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Gaming Tournament Documentary
Simon Bysshe writes "The third film in the "Intel Extreme Edition Challenge" series has just been released as this time the subject is the popular 1v1 game Painkiller. The film features an 8 player "Bloodline" Painkiller tournament with the prize to become a new member of the Four Kings UK squad and travel the world to compete at the CPL World Tour. The last two Intel Extreme Edition Challenge films were downloaded over 500,000 times. The intention of this film is to raise the profile of competitive computer gaming & present it in a way which could be seen by mainstream television audiences. The film is available for download already. (26minutes running time, wmv & divx formats available, 170mb filesize)" -
The Ship Takes Offbeat, Whodunnit Approach To Half-Life
Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to the official 'The Ship' website, featuring "a free downloadable [multiplayer] Half Life 1 mod" described by a forum poster as "a twisted version of Agatha Christie meets Clue." The welcome page details: "You've just won a free ticket to a dream cruise onboard a spectacular, replica 1920's cruise ship!", and the official play guide explains some of the intriguing game mechanics, which involves each player needing to "find out the name [of each fellow 'passenger' on the Ship], eliminate unknown passengers, and find out which one is your quarry", then "kill them without being caught by security or too many witnesses." There are also additional wrinkles in the recently released mod, since: "To curb excessive killing, players are traumatised by committing murders", and "Each player has basic needs [including going to the bathroom] which must be taken care of."