http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=259096

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Title: Gears Of War Concept Images
Name: John Wallin Liberto
Country: Sweden
Software: Photoshop

Stunning digital artwork, this game is going to be very impressive. Let’s hope it has good gameplay too.

Update 2022: Gears has spawned a whole sub-culture and is very influential, glad I spotted it early.

http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayCover.cfm?url=/images/20050806/20050806issuecovUS400.jpg

The Economist report on Video Games – factual not sensationalist

From the print edition:
“Critics of video games say they encourage addiction and violence, but research does not support the claim…

Thumbs up to the Economist for this excellent balanced and insightful comment on the recent ‘outrage’ about video games.

http://www.smilie.com/console_done.php3

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commander_Keen

http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/march04/ut2004maps/crossfire/20.jpg

I have spent a lot of time playing this map in UT2004, it is a truly stunning map and very difficult to play.

Update:

I’m no longer able to play this (MacOs 64bit is incompatible). So here’s some gameplay to give you a taste of what it was like.

Enjoy.

http://www.redorchestra.clanservers.com/

…and the winner is…

Red Orchestra

This game has a distinctly chilling but yet beautiful aura about it. Stunning graphics, realistic and accurate battlefields set in the harsh and brutal reality that was the Eastern Front in Europe (1941-1945).
I also feel a little uneasy when I think about gamers choosing to fight ‘in the SS’. Remember what happened to Prince Harry. However, if you are interested in historical accuracy then it can be argued that it’s justified.

The video for Red Orchestra is awesome and is a hefty 70 MBytes download.

http://ludocraft.oulu.fi/airbuccaneers/

Update: Now available on steam:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/223630/AirBuccaneers/

I would have liked Air Buccaneers to have won the Make Something Unreal Contest but third place is good.

View the trailer – http://ludocraft.oulu.fi/airbuccaneers/video/AirBuccaneersUT2004.wmv it’s worth it

http://www.albinoblacksheep.com/flash/spankthemonkey.php

Amusing interactive flash animation, see how fast you can spank him etc.

http://www.dayofdefeat.com/indexmain.php

Simply the best online first person shooting game on the planet. I play it regularly but I’m still not that good – time to renew my membership of the ‘Not terribly Good Club of Great Britain’. As Viz comic said:

‘The British are the best at coming second. In fact if there was an Olympic event for coming second, we’d get the silver medal.’