I have been meaning to write this for a few weeks now, better late than never I suppose.

To be honest, it was only the title I thought about and not the actual predictions. These are all off the top of my balding head.

Don’t forget to add your own in the comments.

Most people my age fail to take New Year’s resolutions seriously.

I like to think of it as an opportunity to reflect on the previous year.

Where most peoples resolutions involve something life changing, e.g., quitting smoking, my resolutions almost exclusively involve video games.

Hands up if you want to win Half-Life 1 Anthology!

Good, because if you don’t own these games you are missing some fantastic shooter gaming.

So, to win this game all you need to do is comment on this post. One comment per person.

I will select the winner, sometime on Sunday 22nd January 2012.

I will send the game via Steam gifts. Do NOT type your Steam name in the comments, but make sure you enter a working email address in the email field. Again, NOT in the comments themselves.

May the universe shine upon you.

Time for a competition with a difference.

Firstly, there’s no prize, just the bragging rights that I chose your video over the hundreds of other entries!

About a year ago I made a little tribute called City17 Humane Society (mp3) to a video I saw on YouTube called WHS – Kitty Midnight Madness.

I included it in one of my podcasts, but would like to add it to my YouTube Channel, but it needs a video to go with it.

Black Death is a single-player Half-Life 2: Episode Two level that deviates from the original gameplay.

The new crossbow confuses enemies into attacking the victims rather than killing them. Outmanned, he must adapt to his new environment and find the balance between crowbar and crossbow.

How people behave in small groups and large groups is very different from how they behave when they are on their own.

Even if you think of yourself as an intelligent and independent person you can sometimes find yourself manipulated.

The story I am about to tell you really did happen to me.

You play as Corporal Daniel Fletcher and your mission is to recover data from the Anomalous Materials Laboratory.

Along the way you will encounter all sorts of enemies and eventually rejoin your unit.

Can you complete your objective?

Well, here it is. The entries from the CrossbowVille mapping Competition.

The objective was to create an interesting release that used the Crossbow as the main weapon.

The mod contains 3 entries, with varying styles.

I would like to thank the competition’s sponsors; SteamContests.Com and Tt Esports.com and of course, the modders who entered.

Enjoy!

I have a World Exclusive for you.

Ivan’s Secrets is jumping ship from Source and moving to Cry Engine. In addition, they may even go retail!

When Jamie told me I was angry but now I am resigned to the idea.

So there I was sitting at my desk, staring at the blank screen of my laptop wondering what this week’s poll question should be and then I remembered a comment s.anchev had made (He wasn’t the first and won’t be the last) …“If someone could use all the GuildHall ideas on a full mod, it could make one hell of a mod.”.

And then I had the question. Phew, they are getting harder and harder to write.

Anyway, back to the question.

I made a list of different types of mods that I thought might be fun to play.

I have gone into a little detail below in case readers aren’t sure what I mean by them.

The author of G-String has kindly agreed to a text interview. William, from Podcast 17, sent a couple of questions to me and I thought I would ask my readers if they had any questions.

No guarantee is made that she will answer your submitted questions, so please bear that in mind.

You can either email me directly or post them here as a comment.

I should mention that the questions won’t be answered here in this post but in a separate post in the near future.

Thanks.

You find yourself on a runaway train. Nothing left to do but work your way to the front – if you can!

Headcrabs and Combine soldiers try to stop you.

Follow the path in and on the train until you meet you final foe.

Play as a Combine soldier who has some “enhanced” abilities.

Follow your commanding officer and do as he tells you.

Then defend the position as long as you are instructed to.

Gordon Freeman must fight his way into the remote arctic prison, Angel Mogila. The level is a small area of roughly the same scope as a single area in a larger Half-Life 2 level. Consequently the module is a slice of what would be a larger level. This level features stealth gameplay using a custom designed night vision effect and custom AI controllers to enable stealth gameplay. The player can elect to rush the level at a higher margin of difficulty. Power Outage also features destroyable power transformers that knock out the lights in each section of the level.

Hands up if you want to win Opposing Force!

Good, because hopefully next month, I’ll be running an Opposing Force event.

So, to win this game all you need to do is comment on this post. One comment per person.

I will select the winner, sometime on Sunday 15th January 2012.

I will send the game via Steam gifts. DO not type your Steam name in the comments, but make sure you enter a working email address in the email filed. Again, NOT in the comments themselves.

May the universe shine upon you.

This singleplayer Half-Life 2 level takes place within an old underground temple that located within a mountain. The game space consists of two main areas: a small desert exterior just outside the entrance to the temple and the interior of the underground temple that contains five dangerous puzzles. The player’s objective is to traverse through the temple; making their way past the five puzzles, in order find Dog’s spark, which is located at the end of the temple.

A new take on the Tower Defence gameplay style. Get yourself prepared and then open the doors.

Can you and Father Gregori survive the 3 hordes of zombie attackers?

Only time will tell.

After a Summer of woes, Klow and Bramblepath have finally got the newly independent Combine OverWiki online.

The site allows registered users to edit and create articles and is a fantastic resource for the community.

Show support by getting involved and using the site.

If you find it a little slow at the moment, don’t worry, things will improve once the images get cached and the interwebnetthingy gets all settled.

The new URL is CombineOverWiki.Net