Archives for February 2007

• Please note that these are publication date on this site, NOT the actual release date of the maps and mods

Following on from last week’s poll question about using cheat codes, here is this week’s question:

Is Using A Walkthrough Cheating?

About This is a four-level single player mod from a first-time author. Some of the buildings and open spaces have been taken from the original game. Basic Details Title: Next File Name: hl2-sp-next.rar Size : 16.04Mb Author: Dmitry Voropay Date Released: 29 November 2006 Screenshots Click on the thumbnails below to open a medium size [...]

About After three months of civil war, the Combine Forces together with the Civil Protection controls City-17 once again. They now rule the city with an iron hand, crushing everyone who opposes them. Only a few citizens has yet the courage to confront them. You are one of them… Reader Recommendations3 recommendations, average score: 5 [...]

Author’s Note “My first Mod/Mappack di Half-life2 (single player) that it has cost to me more than 1 year and means of job (to intermittenza) It tells the history of 1 customer who scale the board until arriving to Admin (than ambiguous history) the Mod/Mappack is dedicated completely to the forum of Hw-upgrade (w*w.hwupgrade.it)” Reader [...]

This week’s poll question is about cheat codes and was suggested by Goddess Alyria.

Does using Cheat Codes spoil a game?

Introduction Here is a story I have written with the idea of a mod in mind. As with most of my stories I will set the scene and then explain the thinking and planning behind it. The Message Kurban wakes to the sound that has haunted him for quite a while now. The sound of [...]

Introduction Here is a research idea that would simply require the collection of data, which is then presented in a graphical manner. This data and presentation would then form the basis of a number of questions to be further investigated. Interested? Then read on.

Introduction One area that really interests me is research. I’m sure that there are plenty of potential research projects that could yield valuable data. How cool would it be if PlanetPhillip readers could participate with some universities that are conducting research into video gaming. As PP becomes more popular its user base increases. This user-base [...]

VALVE TO MAKE A HARDWARE CONSOLE.
Could this be a real headline one day? Who knows? This week’s Poll Question is this:

Should Valve make a hardware console?

and Perhaps more importantly Would you buy one?
Let’s take a closer look at this question….

About I found this video of Batman and Robin and laughed at the chessiness. I couldn’t help but think about the cheesy moments in gaming.

About When I was knee-high to a grasshopper I remember watching Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Gene Kelly and many others in what are called Musicals. I loved them, in fact I could probably still watch them now.

About When ragdoll physics were introduced into FPS games, I, like most people, was impressed. However, as time has gone one I have become disillusioned. Surely the force needed to throw bodies around like that would probably rip them apart? Anyway, it seems to me that rag dolls are the new clipart.

Everybody loves the movies, right? Well most people anyway, so this week’s Poll Question is:

“Which Game I.P. (intellectual Property) would you like to see made into a full-budget movie?”

Now, I am guessing that most of my readers will shout Half-life!, but I urge you to think about it first.