Black Mesa Trailer
They say good things come to those who wait, but that appears to be an understatement because Black Mesa looks amazing!
Black Mesa, which began in November 2004, was born of the discontent fans experienced when playing Half-Life: Source. When looking at the living environment Valve created with Half-Life 2 using the Source engine, the original game fell far short of what many players thought could be done with the software. Half-Life Source was basically a straight port, except for improved water and lighting effects. According to the developers,
Black Mesa: Source was built and founded on the principle that Half-Life: Source did not do the original title enough credit…[Black Mesa] set out to reconstruct the original title, giving it new environments, models, and abilities.
I just recently played through the game again (along with Opposing Force and Blue Shift), so I instantly recognized every single scene from that trailer. They did a fantastic job recreating some of the most memorable scenes from Half Life. Assuming that the rest of the game shares the same quality of those scenes, this is going to be one EPIC mod. Someone needs to give those guys jobs!
Angry Video Game Nerd: CD-i Part II
Oh no, not Zelda! Even Link couldn’t save her from this disaster.
Xbox Live Marketplace Back Friday Sale
Like many stores, Xbox LIVE Marketplace is also having a Black Friday sales event. tarting this Friday at 6am ET/3am PT Gold Members located in the US can save select Marketplace Offers. Here is the complete list of items, including the discount and savings in MS Points:
| Type | Content (click to purchase) | Original Price | Black Friday Price | Discount | Savings |
| Arcade | Rez HD | 800 | 500 | 37.5% | 300 |
| Arcade | Arkadian Warriors | 800 | 500 | 37.5% | 300 |
| Arcade | Assault Heroes | 400 | 250 | 37.5% | 150 |
| Arcade | Catan | 800 | 500 | 37.5% | 300 |
| Arcade | Brain Challenge | 800 | 500 | 37.5% | 300 |
| Arcade | Boogie Bunnies | 800 | 500 | 37.5% | 300 |
| Arcade | Golf: Tee It Up! | 800 | 500 | 37.5% | 300 |
| PDLC | GH3 Metallica “Death Magnetic” Full Album | 1440 | 1000 | 30.6% | 440 |
| PDLC | Forza – March Car Pack | 400 | 250 | 37.5% | 150 |
| PDLC | Crackdown – Getting Busy Bonus Pack | 800 | 500 | 37.5% | 300 |
| PDLC | Rock Band All That Remains Pack 01 | 440 | 290 | 34.1% | 150 |
| PDLC | Lips – The Remedy (Jason Mraz) | 160 | 100 | 37.5% | 60 |
| Theme | Gears of War 2 – Last Day | 250 | 180 | 28.0% | 70 |
| Theme | Sonic Unleashed | 250 | 180 | 28.0% | 70 |
| Theme | Castle Crashers Premium Theme | 250 | 180 | 28.0% | 70 |
Crysis - Worst Ending Ever
So I just “finished” playing Crysis a little bit ago. I put finished in quotes because you really don’t finish anything, the game just ends. I remember back when everyone made a big deal about how abruptly Halo 2 ended, but I have to say that the ending for Crysis is way worse. In fact, I would go so far as to say that this is the worst ending in any game I have played. After beating it, I actually walked into my roommates room and asked him how Crysis ended. I was certain that my game must of glitched and triggered the credits. But no, what happened was the actual real ending.
I am really stunned at this point. Literally nothing in the plot of the game got resolved, and the character’s dialog up until the credits consisted of pretty much “Alright, now we know how to kill these things, lets go and do it”. I seriously feel like I played 50% of a game. What a major disappointment.
Noobs Paradise
I am not sure if I have posted this before, but I help run a CS Source Community called Noobs Paradise. It’s not really a noob community, that’s just what it was originally named and they have kept it over the years. Anyway, I would like to invite any of you CS players here to stop by. Too many servers out there are full of rude, obnoxious players, and ours is mostly filled with our great community members. We run a really clean server and its pretty much always admined, so trouble players are quickly dealt with. We have a pretty unique map rotation of both stock and custom maps, and the rotation is updated pretty often so feel free to suggest maps if you stop by the forums.
Anyway, you can find server information on the front page of our website: noobscss.com
