I presume that most PP readers have played Opposing Force and Blue Shift, both made by Gearbox Software. Well, if you haven’t you should definitely play OP and play BS if you find it cheap and have some spare time.
Anyway, I have been thinking that since HL2 there are plenty of new opportunities for Valve or a sub-contractor to make some interesting stories. So, this week’s (late again!!) question is..
Should Valve sub-contract a development studio to make an HL2 offshoot?
The amount of new maps and mods has taken a dip recently, although there seems to be a few good ones on the horizon, that didn’t stop me from wondering…
Is the lack of new mods due to episodic content?
5th July 2008 18 Comments
After I had finished playing Half-Life, I couldn’t wait to play more. Fortunately I didn’t play HL until nearly 4 years after it was released, by which time Opposing Force and Blue Shift had been released. Valve seem to have decided not to outsource any HL2 games but if they did ….
Which class of character would you like to see as the player in an official HL2 expansion game?
7th December 2007 19 Comments
About Here is a sort of bug in Half-Life, Opposing Force and Blue Shift. By touching or getting very close to the barrel you are given a boost when running. I didn’t know anything about it until Zhouy sent me the video which is embedded below. Here’s The Video Enjoy!
28th January 2007 17 Comments
With 2007 only a few days away I present 7 questions that I hope to be answered next year. I probably could have written 70 questions but that would have been a very long, and probably boring, article! Read on to see if your burning questions are included. At the bottom is a short list of questions I didn’t include.
20th December 2006 5 Comments
Introduction I’m not a big fan of the episodic content release concept. I understand the so-called benefits but think too many people are jumping on the bandwagon. A nice comparison is that of a magazine and a book.
4th November 2006 1 Comment
About Nuclear Winter is a single player mission for Half-Life Opposing Force. It comprises 29 new maps plus a ton of new scripted scenes, models, artwork, character voices, sound effects and music. Nuclear Winter was recently re released with Steam support. Opposing Force is no longer required. Reader Recommendations Avoid It! Think Twice Maybe Play… Read More
Total Downloads: 5,8995th September 2006
40 Comments
and 15 recommendations, 6 say "Play It Later"
About You have been Gordon Freeman, Adrian Shepard and Barney. And what did you did during all that time? You killed all those poor Xen aliens! Have you ever thought about their Point of View? POV-Point of View is a new single player Half-Life MOD where you will play as a Alien Slave named Xonxt.… Read More
Total Downloads: 15,3127th April 2006
57 Comments
and 16 recommendations, most really enjoyed it!
About This map was made for the ‘Best Train Ride’ Contest at the Valve Editing Resource Center. I searched but I couldn’t find anything there. The thread describing things in detail can be found here: Chatbear Thread. Basic Details Title: Contest 2 Maps File Name: hl1-sp-contest-2-maps.7z Original File Name: contest2.zip Size : 2.49Mb Author: Various… Read More
Total Downloads: 1,2762nd April 2006
8 Comments
and 3 recommendations with no significant bias
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11th August 2008 16 Comments