Archives for March 2009

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

To really do this question justice I think a detailed analysis of the mods released would need to be presented. However, until that happens we will have to just use our memories and wander blindly into the discussion!

Escape from the Combine

Escape the cell and fight your way to the Gman.

A room, plenty of Metrocops and manhacks and your rebel buddies. Can you win?

Can you survive the waves of Headcrabs? It’s a one-area map with a few hundred headcrabs. Fear not! Father Grigori is there to help.

A simple set of rooms with various effects. There is some combat. Nothing more, nothing less.

I was chatting with Your Evil Twin this week about a mod he had start a long time ago called Critical Mass.

In this map, the player takes control of Gordon Freeman as he flees from impending Combine forces. The chase takes Gordon into a dank section of City-17’s canals

Explore the haunted house and return to your car…if you dare!

You play as Number 42, a Combine soldier sent to kill Gordon Freeman.

This goes back to Poll Question 111, where I asked about one long or 5 short mods. With 5 short mods, if you don’t like what you are playing, you can stop and you don’t have to worry too much about missing some great levels. With a long mod if you don’t like what you are playing you have to consider whether the mod gets better.

A simple map with a few rooms.

I recently found a Source Utility called Source Sauce and wanted to share it with you.

A simple but pretty outdoor arena map. There actually seems to be a number of kills required before the map ends, although I couldn’t tell you exactly how many.

A video review of the site changes, the poll questions, articles published, feature highlights and, of course, the maps and mods posted on the site in February 2009.

Last night I had this strange dream where I was using the crowbar to flick headcrabs in the air and then bat them like a baseball. It’s not the first HL-related dream I have had either!

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.

A pure puzzle mod that adds an interesting story setting to the mix.

The Headcrabs have evolved! Evolved with a variety of different traits. Your objective is to rid the space station OXYGENIUM of them and where ever else it takes you!