The Minerva Half-Life 2 Mod

Via GameSetWatch, an interview with Adam Foster. The creator of the Minerva Half-Life 2 mod talks about the reasons he's putting time and energy into a fan-made labour of love. From the article: "Single-player mapping ...does have quite a tradition, and sadly it often seems to be looked down upon by many gamers. It's somehow regarded as 'easy,' with multiplayer maps being the only true form of expression. I suppose the countless fullbright cubes packed with zombies must put off a lot of people, as do the endless bare BSPs which need to be run from the game console..."

Comments

Too Many Stories?

[ObsessiveMathsFreak]

This is as offtopic as they come, but does anyone else think that the games section posts too many stories? The main page now says "23 more" under the games section and most stories here have noticeably fewer comments that the other sections.

I sure hope this section isn't using up some kind of quota on the whole site.

My 0.02

Re:Too Many Stories?

[mellon]

I don't play a lot of games, but I certainly don't mind, and I'm pretty sure there's no quota issue.

Re:Too Many Stories?

[nb caffeine]

It is a welcome change to those of us who read it all the time. Some days only have 2 or 3 stories published in this section.

Re:Too Many Stories?

[Otter]

This is as offtopic as they come, but does anyone else think that the games section posts too many stories?

My objection is more the number of topics for which story after identical story is posted:

• Older games were better, creativity is dead
• The Industry needs more female/minority developers
• Jack Thompson said something
• Video games are/are not bad for children

This particular story is novel and interesting, though -- I'm surprised you picked to complain on.