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These screenshots are from a old total conversion called - Chemical Existence. I'm posting about it because I don't see it talked about ever really but it should be IMO. It's not the best TC you'll ever play but it's decent and feels like a totally new game. It has voice acting, cinematics and a story so it feels like a well rounded experience. The weapons feel impactful especially since you can decapitate people with headshots. There are multiple human factions in the city so you get to see fi…

A few years ago I bought a few Windows XP PCs and I've been using them to play classic games and one of the main games I play is Half-life. The nostalgia from the WON menu hit me like a ton of bricks when I first booted it up. I remember playing HL1 for the first time on New Years Eve 1999/2000. I was 10 at the time. There was a South Park marathon on TV at the same time so I watched that while my dad and uncle installed HL1 from an old HP CD-R. I've been playing through a shit load of mods a…

Most everyone on this site probably knows of MarphyBlack but I'm sure some don't so I'm linking his 'Half-Life Fact Files' playlist here. The videos explore specific features that most people aren't aware of or aren't working in the retail release. An example of this is the smell system for the AI which you can still partially experience (NPCs commenting on the stench of bodies) but was intended to be more robust. What makes these videos especially great is how he restores cut features and c…

For any bookworms out there there's a great fan novelization of Half-life and Opposing Force linked here - archive.org/details/savefanficti…. Note: that there are formatting issues unless you use epub files. Super Chocolate Bear also novelized Blue Shift and Half-life 2 - archive.org/search?query=creator… I'm ~100 pages into Black Mesa Incident and I'm really liking it. The qu…

It just occurred to me why he 9mmar only has 25 rounds in the mag when you pick it up, it's supposed to reflect the fact that the hgrunts had already fired the gun.. This may be common knowledge but it legit didn't click for me until just last night, only took 24 years x_x

Half-Life - Full Audio Remaster moddb.com/games/half-life/addons… I've been using this audio remaster, made by Senn, for the last few days and man, is it ever awesome... It uses the original audio but massively improves the quality, here is the description as per Senn: "Dedicated to faithfully remastering all the low quality sound effects and dialogue from Half-Life, Blue Shift and Opposing Force. Monsters. Machinery. Scientists. You…

Here's a very different and strange Xash3D mod - Quake Remake. This is a full port of Quake 1 to goldsrc via Xash3D. What makes it especially interesting in my eyes is just how much goldsrc DNA you can feel in the game. On the surface, it's basically the same game but if you have spent a decent chunk of time with Quake and HL1/other goldsrc games you'll probably be able to spot quite a few differences. Things like Scrags bleeding yellow and their projectile leaving the bullsquid impact, differe…

Here's some screenshots of my recent, and first, Azure Sheep playthrough in HL WON. I'm running a P4 and Geforce mmx440. I take a load of screenshots of my mod playthroughs but unfortunately I can only post 4 at a time here so I'll save the rest for something else. I'll choose 4 screenshots from each mod that I play and I'll post it here :)

I've seen people talking about jb mod in this thread - community.lambdageneration.com/h… - and thought I should share this video to shed some light on the mod and the very common misconceptions about it. It's an interesting watch, I won't spoil any of it but setting aside 10min to watch it, even if you don't play Gmod (I fall into this category).

EDIT: Thanks to mxpph at Sourceruns.org for linking me to this hlkz mapp pack with 701 maps! drive.google.com/file/d/1QLe4syf… Original Post: I'm trying to improve my bhopping and general goldsrc movement however I'm having difficulty finding jump maps/kz maps. I have managed to get a handful of maps (6 maps total) like ztricks but I know there are heaps more out there. I'm looking for more noob friendly maps, stuff like giantbean and gigablock for cs. I'…