I just added a mod called The Real 2 and the author claimed, via his website, that when you finished it you would be a better player. I don’t believe that, unless the mod is specifically designed to improve a player’s skill via specific practices.
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A collection of text posts, including Poll Questions, Text Interviews with moddersand Phillip’s Blog. All posts are written to encourage friendly debate and discussion.
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Poll Question 112 – Do you want to play as Father Grigori?
He seems such an interesting character, that it seems a shame he hasn’t been used by mod makers or Valve. It would make a perfect expansion, what happened before and after Gordon Freeman arrived.
22nd February 2009 24 Comments
January 2009 Video Review
A video review of the site changes, the poll questions, articles published, The Mod Of The Year 2008 and, of course, the maps and mods.
18th February 2009 12 Comments
Poll Question 111 – 5 short mods or one long one?
Assume the 1 long mod has 15 levels and the 5 mods have 3 levels each. Also assume that the gameplay time and quality of the levels are the same, which would you prefer?
15th February 2009 21 Comments
Poll Question 110 – Do you prefer to walk or drive?
Whilst the Half-Life series never really went crazy with regard to vehicles there have always been fun things to drive or ride.
7th February 2009 20 Comments
Poll Question 109 – Are Mod Clones A Good Idea?
My first thought is that generally it’s a bad idea but if mod teams like those mentioned above didn’t exist then we wouldn’t get to play games/mods in those fictional universes.
31st January 2009 9 Comments
Location, Location, Location (Part 2)
Not another rant, but more of an introspection. Nearly 4 years ago I wrote a piece called Location, Location, Location in which I shared my thoughts about the locations used in Half-Life 2.
24th January 2009 4 Comments
Poll Question 108 – Would you prefer to wait for a full game for Episode 3?
I’ve been a vocal opponent of Episodes almost from the beginning. I don’t like them and feel they have stifled the modding community by making modders unsure which engine they should make the mod for.
24th January 2009 15 Comments
Poll Question 107 – Would you kill Alyx for her ammo?
This is really the very first Poll Question back on 26 October 2006: Have you crowbarred Barney for his ammo?. I decide to ask it again but this time with Alyx.
18th January 2009 33 Comments
Poll Question 106 – Is the G-Man Evil?
Well, everybody and his dog have different theories about the G-Man. The question is whether ultimately he is evil.
10th January 2009 19 Comments
1st March 2009 22 Comments