Back Issue 5 - 16th Oct to 24th Oct 1998
Thresh Article in 'The Times'
Its taken the UK broadsheet newpaper (in case you didnt know!), The Times, almost a year (or is it more?) but the've finally got a full page spread in the technolgy supplement about Thresh winning that lovely red Ferrari off John Romero. Its a good read, shame about their obvious lack of recent/technical knowledge I'll try and get some scans as soon as possible.
Update by Alex - 21 October 1998 21:22:53
Release Date
Ok, it's seems fairly certain that Half-life will go gold in the next few weeks and will be out for Thankgiving. Just check any site
like The Daily Death and Halflife.net.
Update by Dann - 21 October 1998 13:23:43
New Sites
Couple new site to put in your bookmarks:
A xoom based site entitled TriggerHappy's Half-life has just opened and is looking for some help.
Another Half-life site which is part of a large gameing center, much like ourselves, has opened called AXG Half-life.
Found on the Daily Death.
Update by Dann - 20 October 1998 22:40:32
Skins and whatnot
A new site dedicated to archiving skins and levels called The Skins and Level Archive has opened. They need to be hosted too. Geocities isn't too crazy about archiving stuff.
Update by Dann - 19 October 1998 21:53:47
And more OEM Reviews
Atomic Half-life has posted it's OEM review, and also a few new screenshots. A very good read.
Update by Dann - 18 October 1998 2:16:32
Interviews
The newly founded site, called Infected-life has an
interview up with Harry Teasley.
OEM Reviews
There's two new reviews for you to read:
One is from Dimension 128 and the other from Half-life Haven.
All found on the Daily Death (Wow, that feels weird)
Update by Dann - 18 October 1998 15:23:26
Chuck Jones Interview
There is a new interview with Valve's Chuck Jones over at Valveworld you go directly to the interview here. Its not directed towards Half-Life itself, rather more towards Chuck and his work with Valve and which direction he sees 1st person 3D Shooters going towards.
Update by Alex - 17 October 1998 22:37:18
Game Of The Month! 96%
PC Gamer UK awarded Half-Life 96% in their new December issue. And also the prestigous title of Game Of The Month. In a five sided review of the game they raved on and on about the engrossing nature of the game, the variety of creatures and the pant-wetting special effects! A few choice phrases which I'll quote are;
'...the 3D shooter debate is no loger about Quake II versus Unreal. Half-Life silences all dissent by being so utterly and resoundingly better than either of them that its difficult to come to terms with. Attempting to do so can only lead to one conclusion.
HALF-LIFE IS THE BEST 3D GAME IN EXISTANCE.'
MOMENTS OF PURE TERROR ARE AN OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD
3D LIFE HAS NEVER BEEN QUITE THIS PERFECT. MAKE SURE YOU LIVE IT.
So basically PC Gamer UK loves it, and this spotlight will, I'm sure, spread the awareness of the games complexity and pure adrenaline nature all over the UK.
Roll on release day!
Update by Alex - 17 October 1998 15:49:14
Gunman Conversion & Stuff
It was a while ago, but once upon a time the Gunman Project was for Quake, then it changed to Quake II and now its for Half-Life. I just checked out the newest screenshots over on the Gunman Website and woah! Are they COOL!
That conversion will be something to watch out for, thats for sure. Also, there is another new HL Squad, Fallout hosted by Blackmesa Half-Life.
Update by Alex - 17 October 1998 11:08:57
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