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City 17: Episode 1 – Mod Report

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

City 17 Episode 1 is a mod that is slowly evolving into something that will amaze and surprise you.

I only cover a few In Development mods and am pleased that Gear, the team behind the mod, have agreed to work closely with me.

I have some media and an audio interview for you, so read on and enjoy!

7th December 2009 38 Comments

Poll Question 149 – Will we ever learn the truth about Gman?

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

Theories abound about the Gman and every man and his dog think they know who he is, but will we ever learn the truth about Gman?

I doubt that Valve will completely tell us everything, that aura of mystery is very important and always leaves the door open for other adventures in various forms of media.

6th December 2009 26 Comments

Poll Question 148 – Should mod teams remove old demos?

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

Putting aside the question of whether mods should even be releasing demos, once they do, do you think that they should remove them once they get old?

The problem, as I see it, is that unless it’s taken down potential players might still download it and base their opinion of the mod on it. If it’s the best a mod team can do, fine, but if, like most mods they get better as time goes on, then wouldn’t it be better to simply remove it?

28th November 2009 11 Comments

Challenge Series 2009: The Conclusion

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

Firstly, I’d like to thank everybody who accepted my challenges and posted comments.

I am hoping that more players took the challenges than actually commented, but who knows.

I enjoyed creating the challenges and writing the posts each week, and I hope you did too.

22nd November 2009 13 Comments

Poll Question 147 – Have you ever finished a mod without dying?

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

I’m talking about long mods, not just short, twenty-minute things.

My first thought would be If you can then it couldn’t have been that hard, but I’ve been playing long enough to know that there are some great players out there.

I’m trying to think if I have got really far in a mod and died. It’s possible, but unlikely for me.

22nd November 2009 15 Comments

Poll Question 146 – How many people do you introduce to Half-Life in a year?

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

I believe that we have a duty to share something we love if we feel it is beneficial to others. Playing Half-Life games falls into this category for me.

I am probably older than you, sure I’m not the oldest visitor to this site (He is around 80 years old I think) but older than most. Most of my friends have children and don’t really play PC games, well maybe the occasional game on the Wii, but that’s it.

9th November 2009 13 Comments

Poll Question 145 – What kind of player are you?

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

I can’t believe I haven’t asked this question before.

They way we play must affect the types of maps and mods we prefer, to waht degreee I don’t know, but I am sure it does.

I also wonder whether we change our playing style as we get better and older.

What do you think?

1st November 2009 15 Comments