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Making Games Live Longer With Mods

Posted by timothy on from the fun-if-not-deep dept.

rmohr02 writes: "Popular Science has an interesting article about people hacking games to get more replay value out of them. It mentions games like Quake and Doom which are still played due to the mods people distribute for them, and that the code for Doom's level editor was made free so hackers could use that code to get what they wanted. It also mentions that the next Team Fortress hack, Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood of Arms, will not be distributed for free."

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  1. For free? by mstyne · · Score: 5, Funny

    It also mentions that the next Team Fortress hack, Team Fortress 2: Brotherhood of Arms, will not be distributed for free.

    Just replace "for free." with ", ever.". Pretty much the same thing,

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  2. Cool! by Dthoma · · Score: 3, Funny
    "Consider whether you would hack a DVD of the film Gladiator so that Russell Crowe was relocated from Rome to, say, a Wal-Mart parking lot in Missoula, Montana."

    Hmmm...maybe this modding business DOES have some potential after all...

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  3. Re:TF2 by DrVxD · · Score: 3, Funny

    > TF2 will be released the day after the first Mars Mission.
    I wouldn't bet on it...

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  4. So, maybe we need a mod to this topic? by Eunuchswear · · Score: 1, Funny

    So it'll live beyond it's first release? The Mod Squad

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