The mod community is probably the biggest difference between PC and console games, for me anyway. As the mod community has grown in size so has the quality of mods being produced and released. This is, no doubt, in part due to the fact that the games themselves have improved in all areas, most noticeably in graphics.

Following on from last week’s poll question about using cheat codes, here is this week’s question:

Is Using A Walkthrough Cheating?

About This is a four-level single player mod from a first-time author. Some of the buildings and open spaces have been taken from the original game. Basic Details Title: Next File Name: hl2-sp-next.7z Size : 16.14MB Author: Dmitry Voropay Date Released: 29 November 2006 Download Options Download to your HDD [16.1MB] Screenshots Click on the… Read More

About After three months of civil war, the Combine Forces together with the Civil Protection controls City-17 once again. They now rule the city with an iron hand, crushing everyone who opposes them. Only a few citizens has yet the courage to confront them. You are one of them… Reader Recommendations Avoid It! Think Twice… Read More

Author’s Note “My first Mod/Mappack di Half-life2 (single player) that it has cost to me more than 1 year and means of job (to intermittenza) It tells the history of 1 customer who scale the board until arriving to Admin (than ambiguous history) the Mod/Mappack is dedicated completely to the forum of Hw-upgrade (w*w.hwupgrade.it)” Basic… Read More

This week’s poll question is about cheat codes and was suggested by Goddess Alyria.

Does using Cheat Codes spoil a game?

Introduction Here is a story I have written with the idea of a mod in mind. As with most of my stories I will set the scene and then explain the thinking and planning behind it. The Message Kurban wakes to the sound that has haunted him for quite a while now. The sound of… Read More

Introduction Here is a research idea that would simply require the collection of data, which is then presented in a graphical manner. This data and presentation would then form the basis of a number of questions to be further investigated. Interested? Then read on.

Introduction One area that really interests me is research. I’m sure that there are plenty of potential research projects that could yield valuable data. How cool would it be if PlanetPhillip readers could participate with some universities that are conducting research into video gaming. As PP becomes more popular its user base increases. This user-base… Read More