Archived News:
Chris Kingsley of Rebellion Studios is
interviewed on GameSpy.com today, talking about their work on Aliens vs.
Predator and The Mummy, as well as the company's eight-year history. When asked about the Aliens
vs. Predator title Monolith and Fox Interactive are working on, he says that
since Fox owns the rights to AvP they can do what they like, however he also
says, "we are continuing to work with Fox Interactive on a number of projects."
The official Qtracker site has been
updated with a new patch for the recently released beta 21 release of this server
browser. The patch fixes a few bugs that surfaced since its release the other
day, and is only necessary if you have beta 21 installed.
A new Parsec shot of the
month has been posted at the official site
for this upcoming multiplayer space sim that is being simultaneously developed
for the Mac OS, Linux and Win32 platforms, and will be released for free upon
its completion.
Domain of Games
interviews David Eddings of Gathering of Developers in a conversation that
took place during the recent Babbage's/CPL tournament. David is the director of
promotion and channel marketing for GoD, and the conversation covers the kind of
things that leads to, like being chased from the E3 halls for distributing their
schoolgirl calendars.
The debut release of JailBreak for UT is
now available, offering all the action of the Q2 prison bust out mod in Unreal
Tournament. The first version, said to be extensively tested for bugs, offers
four maps (two of them are conversions of previous JailBreak levels), is fully netplay enabled, and
supports play with and against bots.
Though there's no reference to my not-namesake "blue bug," the Reactive Software
website has a new version 2.03b of the Q3Comp front-end for Quake III Arena
and Quake III: Team Arena (thanks RTD Quake
III). The new release fixes team locking and unlocking, fixes spectator mute
and team_say, and removes some debugging messages from this program described
as: "A server mod designed to provide anything a player or admin could
want. Complete customization, player admin, match services, server
configuration, stats reporting, and a whole lot more."
The osX website has the first
release of the osX background changer for download, the logical successor to
their osX background. This PC utility will allow you to change the background on
your Unreal Tournament desktop, and offers what's described as a comprehensive
toolkit for the creation of your own backgrounds.
A page on ParkLAN called
Q3TA Tweaks offers tips on how to create an autoexec.cfg file for Quake III
Arena and Team Arena that will improve your framerate. Also, Fatal1ty's Guide to the CPL Maps
on Q3A @ Stomped is just that, a rundown on tips and strategies for use in
the CPL tournament maps from pro gamer Fatal1ty. The detailed rundown is
illustrated with over a dozen screenshots to make sure everything's
understandable. Finally, a borderline tech bit, NT Compatible's
Game Tuning Guide for Windows NT-2000 offers tips on getting your games
working best on these OSes that are not targeted at gamers.
Well happy new year! I just noticed when saving a file using today's date that
padded with zeroes it is 01/01/01 (or, in England, 01/01/01)... neat,
huh? Here's hoping that this past year was great for you, and next year is
better, I know I'm starting the new year off right by making a batch of my
nigh-famous chili, so Indian Point is not the only local spot with a potential
meltdown this morning... you have been warned.
Story of the Day: 'Casablanca' Screenwriter Jules Epstein Dies
(Fox). Thanks theAntiELVIS. Remembering the late author of one of my favorite
films. Louis: "What in heaven's name brought you to Casablanca?"
Rick: "My health. I came to Casablanca for the waters." Louis:
"The waters? What waters? We're in the desert." Rick: "I
was misinformed."
Weird Science: Space
Ants. "Futuristic Probes to Cruise Asteroid Belt." Thanks Ant
(who else?).
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