Category Archives: Miscellaneous

I’ve coded another CGI script for the top frame that pulls the three most recent reviews from the Demoboard database, which now makes posting News about new reviews unnecessary. Also, I have removed the auto-refresh from the top frame (temporarily?) and tweaked with other aspects that should improve load times for returning visitors. And…that’s it.

I scanned some of my old analog art, retouched it a little, and put it in my section of the Photo Album. There’s something for everyone in there, including a very old conceptual comic that I called “Grubo & Worm”. Enjoy here.

Jedi Knight 2 is amazing. The demo is available for download, so get it now! Or, you can read my review here if you need convincing. 😉

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.

Yeh, so… yesterday, amidst being sick 😕 , I did something to the music DB that Snake calls the “most boom thing [I’ve] done this year” 8) . [Chief Note: Actually, I said it “was the only boom thing [he’s] done all year”] I made it so that if a song doesn’t have a download or review URL filled in, the entry doesn’t have links in those areas. Of course, this makes it much easier to distinguish songs that can be clicked from songs that can’t… eliminating confusion (though I debate the possibility that it also eliminates page load time, since extra code has to be loaded to perform this trick). Also, Snake made it so that you can click the artist name and genre in the tables, and it’ll show all songs by that artist or of that genre!

We currently have 151 songs (mainly ones I added), and it looks like Quelog even rated one of the new ones! Maybe you won’t be dropped to contributing editor, que 😀 …

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…