Blogged in FPS, Games by Matt on Sunday July 17, 2005
Just the other day at work, Bill, one of the computer techs at my work, and myself were talking about what First Person Shooters we like. We both came to an agreement that we both prefer the faster paced, more deathmatch like FPS games, Quake 2, Quake 3, Team Fortress, Call of Duty and so forth. When talking about the games I was remembered a great game I played for a good summer in 2003, this game, Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (ET).
If you don’t know what ET is, it was scheduled to be a Multiplayer Addon for Return to Castle Wolfenstein, instead they decided to release it as a free, open source game. The gameplay is VERY similar to Team Fortress. ET runs on the Quake 3 engine, so it’s nice looking but nothing cutting edge. The gameplay is top notch though, if you remember playing TF for QuakeWorld then you’ll feel at home here, however if you’re a Counter-Strike Kiddie, this will be a new experience for you. Out with the “faux-realistic” FPS gameplay of CS, and in with the Team Objective Based game with tons of DM flavor. Don’t get me wrong CS is a good game, however it doesn’t have the appeal for me. I much prefer the Fast, Deathmatch like gameplay of ET over CS anyday.
If you’ve never played Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory be sure to give it a try, and if you’re an OG QW:TF player you’ll be pleasently suprised, this I gurantee you!
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Blogged in Games by Matt on Friday July 15, 2005
Let me begin this by saying, WHO CARES? A couple of Grant Theft Auto Characters Fucking seems to make a huge impact on our “society”. It started out as gripes about the violence in the GTA games, and now it has escalated into gripes about characters making sex. Who gives a rats ass? Sex… boooooo….. hisssssss… sex is bad, but violence on TV is ok. Keep in mind this is a video game with a “M” rating for mature. Instead of pointing fingers, parents need to quit being lazy ass slack off’s and be a parent for once.
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Blogged in Games by Matt on Thursday July 14, 2005
I don’t know how many of you readers are console gamers, or follow the football video game industry very closely but if you recall earlier this year, EA Games signed an exclusive deal with the NFL, allowing EA Games to be the only distributor of NFL games for the next 5 years. So basically what this does, is allows EA Games to make a monopoly of the Pro-Football industry on Videogame Consoles as well as PCs.
Last year if you recall, as well as the year before Take-Two Interactive published a far superior football game titled, ESPN NFL 2K5. Not only was this game better then EA’s cash cow of Madden but it sold for $20 USD yes, TWENTY DOLLARS. On top of ESPN NFL 2K5 selling for $20, it pressured EA Games into selling it’s Madden 2005 for a lower then normal price of, $30.
However, now that EA Games has inked that exclusive agreement with the NFL, all competition is gone. Not only did EA Games gobble up that lucrative NFL deal, they also signed an exclusive deal with ESPN for rights to the network’s name. Now that EA Games has gobbled up both of those licenses, EA plans on charging $50 for their second rate NFL game.
You can also view and confirm the higher prices at EBGames.
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Blogged in Internet by Matt on Wednesday July 6, 2005
So there’s an awesome little editorial column over at the The Inquirer about Doubleclick’s “Privacy Manager” making a claim that Ad Blocking software, such as Adblock will kill off the Internet’s free content. For a little exerpt:
Bernie Smith, the group’s privacy manager, whatever that is, claimed in an interview that tools like Adblock – an add-on to the Firefox browser - were linked to “a negative vibe against advertising in general”. ‘Vibe’? No, really, he actually used the V-word. Images of Oddball and Keanu flashed through my head, dude. Anyway, how much credence can you give an anti-ad blocking statement made by an ad man? Exactly.
And anyway, people’s reaction to ads – be they TV or Internet – is nothing to do a negative vibe. It’s hatred, pure and simple. A deep-seated, never-dimming rage at the way that advertising has become more prominent than the TV shows and sites they so-call sponsor. The average on the box is now closer to 20 minutes per hour which is why digital video recorders (DVRs) are such a nice idea. But what about on the Web? Does the arrival of ad blockers mean an end to free content? After all, this very site – a tower of newshound tenacity, innuendo and non-lethal spite – has ads framing and winking around its editorial gold.
Good stuff, be sure to check the full article out.
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