sup everyone 

you came looking for me in irc, but i was afk -- whats up? 

I remember a few years back when the Generations mod for Quake 3 had to basically be restarted because id let them know there would be legal hassles.

The general summary was that while id didn't really have any problem with limited use of parts from one game in another paying homage or the like, the publishers looked at it differently. And since the publishers own the distribution rights ultimately it was their call. :( 

http://phait-accompli.com/crap/d3cinema/

[i]This is my 2nd Doom 3 Cinema pack. I'm gonna do a couple more probably. These are just from the demo as of now, and are 1600 x 1200. I've added a little film grain this time around. My favorite is d3-cinema_4.jpg, because Doom 3 engine's lighting really set it up - I didn't have to do much other than a little contrast emphasis on the fireball and imp, and the depth-of-field.[/i]

Yeah, Doom 3 isn't so hot now maybe. But hey I'm bored, and it's Halloween. 

I have UBB syndrome and forgot to use func italics. 

http://red.planetarena.org/ 

3 new map reviews at my site:

1. the Masque of the Red Death
2. Castle of the Dark Ages
3. Nightjourney [6 map episode].

heres to many more map reviews. =) 

Minerva: Metastasis
got raging review so might be worth playing
(I didnt try it)

http://tenfourmaps.telefragged.com/php/review.php?gameid=hl2&levid=MinMetastasis 

u're like a bit late
http://www.celephais.net/board/view_thread.php?id=37303


still, i'ts great map. 

http://phait-accompli.com/crap/d3cinema/

D3_cinema_2_b.zip, rest of the thumbnails there. 

gibberish spam nonsense... who fucking knows. 

more nonsense. 

Shambler is in good mood today :D 

OK, so I broke down and got myself a GameCube. This is my first console since the SEGA MegaDrive/Genesis so I am quite excited. For the price of 55 euro I got myself a Gamecube with 2 controllers, 251 slot memory card, NFSU2 and Tony Hawk's Underground which was simple too good of a deal to pass. I am now looking for some game suggestions. So far, these games are on my "must get" list:

Metroid Prime 1 & 2, Resident Evil 0 & 4, Ikaruga, Tales of Symphonia, Baten Kaitos, POP: Sands of Time and POP: Warrior Within, Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance, Viewtiful Joe (and maybe 2).

From this list you can gather what kind of my taste for GC games is, but I am wondering if this list is missing any good titles? I am not interested in the Mario/LuigiP/Pikmin/Pokemon games. 

View certain areas/screenshots from quake4 in a panoramic 360 degree view. (left click, move to view manually)

http://vrway.com/vr_q4/ 

you need quick time installed 

I don't recommend Tales of Symphonia, except if you can get it for really cheap... It's an ok game I guess, but just very average, Baten Kaitos definatly looks more interesting (haven't tried it yet though, TV blew up). Oh, and get Zelda Windwaker you bastid. =) 

Look into Killer 7, too. I haven't played much of it, but it's very trippy. 

Eternal Darkness
Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes 

Mario Sunshine is good if you don't mind it not being as good as the other big Mario platform titles. Lots of really beautiful touches, only marginally spoiled by the dodgy camera, slightly twitchy controls at times, and stupid and pointless continue system.

F-Zero GX owns, but gets a bit too hard later on - in particular unlocking the arcade tracks and completing the story mode are a near impossibility unless you are the don of futuristic racing games.

How about a Monkey Ball title? A good idea if you expect to have mates around to play games.

Hmm, I don't really remember any games I had that haven't been listed. I would say that MGS isn't to all tastes. I wanted to love it, but it bored and frustrated the fuck out of me. Viewtiful Joe was pretty awesome at first, but I got a bit bored after a while, and it's pretty hard unless you play on the embarassing 'kids' mode. Hmm, there was Billy Hatcher, which was fun (I actually 100%ed it) but very quirky and not to the taste of everyone. Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat looks like fun. 

If you just want to play something in the style of Viewtiful Joe and aren't attached to the story or anything, you might want to get Viewtiful Joe 2 first, since I think it's supposed to be balanced better. Then if you really like it you can get VF1, and you'll be properly prepared for the challenge. 

I just tried the Classic Doom mod. I enjoyed it more than Doom 3 itself. It's quite an update - although it certainly could be expanded upon layout wise, but then where do you compromise... 

That was supposed to go here
http://www.celephais.net/board/view_thread.php?id=23795&start=275 

I've just purchased Metroid Prime and spent a few hours playing it. IT WAS RIDICULOUSLY AWESOME! I was/am a huge fan of Super Metroid and never got a chance to properly play MP beyond the first level before this. I can't believe this console only has a 405 Mhz CPU, because MP definately looks way better than some computer games ment for CPUs 200-300% faster. 

What do you mean, only 405 mhz... thats a pretty damn beefy cpu for a games system (GC is the most powerful system around at the moment, if I'm not wrong).

You have to remember that the system is built for games... and you can talk directly to the hardware (I assume, note that I don't really know much about GC).

PC gaming? One word: WINDOWS. You're automatically at least 200-300% slower just by virtue of the fact that you have to get through windows to talk to the hardware. You also have to support a variety of hardware, so some performance may be sacrificed for the sake of compatibility.

Besides which, the actual clock speed of the CPU isn't the only factor of course, you have to consider the CPU architecture and stuff. Why is an Athlon64 CPU at 2.0ghz faster than an AthlonXP CPU at 2.0ghz?