be honest, if modders steal stuff from retail games, I don’t mind too much, but if it is from other modders, that seems a little unfair, although I accept there’s no real difference.

  • Break at Work

    · Half-Life 2: Ep2, HL2-Ep2 Maps, Play · 6 Replies
    Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3

    Take a stroll through Black Mesa, do Dr. Arne Magnusson a favour and then take a ride on the transit system – that is if you can get it working!

    But wait! There’s a little detour you have to make before you can continue.

    Good Luck.

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  • Poll Question 265 – Do you keep mods until you are in the right mood for them?

    · Poll Questions, Read · 20 Replies
    Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3

    Sounds pretty obvious, doesn’t it? But I wonder if players put certain mods to one side until “they are in the mood“.

    I certainly have to be in the mood for difficult Portal mods, I just can’t play unless I am in the right frame of mind.

    But that’s about it for me, everything else I just play when I need to play it.

    I just play everything as it’s released, assuming I have the time.

    What about you?

    Quick note: I’ve been pretty ill this week and spent all day in bed yesterday and plan to do the same Saturday and Sunday. This is the only update the site will have for at least 3 days, maybe more. Sorry!

  • The Forgotten Lab

    · Half-Life 2, HL2-Maps, Play · 7 Replies
    Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3

    Just a simple never-ending map with various zombies.

    No matter where you go, they can reach you.

    How long can you survive?

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  • Poll Question 264 – Have you ever immediately replayed map or mod?

    · Poll Questions, Read · 24 Replies
    Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3

    I have no idea where this poll question came from, it just popped into my head.

    I rarely replay mods, even after months or years, so playing it again immediately after is totally alien to me.

    I do know that many readers replay the games regularly, so it wouldn’t be a stretch to replay mods.

    Let me know of any interesting stories or anecdotes you have of replaying stuff.

  • Your flashbulb memories of Half-Life games.

    · Read, Reader to Reader · 17 Replies
    Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3

    Wikipedia defines Flashbulb Memories as “a highly detailed, exceptionally vivid ‘snapshot’ of the moment and circumstances in which a piece of surprising and consequential (or emotionally arousing) news was heard.”

    We normally associate flashbulb memories with incredibly sociological events and I in no way want to belittle these types of events or their consequences by comparing our mini-memories of videos games to these events.

  • Text Interview with Aaron Hutton

    · Read, Text Interviews · No Replies

    In May 2011 I conducted an email interview with Aaron Hutton, maker of Dissolution. Originally, I published this on MODoftheWEEK but since that’s dead, here it is.