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Kyouryuu

Wow. Good luck on Level 14.

Kyouryuu

The two mods of this forum never check it anymore and no one in my immediate vicinity has authority over this part of the board.

Kyouryuu

You don't need a salary to make modders work. You need a compelling project and leadership that will get the job done. The vast majority of mods for other games are completely non-profit affairs.

What makes a compelling project? Going well beyond a few silly weapon renders, for one. Anyone can ...

Kyouryuu

An interesting find on YouTube. This is the start of an 8-part series featuring Mark Allender of Parallax. It was done before the release of Descent 2 in 1995 and talks about porting Descent to the Mac.

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Unreal Engine 3 should be fine with \"open\" models like that, provided that you don't use the stencil shadows option. By default, the engine uses modulated shadows, so you shouldn't run into this problem unless you manually override the static mesh to use stencil shadows. If you want to use those ...

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Don't the Iraqi's consider being hit with a shoe the ultimate insult! Remember what they did to Saddam's statue when it was taken down?

That could be true, but I know that seeing the sole of one's shoe is a serious cultural faux pas, as related by one of Bill Richardson's many visits to the ...

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I seem to recall something similar happening with Fox News and the cost of carrying that station on cable. When Fox News first went on the air some ten years ago, they locked themselves into contracts for about 25 cents per subscriber. A couple years ago, as those contracts came up for renewal, Fox ...

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Game. Engine.

Did I read that right? A brand new game engine?

Good God, you people have no clue how to mod.

Kyouryuu

As one of the more vocal opponents of video games who blew hundreds of thousands on failed gaming legislation, I'm delighted to see Blagojevich finally get what he deserves.

Sure, video game legislation sounds like a meager thing until you understand the delicious irony. You see, the same judge ...

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Rock Band 2 is the best of the two, by far. In addition to the 100 songs that come with the main game, you can actually import all of the songs from Rock Band 1 if you have that disk. DLC is also shared between the two games.

GH:WT has some decent songs in it, but it's mostly packed with songs you ...

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Y'know, as kitschy as the Obama memorabilia is - and it is extremely kitsch - it has nothing on the \"2008 9/11 Commemorative Dollar.\" It is so tasteless and cringeworthy that I couldn't believe I actually saw an ad for it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eF3mzTpFCrU

Remember, it's pure Liberian ...

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Kyouryuu,I guess it isn't quite fair to say that it is a knock-off but come on. The advertisements basically play it up to look like an RE style co-op game.

No they don't. Where are you getting that idea from?

As for Bungie getting a clue... maybe by watching how many people vote. NIGHT AFTER ...

Kyouryuu

Just a cheap Resident Evil knock-off that wants to be another boring ordinary FPS.

Have you even played Resident Evil? Just because both games share zombies doesn't mean they are the same game. :lol: Good gosh, in terms of everything - gameplay, pacing, control style - they are polar opposites ...

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So much venom you have for this game, Messenjah. I really don't get it.

I finished the last campaign in L4D last night in co-op with friends and it was awesome.

I only had two minor, minor quibbles about the game.

1. I didn't like how every campaign ended with a massive zombie hoard. I kept ...

Kyouryuu

Yeah, the demo is awesome alright. If I have some free time, I might make some maps for the game.

Kyouryuu

When I went to school, there were typing lessons as part of a general computer class on the Apple IIe. I think Paws Teaches Typing was the program of choice.

Despite that, I apparently developed my own weird way of typing. I don't use home key position at all and no one seems to understand how it ...

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Krom wrote:No it doesn't. Unlike in the movies, it can not instantly produce a perfect and fully grown copy of the original.

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And for Rock Band fans...

November 4th brings the Presidents of the United States DLC pack.

Sadly, no Peaches for me.

Kyouryuu

It's too bad we took out Saddam Hussein. Otherwise, I'm sure we could have found your friend a job in the Iraqi tech division!

Kyouryuu

None at all.

Kyouryuu

I think you have to enable that through DALLAS scripting, but it's predicated on having first run a level to run that script. That is, level 1 can't have a ship selection, but level 2 can.

Kyouryuu

I don't know if I'd say good looking \"rooms.\" Looks more like a series of tubes.

They do look nice for corridors, though.

Kyouryuu

fliptw wrote:Its a franchise that sold lots of stuff. All the reason you need.

By animephiles who actually enjoyed it. That entire audience is already raising pitchforks against this movie.

Kyouryuu

I don't understand who this movie is designed to appeal to. Anime fans would probably resent it for being inaccurate or, well, not animated. People unfamiliar with the series would probably be lost. It doesn't make sense to me.

Kyouryuu

Firefox takes a good 3-5 seconds to \"reset\" itself even after the window goes away, though Steam is a lot worse.

It's all about where the developers put the close window code. Some programs are quite good about closing the window only once the program is unloaded, like Hammer Editor. Others, like ...

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If Fallout takes off, then Interplay will *definitely* get funding for their MMO. That makes Interplay an ongoing concern.

But there are so many MMOs . Every week, you hear of another one failing.

It's exactly like the industry's obsession with open-world games. There's room enough for one ...

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I was going to say... those Gatling guns seem really high poly. ;)

You know what might be kind of nice? If you put some trim around the cockpit window, like the stripes on your cannons. That's the only element of the ship that doesn't seem very \"grounded\" to the rest of it. I know that's how the ...

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I have been reading Ferno's and Kyouryuu's comments on the robot placement in TEW and have to say the following.

On the one hand they say their complaints are not about general difficulty of the levels, on the other hand they are complaining the levels would be too hard, and that would be because ...

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That was a good write-up, Drakona. Despite the fact that I couldn't disagree more on taxing the wealthy, I appreciate hearing the voice of a conservative who takes the time to seriously evaluate all sides of the issue.

Kyouryuu

It's not the overall difficulty in question, it's using the right robot for the right job. You can't just place robots haphazardly into a level and think it's going to be the best possible placement.

An abstract example is the way the M.A.X. robot is used in the Vertigo campaign. Parallax never ...

Kyouryuu

You've not an objective, third party observer.

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Look at it like this: which would you prefer, that Descent 1 and 2 are still on sale, or that they just weren't made at all anymore?
Anyway, saying that you're dissapointed that a company isn't giving stuff away for free is a bit... much.

A bit much?

The game is over ten years old . Unless ...

Kyouryuu

By Jack Thompson's theory, I ought to be as fantastic as Jimi Hendrix on the guitar. :P

For example, will Fox News want a disbarred attorney as their resident game-bashing expert? Not likely, not even for Fox.

I don't think that has changed. The next time a school shooting occurs, and it's ...

Kyouryuu

Gooberman wins an Internet.

Kyouryuu

I'm not saying that the Descent franchise is any better, but an MMO seems so risky. The vast majority of MMOs fail within months. I'm afraid that even with the upcoming sequel, Fallout probably doesn't have the kind of name recognition it needs to catch on either.

Kyouryuu

I'm surprised that Interplay hasn't released more of their back catalog on Steam. Putting these on Steam, coupled with some kind of weekend discount deal, would get them a lot of free exposure in blogs.

Kyouryuu

The thing about 9/11 conspiracy theories...

... on one hand, most people who argue for them are convinced Bush is an idiot whose inept Administration can't get anything right, whether that's a war in Iraq, Hurricane Katrina, the financial market, and so on.

... yet, at the same time, they accuse ...

Kyouryuu

I never saw the recent CGI Appleseed movies, but I did see the original one from the 1980s. Even though it has a very strange dub (jazz music during climactic battles?), the story was simple and satisfying. Appleseed was created by the same person behind Ghost in the Shell.

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The top one is the cyborg from Appleseed, Briareos.

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