Sunday, May 28, 2000

Memory $ on the rise -- 10:42 am CST, Update by The Master

Once again, Micron is planning to jack up their memory prices again. Whee. I bet all those companies that got out of the memory business are kicking themselves right now.

New Q3A Jailbreak -- 10:31 am CST, Update by The Master

The Jailbreak page has been updated with a new beta 2 of the Quake 3 version of Jailbreak. JB is a teamplay mod where team members are taken to jail when killed, and when a whole team is captured in jail, they can be wiped out for a bonus.

A.T. Hun comments: Actually, this is the second part of the beta 2 to be released. The first part was released last week (story). Part 2 contains five maps, three of which are brand new.

Gamespy interviews Looking Glass -- 9:51 am CST, Update by The Master

Gamespy has posted an interview with Tim "EvilSpirit" Stellmach, a former game designer from Looking Glass. The article has an explaination for the sudden closing of Looking Glass, makers of the popular Thief games.

History today -- 9:49 am CST, Update by The Master

• 1533: The Archbishop of England declares King Henry VII's marriage to Anne Boleyn valid.
• 1863: The first black regiment from the North leaves Boston to fight in the Civil War.
• 1937: Neville Chamberlain becomes Prime Minister of Britain.
• 1940: The Belgian Army surrenders to German forces.
• 1977: 165 people are killed in a fire that swept through the Beverly Hills Supper Club in Southgate, KY.
• 1982: British forces retake Port Darwin and Goose Green from Argentinian forces in the Falklands War. At least 1,400 prisoners were taken.
• 1984: President Reagan led a state funeral at Arlington National Cemetary for an unidentified American soldier killed in the Vietnam War. (The remains were later exhumed and identified as Air Force 1st Lt. Michael J. Blaise, and sent home for burial).
• 1985: David Jacobson, director of the American University Hospital in Beirut, Lebanon, was abducted by pro-Iranian kidnappers (he was freed 17 months later).
• 1987: Mathias Rust, a 19-year old German pilot, lands his private plane in Moscow's Red Square after evading Soviet air defenses.
• 1990: Iraqi President Saddam Hussein opened a two-day Arab League summit in Baghdad with a keynote address stating if Israel were to deploy nuclear or chemical weapons against Arabs, Iraq would respond with "weapons of mass destruction."
• 1995: A magnitude 7.5 earthquake struck the Russian town of Neftegorsk, killing at least 2,000 people and devistating the town.

Saturday, May 27, 2000

Requiem Beta 3 Released! -- 10:35 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

The third beta of The Master's and my favorite mod (at least until Wraith gets done with Bloodbath), Requiem, has been released. You can download it from their website (duh). Included are some major code tweaks, including a revamped flamethrower (oh yeah . . .) and smarter bot play. Thanks Stomped.

OpFor CTF Interview -- 11:36 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Planet Half-Life has posted an interview with Gearbox' Randy Pitchford regarding their Capture The Flag add-on for Half-Life: Opposing Force. Here's a snip:

PHL: We've heard that OpFor CTF will be including a few HUD enhancements, could you tell us a bit about some of them?

Randy: There is a lot of new data on the HUD that helps players easily see the state of the game. There's traditional CTF HUD elements like score, but we've included some new features like targeting info (which can also show you what power-ups your target is carrying). There is tons of information in the scoreboard now too, including a display of which players own what power-ups and who's carrying the flags. The new HUD feedback provides information to players in a way that isn't overbearing, but easily available. It tends to make the game more fun when you can easily know what's going on all over the map.

Thanks, LadyICE, for the email.

Voodoo5 Problem Found -- 12:57 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Voodoo Extreme got word that 3dfx has found the source of the problems on some systems with their new Voodoo5 AGP video cards. Here's the word:

We have identified the problem. Yes, there IS a problem. We have isolated it and have a test in place to catch all the boards with the problem. As expected, this problem only affects a small percentage of the boards so we expect to be able to resolve this very quickly.

The Shugashack is reporting that retailers are being told to expect a two week delay.

The Story of Daikatana -- 12:13 am CST, Update by The Master

There's an article online entitled "Knee-Deep in a Dream: The Story of Daikatana". This is the story of John Romero, and the making of Daikatana. Interesting read so far-but it IS huge.

The Master comments: Okay, it's 1:30am, and I finally finished this thing. Good read. Pack a lunch.

A.T. Hun comments: Man, that's an awesome article. It's time well spent. It should be required reading for anyone considering "going pro" in the gaming industry.

History today -- 12:10 am CST, Update by The Master

• 1647: First recorded American "Witch Burning".
• 1936: The Cunard Liner Queen Mary leaves England on her maiden voyage.
• 1937: The Golden Gate Bridge is opened to traffic.
• 1941: FDR declares an "unlimited national emergency". In addition, the German Battleship Bismarck is sunk, with the loss of 2,300 lives.
• 1985: Britain and China exchange instruments of ratification of the pact returning Hong Kong to Chinese rule in 1997.
• 1995: Nobel-prize winning author Alexander Solzhenitsyn returns to Russia after two decades of exile.

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