* Kingpin Info From NoFaDz
No console? Start the game up with "kingpin.exe +set developer 1" and the console will magically work. No servers to play on? Fuck a gayspy.. Finding servers for a game you just paid out the ass for is a right, not a privilege. Go here: Gameaholic Kingpin Server List

Fadz cares about YOU. ;) And in related news Devon sent in a Voodoo2/Voodoo3 autoexec.cfg for Kingpin to make it purty (high end systems please). I added it to my autoexec.cfg, which is here: autoexec.cfg

* Mod List
This is a killer idea, a proggy that tracks mods for you so you know when new versions come out. God that's so much better than browsing 1,000 sites to see if new versions are out... or hitting Planet Chump... Dig the features:

* Mod List is a program that keeps track of mods for several games, including but not limited to: Quake2, HalfLife, Q3A, Kingpin, ... .
* Mod List is a great way to search for a specific mod, look up a mod's site, keep up with the latest mod news, ... .
* You can automatically download new mod master lists, so you're always up-to-date with the latest mod's.
* Mod List can support new games on the fly without the need of downloading a new version.

Go get it.. I am.: http://planetquake.com/borderfield/modlist/

* Ultima Online GM Fired (Rine)
HAHAHHAHAHA
Rumors claim that a GM was selling virtual gold coins and buildings for use in Ultima Online on the eBay auction site for several hundred dollars.

http://headline.gamespot.com/news/99_06/29_pc_uo/

* History Of Movie Monster Games (Rine)
The folks at Videogames.com have an interesting article about the history of monsters in video games. The list includes:

The Alien Queen. The Predator. Godzilla. Gamera. Leatherface. Freddy. Jason. Jaws.

Read it here: http://www.videogames.com/features/universal/moviemonsters/

* How MS plans to remake Windows
This almost sounds good... Too bad M$ will screw it up.....
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2288004,00.html?chkpt=hpqs014

* Gamespot Reviews 23 Graphics Cards (Rine)
They go by FPS and price, with the Voodoo3 in the top 5 with the lowest price in the top 20. It ranked third in the review:

The Voodoo3/3000 is the price/performance leader for 3Dgames. It's very nearly as fast in 16-bit games as the Xentor or Hercules boards. Think of it as the Dodge Viper of graphics cards - stripped down to the bare essentials, what it does do, it does very well.

Read it: http://www.gamespot.com/features/builtforspeed/index.html

* CuteFTP 3.0.2 Released
Funny how 'final' versions have newer ones after them.....

* Fix for banner dll to not load after user is registered
* Fix for multiple file rename
* Fix for multiple file chmod
* Various tiny bug fixes

Go get it: http://www.cuteftp.com

* Net Users Take Over News
Amen.

"We are not gatekeepers anymore, the city walls are down, we don't own customers, we don't control information,"

Read this... http://news.bbc.co.uk/low/english/sci/tech/newsid_383000/383587.stm

* #124 TIS BETTER TO BE POOR AND CONTENT THAN TO BE RICH AND WORRIED
Although I am poor (click my banners) I am far more content with myself than many of my esteemed 'sucessful' aquiantences. They're constantly stressing about this job, that resume, balancing their checkbook. Whereas I just sit here sweating and playing Kingpin and feel great.... Wonder if I can eat today?

* LINK OF THE DAY
Since this game owns me... PlanetKingpin
 
 

FRIDAY, JULY 2, 1999

* Commandment Archive Updated (1:00 PM, EST)
After many monthes of neglect the Commantment Archive has been updated, and will be continually updated at least weekly from now on. Sheesh, I hadn't realized how behind I had gotten... COMMANDMENT ARCHIVE

* South Park And Kingpin
Well yesterday was a good day, I saw South Park, and bought Kingpin.

South Park is freaking hilarious (but short), it a full-on attack on censorship both in it's millions of swear words, but aslo directly talking about the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America). I loved it, especially the short cameo of Bill Gates... Muhahahhha. And, I GOT CARDED!!! Can you believe this? I'm 25 years old, and look at least over 17, as does Rine, but we got carded to see a cartoon..... What is this country coming to? Funny that in South Park the kids get carded at a movie too, and get in buy paying a bum to be their 'guardian'. So much for saving our children...

As for Kingpin, it rocks ass, period. Two things need fixed though, long load times and only having a console at very start (if using a batch file) like Half-Life, that sucks for graphic (etc) changes on the fly like gl_polyblend... the guy mwas like "you're 18 right???" And I'm like... "um... yeah"..... This is out of hand...

* BloodMage v1.0
This mod for classic Quake has been in production for two and a half years, but the time seems worth it, look at these features:

* over 35 different monster types including nonviolent NPC's that you can talk to and buy equipment from
* an experience and leveling system involving 10 spell levels with 4 spells per level for a grand total of 40 spells!
* 11 unique offensive weapons and spells
* over 14 challenging single player levels that culminate in a fierce battle with the Warlock himself!
* new deathmatch modes including BM Soccer, a variant on regular soccer with all the BloodMage weapons and
  spells thrown in!
* massive amounts of small features and details (we've had a lot of time over the past 2.5 years!).

Go get some: http://www.converted2.com/bloodmage/

* bleem! In Stores As Version FULLv1.2
The Playstation emulator has apparantly beaten the Sony lawsuits, and it in the stores... :)
Features:

* Paletted Texture Improvements (including fix for V2/V3 Crash)
* D3D clipping, Black Boxes, Transparency, Translucency, "Update Bug" as seen in Tekken 3
* Ability to Disable Memory Cards, Fixed Crashes in MK4 & Hot Shots Golf, Fixed Loaders in Castlevania &
  Ogre Battle (AND MORE!) **IMPORTANT** : Please use fresh, clean Memory Cards with this new build -- Bugs in
  the earlier Memory Card logic may have affected your Memory Cards and could result in saved games not loading
  properly
* General Improvements in Sound (much less scratchiness and noise)
* Speed limiter improvements
* ALT + F1 will toggle between Software and Hardware modes
* Final Fantasy 8 Support
* Gran Turismo Support (stopping at the Notice Screen on some Win95 machines)

Check it out: http://207.71.8.31/

* Deadlode II Final
This is one of my older bookmarked mods for Quake II, this mod showed so much promise I've followed it watching for the final version, and it is here for a mere $10. Check out these features:

Ten new maps featuring a variety of goals, as well as Q2CTF map support

* Goals vary from straightforward CTF to triggering radiation leaks, preventing nuclear missiles from launching, and more!

* Construction as well as destruction
   - A modular construction system lets you build turrets, sentry guns, mines, surveillance cameras, laser triggers, alarms and much more...

* Player Profiles
   - Deadlode II's answer to player classes, profiles are totally customisable by both server admins and individual
  players... This means you can effectively create your own classes!

* A wide range of realistic weaponry
   - All Deadlode II's weapons are defined in an easy-to-edit text file, allowing server admins or mod makers to edit
     our weapons or create their own.

* Mutliple ammunition types
   - Our flexible ammunition system allows weapons to use more than one ammo type, giving you even more ways of
    destroying your enemy.

More info and screenshots: http://www.thecoven.com/dl2.shtml

* Quicktime 4.01
Top of the line video. http://www.apple.com/quicktime/

* Europe Unveils Ambitious Comet Lander
Well I saw one of those doomsday movies about blowing up an meteor bigger than texas that would destroy the world, but this is too much.

About a month after rendezvous, Rosetta would drop a 100 kg (220-pound) lander on the comet. The lander would fire a harpoon into the comet to make sure the spacecraft doesn't bounce away on impact.

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/TECH/space/9907/01/comet.lander.ap/

* Y2K liability bill passes House, Senate
The governmeny is really taking this Y2K seriously.. they must be running Winblows 98.

The bill would: cap punitive damages at $250,000 for small companies with 50 or fewer employees; protect large companies from liability if the real problem results from another company's actions; limit class action suits; and require plaintiffs to notify companies 30 days before they plan to sue and gives the defendant an additional 60 days to resolve the problem.

 It does not apply to Y2K problems that occur after Jan. 1, 2003.

Read it: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2287111,00.html

* #123 WORDS ARE JUST WORDS, IT'S ALL IN HOW YOU TAKE IT
After playing Kingpin (which had 1,000,000 warnings) and getting carded to see South Park I am left wondering what the big deal is. When you make kids show id to see movies and buy games with bad words, you just crystalize those words as being negative, and that makes kids want to say them more. Who makes the decision of what is obscene and not? I remember when shit, damn, ass, piss were bad words, but now they are on TV with no warnings at all, so what makes fuck special? FUCK FUCK FUCK. Will I go to hell for that? I don't think so. Get a life america, they're just words for Christ's Sake. I could make up a word tomorrow that means person who ass-fucks children for fun, but if I said it you'd have no clue what I meant. So would that be a bad word? Fuck no.

* LINK OF THE DAY
1999 Darwin Awards. These are awards to stupid people/things that killed themselves off in order to promote evolution. An example is a burglur who cut a vital artery in his arm while breaking someones' window to rob them. He bled to death... Idiot...