:: Illumination Within Revived Optimised v1.0 Atmosphere Improvements – Extends the work on lighting in windows of buildings introduced by ‘Illumination Within’ to all cities in the game and optimizes the scripts to be more CPU friendly. A must have to add some life to cities at night. Note: This is an upgrade from the original mod. It is meant…
:: Creatures Alive v1.3 Gameplay Improvement – Adds life-like behavior to most creatures in Oblivion. Young creatures who will follow their ‘mother’. Creatures will hunt and eat foods found in Tamriel that they would in real life. Creatures will ‘drink’ periodically during the day at nearby bodies of water. Creatures will generally behave in a more realistic fashion. Ex: Mudcrabs,…
Oblivion is here ! The discovery of the new world of Oblivion and the re-discovery of the depth of Morrowind (enhanced with years of mods) are perfect occasions to open a new site – The Elder Scrolls Trekker – dedicated to the two games.
If you ever see this green guy, step away from your computer. You’ve just met a dealer of one of the most powerful drugs in the gaming community – MMOG. Side effects of MMOG include : loss of time tiredness due to loss of sleep distraction outside of the game loss of contact with family and friends email backlog As…
Mirrormask will be released tomorrow ! The movie designed by Neil Gaiman and Dave McKean, in collaboration with the Jim Henson Company is credited to be both stunning, original and cheap (developped for only $4 millions with off-the-shelf software). From the early images and trailers, it does look stunning. This is THE movie any fan of Dave McKean’s visual work…
I watched Sin City last night and its ‘film noir’ atmosphere followed me for the rest of the week-end. For those who spent the last month under a stone, "Sin City" is a direct translation to screen of Frank Miller’s graphic novels. I am not saying ‘comics’ as well because the original work is far from the empty pages of…
In the current landscape of first person shooters for PC, XIII looks like a mutant. While other titles reach for ultra-realistic, highly detailed graphics, this game is making a more clever use of current video boards capabilities. Since its story is adapted from a famous european graphic novel, most of the game is rendered with a cell shaded look, with…
I just watched What Dreams May Come (1998) … and boy did I need to watch this movie again. I had forgotten how intense and poetic the text and the imagery are in this movie. The text is of a rare quality in a movie of that scale, which makes it that much more enjoyable. It is the kind of…
Far Cry is the next title to check off on my list of games to complete. Months after a rocky release, with a stable version and better video drivers, this game is a pleasure to play most of the time. Overall, the game is nearly flawless. The story is engaging, with some plot twists and well scripted sequences. Paired with…
If finished “Vampire: The Mascarade – Bloodline” today with the feeling of reaching the last pages of a novel that dragged on for too long. The begining of the game was novel, dark, sexy and enticing…. but somewhere down the storyline, this game turned into a tedious, painlful and dreadful experience. The last chapters of the game are blatantly unpolished…