Wednesday, November 6, 2002

Arx Fatalis Released in US -- 3:14 pm CST, Update by J.t.Qbe

If you liked Ultima Underworld, check out Arx Fatalis, unofficially called "Ultima Underworld 3". Developed in Europe, it's been available there for a few months now. Today's the day when we poor Americans get to see the full game. I got mine down at EB this afternoon just as they were putting the boxes on the shelf. So far it's looking and running better than the demo did, and the demo was pretty good. Great game so far!

Mozilla Bugs? -- 1:12 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

A number of sites (most notably, Slashdot) are linking to this article on The Register about six "serious" and "nasty" bugs in Mozilla. What the article failed to state, or at least state clearly, is that five of these bugs are fixed in Mozilla 1.0.1 and the sixth is fixed in Mozilla 1.2 beta. For those of you keeping score at home, 1.0.1 came out two months ago. The release came with this note:

This release is a bug fix and security follow-up to Mozilla 1.0. Mozilla 1.0 users that have not already upgraded to Mozilla 1.1 are strongly encouraged to upgrade to 1.0.1.

I'm all for timely bug reports so end users to make their system vulnerable. However, talking about problems that are already fixed without clearly pointing to said fix is nothing but FUD.

The Master comments: I saw those posts on both Slashdot and on C-Net the other day, and I thought they were making a lot out of nothing. Glad to see hyperbole still rules on the internet :-)

Ripping the Apple Ads -- 12:52 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Whilst perusing this morning's funny pages, I came across today's FoxTrot which pokes fun at that stoner chick on the Apple "Switch" campaign. See if you can guess how many substances are coursing through her bloodstream! Bill Amend is always good for computer-related humor.

J.t.Qbe comments: And for more Apple goodness, don't miss this video for some laughs.

Review: UT2K3 in Linux -- 10:08 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

One reason why more people don't try Linux is that so few games are ported to it. Thanks to forward-thinking companies like id and Epic, that's starting to change. Today I present my review of Unreal Tournament 2003 on Linux. I really don't get into the game itself that much. There are all kinds of reviews on the 'Net that will fill you in on that stuff. I want to focus on Linux-related issues with the installer and hardware requirements. Can the latest and greatest shooter work well with Penguins? Click on the link and find out!

NWN Witchwork Module Interview -- 9:45 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

HomeLanFed posted an interview with members of the Bioware team about Witchwork, an official module coming soon for Neverwinter Nights. You can visit the official Witchwork site here. It appears that it will actually be a series of modules. I'm really happy that they are supporting NWN as well as they have been. I really need to get back to that game. I'm sure I'll be playing a lot more when the Linux client comes out. Thanks Shacknews.

Pondering the Imponderable -- 9:05 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

I did last night what I rarely do, I watched some of the major news outlets to keep up with how the elections were progressing. Now, I'll grant you that I am conservative and so my opinion is obviously biased (as all opinions are). However, I was moved to the point of nausea when I watched Nightline on ABC. They were going on and on in amazement of how the Republicans actually picked up some seats. They went into great detail, outlining how the Democrats will overcome this in 2004. Spin city. At least make an attempt to keep the tissue-thin facade of unbiased reporting intact. I didn't expect congratulations to flow to the GOP, but I would have hoped that they would have at least tried to figure out what (if any) message the American people were sending. Instead, it was more of a DNC strategy session.

Yeah I know this shouldn't surprise me. Maybe I'm just naive. At any rate, this will be the last I'll mention the elections. I promise :)

The Master comments: As I hate politics in general, and don't want to start any flame wars, I'll keep my comment short: I don't like the idea of a one party system. Maybe it's just me, but I don't feel comfortable when the government is run by people who don't need to look to a large minority when they make their decisions. The Democratic party definitely didn't do much in the way of leadership in these elections, so I guess I shouldn't be surprised. Not that I really want them running things either. Grrr.

Tuesday, November 5, 2002

RtCW 1.4 Patch -- 10:39 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

id has released the 1.4 patch for Return to Castle Wolfenstein. It contains several gameplay and exploit fixes. There is a Windows full patch (11.5M), Windows patch from 1.33 (5M), Linux full patch (70.1M), Linux patch from the GOTY version (7.5M). I'm not sure why the full Linux patch is so huge. All these links are on FileShack.

Pondering the Imponderable -- 12:04 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

If you are a resident of the U.S., you need to get out and vote today. Make an informed decision and let your voice be heard! I have to make sure to get out so I can offset the bad choices The Master is going to make :)

The Master comments: Wait, there was a GOOD choice for this election? I'm not sure who is crooked more . . .

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