[Episode 11] E3 Part Duex

[Voodoo]

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Well, we just couldn't stay away, and as hinted at last week, we've already got another big ol' recording for you to chew on. It's not 93 megs, mind you, but it'll keep you busy for a couple of hours. ;)

Clayton [Bacalou], Eric [Ravenlock], Adam [Grifter], Jacob [MagGnome], Robert [Trebor], and Peter [iHap] round out an all-star cast this week, and E3 again gets the lion's share of attention, with respect paid to franchises returning and... well, I was going to say "and new", but really it's mostly franchises returning, isn't it? That's not necessarily a bad thing, though, as there are lots of flawed gems out there that a sequel could put just the right polish on if they do it well.

Unreal Tournament also gets some well-deserved love (with a little thrown Diablo's way as well, for reasons I can't right now recall) in our retro segment, and a new piece on freeware & indie titles touches briefly on TribesNext (http://www.tribesnext.com/), Dwarf Fortress (http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/), Dungeon Runners (http://www.dungeonrunners.com/), FreeRealms (http://www.freerealms.com/), Cave Story (http://www.miraigamer.net/cavestory/), and Spelunky (http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=4017.0). This is something new this week, but look for more to come - Bandango has inspired us and we're runnin' with it!

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Immortal Machines presents... E3 Part Deux (http://www.immortalmachines.com/public/podcast/Immortal_Machines_Podcast_E3_Part_Deux.mp3)

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[Bandango]

Great show! Glad to see you guys embracing cheapness. I'm definitely going to try out this Tribes remake and Spelunky. As for Cave Story, I've been savoring it slowly. It's a wonderful game. And Dwarf Fortress scares me.

Now if only I had a decent rig...
I miss AAA games.

Also UT for lyf dawg. I've been playing 2004 a lot lately for some reason.

[Ravenlock]

Bandango, I really can't thank you enough for the Free And Worth Every Penny threads. Simply great work. :)

[Ravenlock]

Oh, also, here are the System Shock 2 mods that Robert discussed in this episode.

SS2 Modmanager 0.0.4.048 (http://www.strangebedfellows.de/index.php?PHPSESSID=73dee5225b9c8ba6cd761a1c598329 c8&/topic,527.0.html)

System Shock 2 Rebirth (http://www.strangebedfellows.de/index.php/topic,8.0.html)

SHTUP Shock Texture Upgrade Project (http://shtup.home.att.net/)

Deep Fried Beer's sound upgrade for System Shock 2 (http://www.strangebedfellows.de/index.php/topic,27.0.html)

And, also courtesy of Robert, some instructions for getting the game running in WinXP:

How to install this game on XP since it was not designed for this O/S



Incompatible Windows Version
=======================================

Symptoms:
When attempting to install, you are presented
with a dialogue box stating that your version
of Windows is incompatible with System Shock 2.

Reason:
System Shock 2 has no real support for NT
kernel operating systems, so to avoid
people complaining of all the bugs that
appear under NT, the game refuses to install,
giving a legitimate reason.

Solution:
Run SETUP.EXE from the CD-ROM with the
parametre "-lgntforce".
To do so, select "Run" from your start menu,
enter "x:\setup.exe -lgntforce", however you
will need to replace the "x" with the letter
that your CD-ROM uses.