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Just one quick review today, Shogun: Total War. Another one that’s good on the gameplay side, but lacks in style.

Also, Que has just informed me that he is the Mad Phat Playa. I think that’s newsworthy enough.

Probably the best feature of a game engine is its ability to be changed modularly. UT is a perfect example. Today, I took a break from my annual journey to hell (for Diablo’s asskicking) for some mutator testing. I was totally, jaw-droppingly amazed at this one called Lazy Matrix. With a little bit of tweaking through the much-appreciated mod setup menus, I have achieved utter slowmo bliss. 8)

“What’re you trying to say? I can dodge bullets?”

“No, I’m saying…when you’re ready, you won’t have to.”

So, Lazy Matrix is definitely a must for UT players. I suffered some crashes while playing it, but it’s been worth it. Other mutators that offer much value to your old UT experience include the following:

Pinata – you have the opportunity to pickup everything a fragged player was carrying. Sometimes, you’ll even rush back to your corpse to see if you can retrieve some of your weapons.
Relics – they come in a Digital Extremes addon and add so much to the experience. You’ll wish you had redemption when that vengence blows up in your face.
Akimbo – If dual enforcers wasn’t good enough, how about dual miniguns? Nuff said. 😮
Soul Harvest – A classic…not only do you have to kill people, but you also have to harvest their soul. (Adding the Relic of Vengence with this mutator has some rather interesting gameplay effects.)
MoreGore – Never enough gibs and blood…never.

There are others, but those are may current favorites. You can download them from our server here. On with the screenies…

I did some JavaScript yesterday that enables you to sort the Music DB dynamically. What does this mean? Well, previously, if you sorted, it sorted the entire database. Now, if you sort, it will only sort your search results. 😮

For example, if you search the Music DB for “Nine Inch Nails” in the top search box, you’ll get a list of all the songs by Nine Inch Nails that are in the DB. The trick here is that now you can sort by any of the columns by hitting the sort arrows and it will sort only what you see on the page. You could sort by the rating I gave the songs, length, alphabetically by name, artist, genre. Enjoy, that JScript took 4 to 5 hours to make.

Also, Quelog be da mad playa! 😛

If I ever figure out the mother fucker that changed the IP for the DNS AGAIN, I’m kickin his ass. 😡 DNS = Static IP. ISPs, read the equation until it finally sinks in.

Converting the MOD database to the Music database is slow in coming because of changes to the format and size of the database. But, when it’s done, Loogie and I predict at least 600 tracks/songs/whatever added to it.

As for Kat…I dunno, I was playing the most intastic MOD for Half-Life, The “They Hunger” Trilogy, when she popped up. I still think she’s a myth. And as for Que’s “different Kathleen”…How you doin, sweetness? 😉

Well, unlike Loog, I only have one demo review to post about. It’s Star Trek: Bridge Commander. Check it.