About This is one of the very early SP releases that is almost a complete waste of time. The Author says “Fall like the best of them! Discover the secret and land safely!” Reader Recommendations Avoid It! Think Twice Maybe Play It Later Play It Now! 3 recommendations, average score: 1 (out of 5), standard… Read More

About I can’t tell you much about this map. Looks like the Combine have built a “Mega Weapon” and I presume you have to destroy it. What are you waiting for? Go to it! Reader Recommendations Avoid It! Think Twice Maybe Play It Later Play It Now! 4 recommendations, average score: 3.25 (out of 5),… Read More

About These maps have a very simple objective: Search the secret base and save the Vortigaunt. There are plenty of images for this mod. Important Note: I have downloaded this file for three locations and they all have the third .bsp file corrupted. The author has been notified. When he releases a working version I… Read More

This article will look at reviews. All I want to do is explore some questions, I will not be telling you how to write reviews because I am not qualified to do that. The purpose of this article is to be the catalyst to a deeper discussion. I don’t intend to provide answers, just ask questions.

It seems that almost everybody wants to read reviews about almost everything! In fact if you look at the majority of gaming websites you will find that reviews are a significant part of the content, and, in many fansites, they are the total content. What is it about reviews that people find so interesting?

I’ve decided to use this question as poll Question 11. Not because I couldn’t think of anything else but because I thought it deserved a wider audience. So, the question is 1 Great or 3 Average?

Lessons Learnt I try to keep PlanetPhillip as focused as possible on its primary content. I have a personal blog for other subjects, so it’s not too hard to keep things separate. However, sometimes things crossover and today is time for one of those “things”! I’ve had a difficult last two months and I want… Read More

Author’s Note “This is a little something that I made the weekend before Christmas Day. It’s short and sweet. If you liked playing H-L 2 then you’ll like this map.” Reader Recommendations Avoid It! Think Twice Maybe Play It Later Play It Now! 1 recommendation, average score: 5 (out of 5), standard deviation: 0 (what's… Read More

About My second entry for the HL2Files.com contest. You can visit that page and see the other articles. You can’t vote for this one yet because it hasn’t been added. Half-Life is too accurate a name! Back in 2001 I was a big Unreal fan. I had downloaded as many maps as I could find… Read More

After last weeks very successful poll I thought I would continue the theme of “Most Anticipated..”. This week we have Mods. Now a quick look at Moddb.com’s filtered list shows a lot of mods, so I had to make a choice about which ones to list. If you feel I missed one you can add your on choice in the comments. Below is a small selection of what I think are interesting mods.