Wednesday, May 14, 2003

On The Road Again -- 9:32 pm CST, Update by J.t.Qbe

The former Qbemobile has officially been replaced by a new Qbemobile. Our old '91 Grand Prix bit the dust on the way out of town last Friday (actually the power steering froze up and blew the serpentine belt), so I subjected myself to car dealerships and salesmen for several days trying to find a decent deal. My brother-in-law works at a dealership down in Indiana and had just what I was looking for: a 2000 Buick Century, local trade, one owner, certified, warranty, decent price. We drove down and picked it up today. It's nice to get rid of that rental car: after driving a Mitsubishi Galant for a week, I can safely say that I'll never buy one.

Half-Life 2 Trailer -- 8:44 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

IGN posted the trailer for Half-Life 2 in QuickTime format. You can really see some of the physics stuff and the facial animation stuff they put into the game. Quite impressive. It looks like it's going to be a good Christmas to be a shooter fan. Thanks Blue's News.

DOOM ]|[ Trailer Mirror -- 5:06 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

PlanetQuake3.net has a list of mirrors for the DOOM ]|[ trailer that is being shown off at E3. It is a 31.4M zip file of a DivX AVI. What are you waiting for? Thanks Blue's News.

Update! I just finished downloading the trailer. Very cool--well worth the download.

NWN: Hordes of the Underdark Announced -- 5:04 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Bioware has officially announced the name for the second expansion pack for Neverwinter Nights. Until now, it has been known simply as "XP2." It will be called Hordes of the Underdark. There have been no further details announced yet other than the name itself. I'd imagine that we'll hear more as E3 continues.

SCO Steps Up Threats -- 4:53 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

SCO announced that it was suspending Linux development and sent this threatening letter to "commercial Linux user(s)." This is some of the most amazingly blantant FUD I've ever had the displeasure of reading. It also puts them in a unique bind. They may very well be admitting that SCO might sue users of SCO Linux for using an infringing product. Idiots. It's enough to make me wonder if this is some elaborate and very late April Fool's joke. Thanks Slashdot.

Actually, this could work to Linux' advantage. If SCO loses, there will be legal precedent that Linux does not infringe on any patents. Whatever the case I just hope SCO gets hoisted on their own petard.

J.t.Qbe comments: It looks like SCO has stopped distributing its own version of Linux. Some interesting stuff over at OSNews.

RIAA Sends False Infringement Notices -- 9:40 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Well, it looks like the RIAA has screwed up again. They weren't content just to send false accusations to Penn State, they apparently have sent out two dozen false accusations. Their response?

We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Oh, sure. Somebody has to sue these jerks back to the stone age. It is beyond me why Speakeasy and others seem content to accept a half-arsed apology. They threaten to cut off legitimate websites and then everybody just rolls over and plays dead.

iLoo Is a Fake . . . No It's Not -- 9:29 am CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Microsoft announced that the iLoo Internet-enabled toilet was a hoax, but now has backtracked saying that it was a legitimate product that was cancelled. If you ask me, the whole thing smells funny.

Tuesday, May 13, 2003

UT2K4 Announced -- 6:16 pm CST, Update by A.T. Hun

Atari and Epic have announced Unreal Tournament 2004. It will ship with all the UT2K3 content (including the bonus packs) and some cool new features. Here's the most notable:

• Assault Mode: The much heralded single-player oriented gametype returns with all-out battles with land, space and air-based vehicles on the home worlds of various Unreal Tournament 2004 combatants. In one scenario, players will experience the adrenaline rush of space-based battle while attacking or defending a Skaarj mother ship. Another scenario takes place on Xan Kriegor's mechanical home world where players attack or defend a robot construction factory. There are currently six Assault scenarios planned to ship with the game.
• Onslaught Mode: New multi-player oriented combat game type on custom-built large-scale maps featuring awesome new weapons and land- and air-based vehicles. From the lethal bomber to the nefarious spider mines - players will work as teams to control map points and win the conflict. There are currently nine Onslaught maps planned to ship with the game.

Dare I say . . . w00t! No word on Linux yet.

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