…they get remade by their fans. Back in the early to mid 80’s Roberta William’s series of King’s Quest graphical adventure games for Sierra were tremendously popular. The whole genre has since died off, supported now only by niche fan communities. It’s rare to see a major budget release of a graphical adventure game anymore. Fortunately a group of fans has come to the rescue, offering a remake of King’s Quest III that applies a shiny new coat of paint and enhances the sound while still remaining true to the original game. Definitely worth checking out if you’re a PC gamer and miss the old adventure games, even if you played this when it originally came out.
Archive for August, 2006
Bryce, the landscape and animation tool that’s bounced from owner to owner for at least the last 6-7 years, is currently at version 5.5. The current owners are giving away free licenses to version 5.0 for a short time as a promotion. It’s an earlier version but it’s still an extremely capable and useful tool. Grab your copy for Mac or Windows from their special offer page now before the offer expires.
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F.E.A.R. multiplayer has been released for free - you can go to the official site, sign up, download, and play. It’s a decent fps engine with really good graphics. I liked the single player a lot. It had issues but its core mechanics were really solid. The main downside is it will make even ninja machines cry, but since it’s free you’ve got nothing to lose - download it and give it a shot. Win32 only, sorry mac fans.
As in years past, too much fun outside means not as much time to geek out on the weblog. Andrew gave me grief about it today so I’m poking my head in to say ‘I’m not dead, I’m just too busy having fun outside.’
I’ll be back to a regular posting schedule around September when football season starts and I spend my sundays on the couch.
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