Sunday, December 28, 2003

DX:IW 1.1 Patch Released -- 4:42 pm CST, Update by The Master

Eidos has released the Deus Ex: Invisible War 1.1 patch. This has a slew of fixes and modificatiosn to the basic game. The official commentary thread is here. Here's the change list:

• Defaulted Bloom to off when starting a new game.
• Adjusted mouse movement to eliminate feeling of "lagginess". Ed: This was highly annoying-thank goodness it's fixed now.
• Adjusted the HUD so that it is pushed toward the edges of the screen.
• Added option for turning all shadows off. This can massively improve performance, especially at higher resolutions.
• Shrunk all text sizes.
• Reworked mouse-based UI control within the inventory and biomod screens:
  • Right-clicking will now swap items in the inventory and toolbelt screen.
  • Added buttons for installing weapon mods and biomods.
  • The biomod/inventory/datavault hotkeys are now toggles (the same buttons will now both open and close these subscreens).
• Added quicksave/quickload keys. (F10/F12)
• Non-hostile AI's will now go hostile much sooner if shot.
• Eliminated monitor resyncing during level transition and savegame loads.
• Increased the headshot damage multiplier for the pistol.
• Increased the damage of the stun prod.

Update! I played a good 2 hours of DX:IW last night, and I was quite impressed by the game overall. The graphics have been improved over the original and the gameplay is quite polished. Once I can get some screenshots taken and spend a little more time reviewing all of the interface, I will get a full review posted.

A.T. Hun comments: A review?!? *gasp* *wheeze* *croak* Of course, he talked about a Deus Ex review too.

Saturday, December 27, 2003

NFL: The Last Week! -- 8:56 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Here are my early picks for the very last week of the regular schedule. After this weekend my Lions will officially and mercifully be put to sleep. My picks are: Patriots, 49ers, Eagles.

The Master comments: Eeyore's picks: Patriots, Seahawks, Eagles.

And now for the rest of my picks for this weekend: Titans, Chiefs, Dolphins, Cowboys, Colts, Falcons, Bengals, Rams, Panthers, Vikings, Raiders, Packers, Ravens

The Master comments: Eeyore's picks are the same. She thought you wouldn't go for the Pack, A.T. :-)

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