Here They Go Attacking Games Again : GTA IV Robbery

I'd like to thank Artofwar for posting this video over on GameTrailers.com. I've got to say this is the stupidest thing the news could feature. It only fuels people like Jack Thompson. Is the news really that desperate for attention?

This video shows a news story in which some guy stole a copy of GTA IV from a Gamestop. This is just a failed attempt at a simple shoplifting, so why should this be featured in the news? I'll tell you why. The new GTA has been long awaited game by gamers and by the people that like to attack games. I think that they were just waiting for this game to come out so they could try to make games look bad some more. This is the kind of thing that really ticks me off. They would never feature a story if someone stole a copy of say half-life 2, or Assassin's Creed. People shoplift stuff all the time and you don't see that featured the way they featured this GTA story.

When the guy was questioned as to why he stole the game, he said "I just wanted it, so I took it." Then they go on to say that, Oh, this is what GTA makes people do. In my opinion that's bullshit! The guy desired the game so he took it. When people desire something enough and don't want to pay or can't pay they take it. It's just that simple. A game can't make someone do this.

I think that this is just going to fuel people like Jack Thompson, with all his assaults on video gaming. I don't know if you know this already, but a couple of weeks ago I think, Jack Thompson actually sent a letter to the chairman of Take Two's mother. He sent a friggin' letter to the chairman's mother! What the hell?! I don't remember the exact contents of the letter, but basically he was saying that the chairman is destroying the youth with games, or something like that. You might be able to find it somewhere online if you haven't seen it.

DAMN, I'm pissed now!

Let me know what you guys think.

MOD UPDATE: Shadow on the Sun

I have been working on this Crysis map for quite some time. There have been many delays due to school work and trying to learn the Crysis editor at the same time. This is a preview for my map, which is focused on delivering a chaos-like atmosphere with bad weather and explosions to give the experience of chaotic combat.

Music in this video by:

Audioslave

Blue October

and Billy Talent.

Blog comments and video comments will be much appreciated, and please be sure to tell your friends.

Thanks for watching!

Here's the Preview Video:


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The Beauty of Crysis

I have been playing the Lost Island II Singleplayer mod for Crysis for a day or two now. I've got to say, this is looking good so far. As of this blog they are only at about 20% completion, but the demo was awsome. In particular, it looked really amazing. That's why no other game in existence looks better than Crysis right now in my opinion.

If you have Crysis and have not played any mods yet, I recommend you download Lost Island II and play it . It looks great! Plus, if you have some of the other enhancements from the Crymod site, like the "Natural Mod" or the other graphics tweaks found on the site, the game can look even better.

Here are just a few screenshots I took while playing the map.

NOTE: I also turned of the HUD(heads up display) for some shots in order to get some screens without the HUD showing. You can do the same by using the ( ` ) key to open the console during gameplay. Then type "cl_hud 0" to remove the HUD and "cl_hud 1" to restore it.

HERE ARE THE SCREENS: