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Apparently, I can sell DOTA 2!

Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3

Somebody just asked for a copy of DOTA 2 and since I still have about 30 left, I sent them one.

But as I was doing it, I noticed a new button underneath the usual ones: SELL.

So I click it and the image below is what I saw.

24th February 2013 13 Comments

Poll Question 291 – Do you like the idea of a Half-Life movie?

Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3

Well, it’s been discussed many times before but it finally looks to be happening on a professional scale: A Half-Life (or portal) movie!

I’ll probably be the one Half-Life fan to say that I think it’s a bad idea and here’s why…

You know how a movie is never as good as a book (well almost always never)? I think the same will happen here. Yes, the movie will be fantastic but not if you played Half-Life near when it first came out.

7th February 2013 33 Comments

Poll Question 290 – Do you need to be in the right mood to play mods?

Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3

I have a couple of favourite sci-fi authors; Iain M. Banks and Alistair Reynolds. I have bought their last few books in hardback because not only do hardback books make me feel intellectual, they are also available quite a bit earlier than the paperback version.

The problem is that I need to be in the right mood and it looks like the paperback version of one of the books is about to be released and I haven’t even touched the hardback yet.

23rd January 2013 11 Comments

Complete Opposing Force Walkthrough

Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3

Again, I am very pleased to announce the release of, what I am sure is without doubt, the most comprehensive walkthrough of Opposing Force available.

It was made possible by the writing and research of Stanley E. Dunigan and the formatting skills of William Barnard.

Together, we have created a PDF version that can be viewed both online and printed.

18th January 2013 1 Comment

3×24: Competition 1: BeginningVille

Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3

And so it begins.

This is the first of the 3×24 Mapping Competition Series.

Just to ease everybody’s mind, the 2 models requirement has been removed.

Full details are below.

11th January 2013 71 Comments

Poll Question 288 – Will HL3 be released in 2013?

Single Player First Person Shooter Maps and Mods for Half-Life 1, 2 and Episodes 1, 2 and 3

There’s lots of talk about the Steambox and other Valve related stuff but let’s not forget HL3 – not that I thought you had!

In case you didn’t know there’s a Twitter account called IsHL3OutYet to let you know. Not that you would actually need it as I am sure everybody and their cat will hear about it within 1 minute of the official announcement.

Anyway, do you think it will be released this year? I’m not sure but obviously I hope so. My biggest concern is that I will need to buy new hardware to run it, which is going to be a serious problem for me.

7th January 2013 22 Comments