Come on, you can do better…

After seeing that Team Fortress 2 had an update I was excited. What could they have possibly added? Engineer update? Demoman update? My heart was pounding as I right clicked on “Team Fortress 2″ in Steam, and hit “View Update News”. What was it? Something remotely exciting? No, not exactly. More like anger inducing.

“Added Bill’s Hat for players who pre-purchase Left 4 Dead 2“. I have not pre-purchased Left 4 Dead 2. I haven’t even played the original Left 4 Dead (which entails an entirely other story). Yet, those of us who purchase Team Fortress 2 are left out. I had very hope that they release Bill’s Hat for all players after Left 4 Dead 2 is release, or… well, we won’t get into that now.

Interstate ‘76 And the Nitro Pack

Anyone remember Interstate ‘76 and the Nitro Pack they released? Well, I found the CDs today, along with the Interstate ‘82 CD (which I never opened, because I heard it sucked). Last time I played it was in 2005 on Windows XP, and it installed perfectly, but when I tried to install it this time, I had to resort to some hacking, plus at that time I used 1024×768, but today I use 1440×900. And… it can only go up to 1024×768 in software mode and 640×480 in D3D mode (which ain’t special, to say the least). Anyone have it, and want to play against me? And, did anyone ever play I ‘82? Did it suck? Should I give the game away? Should I just play it?

15 Years of Doom

I kinda forgot that Doom turned 15 today. Today is a day that should be very important to geeks all over the world, much like August 24th is. As rumor says, the original shareware version (which consisted of the first episode “Knee Deep in the Dead”) was released on this day 15 faithful years ago to an FTP server at the University of Wisconsin. Spawning several sequels (DOOM II: Hell on Earth and DOOM 3, and forthcoming DOOM4), several expansion packs (Final Doom and Resurrection of Evil for Doom 3) thousands of fan created add-ons, and source ports for modern operating systems. Along with death matching we now take for granted there is no wonder why Doom still has the following it has. While other games (Quake or Half-Life) may be superior in some ways, they just didn’t effect the gaming industry quite like this one. For the BEST modern Doom experience I can only recommend Skulltag, though it is mainly designed for easy online gaming, it absolutely kills while offline too! Check Doomworld for mods.

My 486 isn’t quite dead yet.