Archives for June 2009

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

Heart Of Evil: Napalm Edition IS NOW AVAILABLE!

I have a small confession – I rarely read reviews, except for moderation purposes. However, when I do read reviews I generally prefer to read from a mappers point of view.

Can you reach the end without cheating?

I loved Half-Life 2: Episode Two and I presume you did. Once I became accustomed to the Magnusson Device AKA The Strider Buster I really enjoyed using it but am disspaointed to see that no EP2 mods have used it. Why do you think that is?

Another “Escape” mod. Work your way through various environments to finally reach the Buggy.

I was shown a poem last week that was designed to be read from front-to-back OR back-to-front. I’m not exactly sure whether sections are read in reverse or even how it works but it certainly got me thinking. Would it be possible to do this for a linear level?

With the Gravity Gun, a clever and resourceful rebel and your intelligence, is it possible to escape from the Combine?

Using the airboat and stopping off at certain points, the player must use the sewers to bypass a Combine blockade

“Ghost In The Machine is an experiment in gameplay scripting that allows the player to modify their environment by “hacking” into the security system of a Combine citadel.”

A normal day in your Combine controlled apartment goes horribly wrong. Can you and your friends escape?

You find yourself in a wasteland with one isolated train stop. All you need to do is reach the waiting rebel and you can travel to freedom

Can you find the hidden city? Plenty of driving and exploring required.

So there I was watching Breakfast at Tiffany’s when it occurred to me I was watching a film nearly 50 years old.

A partial conversion of an underground lab where scientists have been experimenting on a new drug to wipe out all forms of infection that humans can aquire.

A simple one map mod, where you must escape from City 5.

“Gordon Freeman must investigate a lab that has ceased communication with the outside world. Only seconds after arriving, Gordon discovers that the lab’s research on zombies has left them to a horrible fate.”

When I first thought about this I thought that it must be regular updates but now that I really think about it I probably prefer just suddently hearing about it.

You have stayed in the house after the Combine arrived and the zombies started to appear. It’s time to venture outside…

This mod features some intense action scenes, but most of these come later on, much of the earlier parts of the mod are focused on adventure and storytelling.