About PlanetPhillip

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  • Musical Gun

    · Phillip's Blog, Read · 5 Replies

    Introduction Please bear with me while I talk about two seemly unrelated topics and then cleverly merge them into something you had never even considered before. (Well, that’s the plan!) Real and Game Weapons Anybody here ever fired a real weapon? Closest I have come is a air rifle. I’ve never even touched a real… Read More

  • Cultural Influence of Stories and Mods

    · Phillip's Blog, Read · 2 Replies
    Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3

    I think I am beginning to see a pattern emerging regarding the cultural influences of FPS games. I have been thinking about this longer than I have been playing games and have been planning a post about it for a long time. The announcement of Inhabited Island: Prisoner of Power has forced me to write something.

  • Grey Gamers Unite!

    · Phillip's Blog, Read · 20 Replies

    Introduction When you are new to something it can be very daunting; there seems to be so much to learn, resources can be hard to find and use, help is often focused towards more advanced users. What’s needed is a gentle introduction with a specific focus for the type of questions you are likely to… Read More

  • A Day In The Life Of A Coward

    · Half-Life, Play · 14 Replies

    Story At the age of 18 Gordon leaves his mama to join the US army. One week later the high official found that Gordon had limitless potential and assigned him to the highest rank. Gordon Didn’t care what rank he got. All he cared about was the classy new room he was assigned to. Reader… Read More

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  • IMALAZYBEEOTCH

    · Phillip's Blog, Read · 6 Replies

    Introduction I recently started playing Pariah and was really looking forward to it. Imagine my surprise when I found out that there was no manual save option. OK, I think it’s good when developers try new things and I was prepared to see what happens. I thought I read somewhere that the game saves at… Read More

  • Ravenholm: The Lost Chapter

    · Half-Life 2, HL2-Mods, Play · 27 Replies

    About A Half-Life 2 Single Player level that expands on the Ravenholm story. The screenshots look good and the few reviews I’ve read suggest this is one to download. Reader Recommendations Avoid It! Think Twice Maybe Play It Later Play It Now! 4 recommendations, average score: 4.25 (out of 5), standard deviation: 0.69 (what's that?)

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  • The Arena: Room 1

    · Half-Life, HL-Maps, Play · 1 Reply

    About This map is to be the first of hopefully many ‘puzzle maps,’ as they seem to be quite successful. Each ‘room’ will contain about 6 challenges, as does this one. Please contact the author with any ideas for later puzzles, He is hoping for about 6-10 maps in all, and doesn’t want to run… Read More

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  • Torture that Alien: Version 2

    · Half-Life, HL-Maps, Play · 4 Replies

    Author’s Note: “This is version 2 of the quite popular “Torture that Alien.” This includes all the skills I have learnt since my first map… this is an unfinished stuff for a reason… (duh!) I know the textures are a little crappy in places… buts it the idea that counts!! please read readme quickly before… Read More

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  • Kill to Kill 2

    · Half-Life 2, HL2-Mods, Play · 44 Replies

    About I know nothing! Can somebody play this and tell me a little about it? I would laso like to have a few screenshots. You may need to speak French as well. Reader Recommendations Avoid It! Think Twice Maybe Play It Later Play It Now! 4 recommendations, average score: 2.75 (out of 5), standard deviation:… Read More

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