Archived News:
HomeLan Fed's Medal of
Honor Allied Assault Spearhead Q&A chats with Rick Giolito, executive
producer on EA's WW2 first-person shooter, discussing progress on the upcoming
Spearhead expansion. Topics include their reaction to the game's success, goals
for the expansion, a detailed rundown on the storyline, an equally detailed
outline of the included weapons, new environments, new enemies and vehicles,
NGEs, multiplayer maps and options, modification support, just how close the
add-on is to going gold, and more.
There's a Neocron
Preview on GameSpy.com offering impressions of beta 4 of Reakktor Media's
upcoming science fiction MMORPG. The discuss the game in contrast to their
previous preview of the game, discussing player housing, how the red light
district is a little less blue than it had been, the addition of hovercraft
routes, the addition of an overhead map, how much of what had been barren before
has been infused with new content, missions, vehicles, and more.
XGR's Hegemonia Impressions offer brief thoughts based on playing with a beta version of Hegemonia: Legions of Iron, Digital Reality's space-based RTS game. They discuss units under the player's control, the interface, research, graphics, and more. Included are several screenshots.
GameSpy.com's Tony
Goodman Q&A chats with the founder of Ensemble Studios, discussing his
role in production of Age of Mythology, the game's Harryhausen influence, living
up to the success of the "Age of..." series, and more. Also, there's an Age of
Mythology Preview on AOE2.com based on playing with a "marketing
beta" of Ensemble's now-gold RTS game and Age of Mythology First Impressions
on ActionTrip based on getting to check out a full build. The former article is broken down in
to separate sections offering thoughts on gods and cultures; favor and myth
units; population limit and settlements; editor and the campaign; maps and
resources; and graphics, sound, system requirements. The latter offers general
thoughts as a precursor to their full review, offering comparisons with Age of
Kings and an accompanying gameplay movie.
There's a Platoon Preview
on Gamer's Hell (thanks HomeLan Fed)
based on playing with a beta version of Platoon: The 1st Airborne Cavalry
Division in Vietnam, Digital Reality's upcoming tactical game based on the Oliver Stone movie.
They describe the game's realistic feel, weapons, controls, missions, music, and
more. Also, there's a Platoon Movie
for download from 3D Gamers that almost managed to slip through the cracks
here. The nearly 40 MB QuickTime movie runs for six minutes, offering both gameplay and cinematics.
A post to the Official Generals Message Boards
(thanks Ant and PlanetCNC) has an
update on what's going on behind the scenes at Command & Conquer high
command as they gear up for testing of the upcoming installment in the RTS
series. According to the update, applicants that will selected for participation
may get word on that as early as tomorrow, though that plan doesn't sound like
it's carved in stone either.
A post on CS-Nation
offers an in-depth look at what's in the works for the upcoming version 1.6 of
Counter-Strike, including details on the two new weapons that will be included
in the update that will also be part of the upcoming release of Counter-Strike:
Condition Zero. They also describe what will be changed in a couple of maps, as
well as what's going on with the Steam broadband delivery service, which will
apparently be the only way to receive game updates going forward.
The Senior Gaming League
has announced details for their tournaments which will take place in the BYOC
are of the CPL's upcoming Winter 2002 event. Entrants, of course, need to have
reached the geriatric age of 30 to qualify.
The answer to my question about Allhallowmas yesterday teaches me not to ask
what I think are rhetorical questions without a quick web search first... I was
so sure it was made up I hadn't even bothered. Turns out it's another word for
All Saint's Day, which is the day after Halloween.
I've mentioned in the past that our backyard is more-or-less dominated by a
pair of mimosa trees, which drop crap all over the place throughout the year.
What we did not know was that these trees were not long for this world... seems
there is something called 'mimosa blight' which is a ground-borne fungal
infection that attacks the mimosa through the roots, a problem that is
apparently common enough in the north as to be considered just about inevitable.
What had been two living mimosas (not counting the virtually infinite number of
saplings they continually produce) are now one completely dead one and another
that's more dead than alive. On the bright side, it's always a joyous occasion
when a city boy has an excuse to fire up a chain saw, but it's too bad about the
trees (in spite of their messy habits). I guess we need to find something to
plant in the empty spots that will both grow quickly and will not succumb to the
blight.
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